Dal Richards
Canadian musician (1918-2015)
Dallas Murray "Dal" Richards,[1] CM, OBC (5 January 1918 - 31 December 2015) was a Canadian big band leader.[2]
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Birth name | Dallas Murray Richards |
Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | January 5, 1918
Origin | Vancouver |
Died | 31 December 2015 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 97)
Occupation(s) | conductor, clarinetist, saxophonist, baus |
Years active | 1940–2015 |
Website | www |
Richards led his band for many years in a weekly CBC Radio show broadcast nationally from the Panorama Roof Ballroom of the Hotel Vancouver.[3] As of February 2012[update], Richards also hosts a weekly one-hour show on radio station CISL.[4] Richards is commonly thought to be the lyricist of "Roar You Lions Roar", the fight song of the BC Lions football club set to the music of "I Love the Sunshine of Your Smile".[5]
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