Richard Gottehrer

American producer, songwriter and label executive.

Born: June 12, 1940 in The Bronx, New York, USA.

He began his career in [l=Brill Building].

After his early 60's No.1's with [a=The Angels (3)]'s "My Boyfriend's Back", [a=McCoys]' "Hang On Sloopy" and [a=The Strangeloves]' "I Want Candy", he co-founded [l=Sire] with [a=Seymour Stein] in 1966. He has produced through the years [a=Blondie], [a=Go-Go's], [a=Richard Hell] etc.

In 1997, he co-founded [l=The Orchard], a digital music distribution company, with [a=Scott Cohen].

His companies are [l=Instant Records Production], [l=Instant Records, Inc.] and the label [l=Instant Records (11)]. In 2010 he relaunched [l=Blue Horizon] (as [l=Blue Horizon (3)] with new logo).