Johnny Richards

American jazz composer, orchestra leader and arranger.

Born 2 November 1911 in Querétaro, Mexico. Died 7 October 1968 in New York, USA.

Brother of [a=Chuck Cabot] (aka Carlos Guillermo Cascales) and [a=Jack Cascales] (aka Juan Adolfo Cascales). Richards married singer [a=Pat Kaye] in the early 1940's.

As a songwriter, Richards is best known for writing the music for the song "Young at Heart" by Frank Sinatra (lyrics by [a=Carolyn Leigh]).