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Richard Gottehrer
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Richard Gottehrer is an American songwriter, record producer and record label executive.
Gottehrer came to prominence as a song writer in the 1960s with his most notable songs being "My Boyfriend's Back" and "I Want Candy". As Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer (FGG Productions), he wrote various songs including "Sorrow" with Jerry Goldstein and Bob Feldman. The three were also known as The Strangeloves.
By the 1970s he had progressed to record production, and was responsible for the debut albums by
Blondie and
Go-Gos. Among the other artists produced by Gottehrer were
Joan Armatrading,
The Fleshtones,
The Bongos,
Richard Barone,
Mental As Anything and
Nuclear Valdez.
With
Seymour Stein, Gottehrer founded
Sire Records, and in 1997 he founded
The Orchard a digital music distribution company.