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Dina Richardson, aka Dina Taylor, is an American singer and songwriter. Richardson is a native New Yorker whose musical roots are in New York and London. She spent her youth singing in a church choir. She attended the Long Island High School for the Arts, specializing in voice and drama. Richardson continued her studies of music and drama at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the Royal Court Theatre Young People's Theatre in London. == Performing and recording career == In London, as the lyricist and lead singer of BBG (1990-94), Polydor artist Richardson hit the UK Billboard charts twice with ''Sweet Inspiration'' (which reached number 24) and ''Some Kind of Heaven''; other releases included ''Snappiness''.〔http://www.discogs.com/artist/BBG〕 During her time with BBG, Richardson appeared on various TV shows: ''Top of the Pops'', ''Blue Peter'', the ''Terry Wogan Show'' and ''Pebble Mill''. Her London performances included a headliner at The Fridge in Brixton, opening for De La Soul at the Brixton Academy, and appearances at Heaven and the Docklands' London Arena. Richardson was invited by Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates) to work on a collaborative project at Apawling Studio in Pawling, New York, for Sony Music. She recorded the eponymous EP ''Dina Richardson'' (1998), at Sony Music Studios with producer David Lai for Lucky Lai Productions. She has played numerous New York venues including the Postcrypt Coffee House.〔http://www.columbia.edu/cu/postcrypt/coffeehouse/schedules/1999-Spring.html〕 From 2002 to 2005, Richardson was vocalist and co-writer for the New York based band ''AlphaMotive''. During this period, Wave Music released the ''Thus Far'' EP (2003) followed by ''The Light'' EP (2003), ''Better Day'' and ''You are Not Alone''. ''The Light'' was described by Spirit of House as 'a deep groover with subtle synth stabs, trumpet, funky percussion and delicious bassline'.〔http://www.spiritofhouse.com/2003/2003_12.htm〕 Tracks by AlphaMotive have also appeared in several compilations.〔http://www.wavemusic.com/wave-artist/128〕 Richardson has sung backing vocals for many artists, including Oleta Adams and Roland Orzabal from the band Tears for Fears. She opened for Phoebe Snow, at the Bottom Line in February 2000 as part of the “Nightbirds” Series,〔http://www.nypress.com/print-article-1083-print.html〕 and for John Legend at the Knitting Factory Concerts for Change in October 2004;〔http://www.indamixworldwide.com/html/article786.html〕〔http://ny.knittingfactory.com/calendar.php?date=2004-10-15〕 Richardson studied acting with Suzanne Shepherd in 2007; has done voiceovers for Aveda, sung jingles for Bell Atlantic and Levi's; served as the principal actor in a Burger King commercial and the TV pilot 'Finding Music'; appeared on the Cosby Show; and wrote and performed the tag line for Joe’s Blue Plate Special, a syndicated college radio show. She has also appeared in several student and independent films. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dina Richardson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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