Claibe Richardson
Composer Claibe (Claiborne) Richardson was born in Lufkin, Texas on November 10th, 1929 and educated at Louisiana State University. Richardson's career began in the early 1950s with songs he contribut... Read more
Composer Claibe (Claiborne) Richardson was born in Lufkin, Texas on November 10th, 1929 and educated at Louisiana State University. Richardson's career began in the early 1950s with songs he contributed to Ben Bagley's Shoestring Revue; Julius Monk's Upstairs at the Downstairs and Plaza 9 revues; and What a Day, a revue starring Celeste Holm and Ronnie Graham. His 1964 New York World's Fair score for The Brightest Show on Earth was conducted and arranged by Robert Russell Bennett, his mentor and the man responsible for Richardson's first publishing contract with Chappell Music.