Richard Gibbs

Info

Role

Actor

Date of birth

12/05/1955

Place of birth

Ohio, USA

Richard Gibbs

Biography

Born in Ohio, raised in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bachelor of Music (Composition) Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts. Member of Oingo Boingo 1980-1984 (keyboards). Performed with Korn, Chaka Khan, The Staples, Maxine Nightingale, Tom Jones. Recorded with Robert Palmer, Tom Waits, Poco, Melissa Etheridge, War, Stan Ridgway, Victor Feldman, "Living in a Box" (featuring Richard Darbyshire), "Boy Meets Girl" (featuring Shannon Rubicam), and many others. Musical director for The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) and Muppets Tonight (1996) (theme music as well). Music for the first season of The Simpsons (1989).