Richie Havens was born on January 21, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Richard Pierce Havens. He was married to Nancy. He died on April 22, 2013 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
In the film 伍德斯托克音乐节 (1970), he played the song "Freedom", which became his trademark. The song was improvised on the spot.
Was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York.
Folk singer and guitarist.
Of Afro-Caribbean descent on his mother's side and Native American (Blackfoot) descent on his father's side. His paternal grandfather was a performer in William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show.
