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ARC-0403

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Poster of Richie Havens

1973

1.92 (Linear feet)

Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Richie Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger, appearing in such clubs as the Cafe Wha? His guitar set to an opening tuning, he would strum it while barring chords with his thumb, using it essentially as percussion while rhythmically singing. By 1967, Havens had a local following and was signed to the then-new folk section of Verve. It wasn't until 1968 and his fourth album Something Else Again that Havens began to hit the charts. His appearance at Woodstock in 1969 greatly benefited his career, as did his subsequent featured role in the movie and album made from the concert in 1970. His first album after that exposure, Alarm Clock, made the Top 30 and produced a Top 20 single in "Here Comes the Sun." These recordings were Havens' commercial high watermark, but by this time he had become an international touring success. By the end of the 1970s, he had abandoned recording and turned entirely to live work. Havens returned to recording in 1987.

The Poster of Richie Havens is for a show on May 11, 1973 with Bruce Springsteen at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. It was a Red Road Production.

: The Poster of Richie Havens was received by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. as a gift from Warren Siddall and Robert Leonard on May 19, 2009.

: Poster of Richie Havens, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

: Processed by Jennie Thomas, Head Archivist. Completed December 6, 2012. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual.

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