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Richard Finch

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The Resume

    (January 23, 1954- )
    Born in Indianapolis, Indiana
    Bass player for KC and the Sunshine Band
    American Music Award recipient
    Arrested in Licking County (Newark, Ohio) on allegations of sexual contact with four underage girls (March 23, 2010)
    Nominated to the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame (October 2010)

Why he might be annoying:

    He frequently skipped high school.
    While he helped Harry Wayne Casey – who worked in the shipping department of TK Records – pen some of the band’s biggest singles, he lost all rights to their royalties in a legal agreement from 1983.
    He entered a Not Guilty plea on the sexual contact charges, which would later change to No Contest and a seven-year sentence (along with a second-tier offender classification).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is a fan of the Beatles.
    He picked up his first electric bass as a teenager.
    His bass lines and drum grooves were sampled by several R&B and rap artists.
    Another big hit single co-written by him: Rock Your Baby.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying