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James L. Richard II / The Sekret Service™ - Kraftwerk`s "The Telephone Call" oaklandraiderz76 55 views My version of the classic Kraftwerk song. Notice how they are in ALL BLACK, like they are from Oakland and yet, they are Germans. :) I will add that for me, Kraftwerk are ...
James L. Richard II / The Sekret Service™ - Let Me Love U Down oaklandraiderz76 70 views For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
James L. Richard II - The Sekret Service™ - Ghosty (Exclusive) oaklandraiderz76 264 views Contributing artist and dedicated to: Adriana Elena Tintea. BEHOLDEN IS THE GRAIN, THE BREAD ON WHICH I FEED I FEED TO BE WITH YOU, I FEED TO HAVE ANOTHER DAY A DAY WH...
James L. Richard II - The Sekret Service™ - C.L.I.M.A..XXX™ oaklandraiderz76 55 views I will add, do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. (wink)
James L Richard II - The Sekret Service™ - N The Clear Blue Sky oaklandraiderz76 56 views I Start 2 wonder why after all these years passed by That no other would do 4 me... And as I finally tried, it would be no lie Love is what I believe N The Clear Blue...
James L Richard II- The Sekret Service™ - The First Noel oaklandraiderz76 23 views May I add a disclaimer? :) No, I am not a "Christian," but I see Christmas as a time for year which transports my brain to days past where loved ones made this time of year...
James L Richard II / The Sekret Service™ - Unforgettable oaklandraiderz76 39 views They who have gone, so we but cherish their memory, abide with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living person. In my life I have experienced so much "loss", fro...
James L Richard II / The Sekret Service™ - O Holy Night oaklandraiderz76 36 views Christmas in my early childhood was a very special time for my sister and I. My mother went to extreme lengths to ensure just that. We had three Christmas trees, one in o...
James L. Richard II / The Sekret Service™ - I See Raindeer Dancing oaklandraiderz76 36 views Reindeer dancing? Those 49ers must have slipped hallucinogens into the water supply. Will someone just please confine them to their Polk. St. headquarters? For everyone e...
James L. Richard II - The Sekret Service™ - Give Love A Try oaklandraiderz76 37 views Give Love A Try ♥ Alone in your room at night You think about me But dreams are not for real my baby Are u just 2 blind 2 see? Is it that I`m just to good 2 be true?...

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Looking at James L. Richards family, it was fairly safe to say that the Oakland native was not going to be a street sweeper or a computer programmer. From the get go, the current band leader for the Bay Areas New Sekret Service was introduced to music by his talented musical family. His uncles are William Richard and Roy Richard of the doo wop group The Robins, and original members of the chart topping icons, The Coasters. His older brother Billy has been a member of the legendary R&B group since 1962.
James Dad was the reviled Rev J L Richard, Pastor and founder of The Evergreen Baptist Church Of Oakland, and Baptist icon. Lead the political charge for black people in the Bay Area and across the nation. A celebrity in his field, working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Julian Bond and a young Jesse Jackon among others.
James Mom, Dortha Lee Richard lived with Frank Sinatra, working as Nancy Sinatra..s personal assistant (from the ages of 17-21 at that). She dressed Mrs. Sinatra (bought all her clothes and jewelry), handled all her appointments, acted as her single personal liaison, even took care of Frank Jr. and Tina, until she married Rev Richard in the early 50s.
The precocious musician started playing drums at 4 years of age and moved on to piano at 5. During college, Richard says he formed an Oakland band called The Millenium Falcons. He says that the group dressed up in rugby shirts adorned with safety pins and played new wave and punk rock tunes.
Following his punk phase, Richard became enamored by Prince and a burgeoning new music form known as rap. During this time, Richard wanted to form a band called The Secret Service but found he had to settle for The Sekret Service. "You cant copyright a name of a government agency", he says.
While the old version of the The Sekret Service played all the popular artists of the time, like Michael Jackson and Prince, Richard says the band also covered more adventurous fare. "We were a top 40 band, but we took chances, he says. We did Depeche Mode".
By the mid-80s, Richard had another brother who started making waves in the music industry, Jay King. King was the man behind the Timex Social Club, who had a hit with Rumors, and Club Nouveau. Club Nouveau and took the world by storm with such charted hits as "Situation ..9", Why You Treat Me So Bad", "Jealousy", "Heavy On My Mind", and the number 1 Grammy award winning remake of the Bill Withers classic: "Lean On Me". Their songs have been covered or sampled by such varied artists as J-Lo, R Kelly and Puff Daddy, Jessica Simpson, and The Luniz.
Richard pulled the plug on The Sekret Service to focus on doing studio work. He says he ended up working with artists like R&B outfit Tony! Toni! Tone! and dozens of rap/hip hop artists such as Askari X, Dru Down, Rodney O,
But, in June of 2004, Richard realized he was missing the feel of performing in front of a crowd and formed The New Sekret Service. With experienced musicians like former MC Hammer drummer Tyrone Duncan, supreme vocalist Chuck Lounge, bass champion extraordinaire Freddie White, and keybaord genius Juan Ugly Fingerz Blair, The New Sekret Service plays songs by everyone from Marvin Gaye to Outkast.
Richard says they embrace the same philosophy that the past version of his band adhered to.
We pick material that is huge number one smash hits, but we make sure no one else plays it, he says. If we hear another band do a song, we drop it. Real Men Wear Black/49ers wear red/better dead than red/commit to excellence/have pride and poise and just win in LIFE. Once You Go Silver And Black, you never go back. We just DONT skate.

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The Sekret Service™

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University Of California At Berkeley, Oakland High School, Mc Chesney Jr. High School, Crocker Highlands Elementray

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