{"id":2103083,"date":"2025-10-20T05:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T05:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2103083"},"modified":"2025-10-20T05:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T05:02:08","slug":"classic-pop-singer-songwriter-dead-at-84-rip-to-dick-addrisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/classic-pop-singer-songwriter-dead-at-84-rip-to-dick-addrisi\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Pop Singer-Songwriter Dead at 84: RIP to Dick Addrisi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Singer-songwriter Richard \u201cDick\u201d Addrisi has died. He was 84.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/music\/music-news\/richard-addrisi-dead-never-my-love-songwriter-1236403122\/\">a family spokesperson<\/a>, he died last Tuesday at his home in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>He is best known for co-writing the ultra-classic hit single \u201cNever My Love\u201d with his brother, which was originally sung by The Association and was then covered hundreds of times by other artists, including very successful versions by Etta James, Nina Simone, The Temptations, Barry Manilow, Belinda Carlisle, Donny Hathaway, Andy Williams, Norah Jones, Rita Wilson, The 5th Dimension, and Blue Swede.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/32OSn3iNw9A\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Never My Love (Remastered Version)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32OSn3iNw9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Never My Love (Remastered Version)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32OSn3iNw9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>A 1999 report from BMI said that \u201cNever My Love\u201d was the second most played song of all time in American radio and television history, just behind \u201cYou\u2019ve Lost That Lovin\u2019 Feeling\u201d by The Righteous Brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Addrisi and his brother Don were successful artists outside of songwriting, as well. As the duo the Addrisis Brothers, the two had several top-40 hit songs, including \u201cWe\u2019ve Got to Get It On Again\u201d and \u201cSlow Dancin\u2019 Don\u2019t Turn Me On.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two also penned and performed the theme song for the ABC series <em>Nanny and the Professor.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/744i1GOsrlI\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/744i1GOsrlI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Addrisi Brothers - We&#039;ve Got To Get It On Again\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/744i1GOsrlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Addrisi Brothers - We&#039;ve Got To Get It On Again\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/744i1GOsrlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>He is survived by his longtime partner Kay Douglass, Agustina Bianculli (who was \u201clike a daughter to him\u201d) and her son Sebastian, and his two nieces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source popculture.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter Richard \u201cDick\u201d Addrisi has died. He was 84. According to a family spokesperson, he died last Tuesday at his home in Miami. He is best known for co-writing the ultra-classic hit single \u201cNever My Love\u201d with his brother, which was originally sung by The Association and was then covered hundreds of times by other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2103084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22062],"class_list":["post-2103083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-deaths"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Classic-Pop-Singer-Songwriter-Dead-at-84-RIP-to-Dick-Addrisi.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2103083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2103085,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103083\/revisions\/2103085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2103084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2103083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2103083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2103083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}