Richard Anthony

b. Richard Anthony Bush, 13 January 1938, Cairo, Egypt. Anthony forsook higher education in Paris to become a singer but was obliged to make ends meet with a variety of jobs and as a session saxophonist. He signed to Pathe-Marconi in 1958, but his debut single, ‘La Rue Des Coeurs Perdus', fared poorly. However, he became popular with his native reproductions of US smashes such as Buddy Holly's ‘Peggy Sue' and Lloyd Price's ‘Personality'. He came into his own, however, during the twist craze with ‘C'est Ma Fête' (‘It's My Party'), and an untranslated ‘Let's Twist Again' establi...