Richard Manuel

Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in the Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Manuel's singing alternated between a soul-influenced baritone that drew frequent comparisons to Ray Charles and a delicate falsetto. Though The Band had three vocalists sharing lead and harmony parts, Manuel was sometimes seen as the group's primary vocalist.

After multiple setbacks on its final release date the first official biography of Richard Manuel, ''Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band'' by author Stephen T. Lewis, arrived to audiences across the U.S. and Canada on June 24, 2025 via Schiffer Publishing; the book's subsequent arrival in the U.K. is set for August 28, 2025. Provided by Wikipedia