Richard Gottehrer

A Brill Building songwriter whose 1960s hits included "My Boyfriend's Back" for the Angels, "Hang On Sloopy" for the McCoys, and "I Want Candy," on which he performed as a member of the Strangeloves. He co-founded Sire Records with Seymour Stein in 1966, later producing the Go-Go's' 1981 debut album, and in 1997 co-founded the independent music distributor The Orchard.