Jeremy Wind, AKA Charles Stewart Richey (Riche'), originally from Louisiana, is a resident of New York City and Pike County, Pa. He spends much of his time living and working in a log cabin on the top of a mountain. The cabin is wedged between the Lackawaxen and Delaware Rivers.
Jeremy is well known as an actor and published composer of music and literature. He was a recording artist on EPIC Records in the late sixties. His work with actor-writer David Hess for Unicorn Productions helped influence the next generation of pop composers and performers with songs like "Canticles To Jello", "After The Rain" and "Sunshine Path".
In the late sixties he worked for the CBS Television Network on the production staff of the Captain Kangaroo Show. After leaving CBS in 1970, he cofounded Hunterdon Farm with internationally celebrated Olympic equestrian George H. Morris. Hunterdon quickly became the top riding academy in the United States and was a favorite with international Olympic riders.
While presiding over Hunterdon, Jeremy was active as a commercial television actor in New York and Los Angeles. He was also a prolific composer of music. To his credit are many well known network commercials. He starred in ads with Dom DeLuise, Jack Nicklaus and many others. For three consecutive years his network commercials premiered on the Academy Awards broadcasts.
In 1977 Jeremy starred in Leonard Sillman's cabaret production, "The Best of New Faces" at the Ballroom in New York City. He is featured in the book The Golden Age of New York Cabaret, Intimate Nights, by James Gavin.
Jeremy Wind is best known for composing the music for "The Cold Light Of Day", "Molly Barr", "Mrs. Perkins' Flowers", "Save The Children", "One Perfect Day", "Do You Wonder" and "Poppies".
"Poppies" was recorded on RCA Records by the great jazz performer Nina Simone. It was the single from the album, Emergency Ward, which included only two other works; George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and David Nelson's "Today Is A Killer."
"Poppies" is also featured on the double CD, The Very Best of Nina Simone: Sugar in My Bowl. Jeremy collaborated with legendary lyricist Lennie Bleecher during this period. "Poppies" was also featured in a renowned jazz ballet choreographed by Alvin Ailey, entitled "Love Songs".
As Charles Stewart Richey, he is a self-educated expert on how to cure acid reflux disease by natural means and has written an extensive report entitled, REFLUX GONE FOREVER, Natural Acid Reflux Remedies. The eBook of this work has been very successful and is sold internationally.
Written by Adrienne Barbou
Footnotes:
“COME WITH ME” was recorded in NYC at Automated Recording Studios in 1978. It was never released, was lost, recently rediscovered and digitally re mastered. The album was produced by Dan Daley and engineered by Vicki Fabre.. It features top musicians; Peter Gabriel drummer Jerry Marotta, Doug Lubahn of Doors fame, former Utopia keyboardist, Ralph Schuckett and lead guitar virtuoso, Werner Fritching. Tim Cappello, who played sax on the celebrated Tina Turner tours, is featured throughout the CD.
The song "Come With Me" which was based on the original Pachelbel composition, featured the New York Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra with David Nadien, conductor and Emanuel Vardi, first violin.
The "The Closer She Gets" was written & recorded by Jeremy Wind & original "Last House On The Left" star, David Hess in 1968 and released on Epic Records: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL0qeqHlefs
Link to mp3 of Nina Simone’s “POPPIES”, which was written by Lennie Bleecher and Jeremy Wind and released on RCA in 1972. It was originally part of only three songs including George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and David Nelson's "Today Is A Killer", on the album, "Emergency Ward" The recording was later incorporated into the jazz ballet, “LOVE SONGS”, choreographed by the late Alvin Ailey which premiered at City Center in NYC that year. Since the passing of Miss Simone, "Poppies" is also featured on the double CD, The Very Best Of Nina Simone, Sugar in my Bowl.
http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/3-08-poppies.mp3
