David Riordan

David Riordan
Occupation	Interactive Media Executive, Documentary Television Producer, Songwriter

David Riordan is an interactive media executive, producer and designer, a documentary television producer and a professional songwriter. He co-wrote the number-one hit "Green-Eyed Lady" for the band Sugarloaf in 1970, and released his first solo album in 1974 called Medicine Wheel. In the early 1980s, while working as a consultant for Lucasfilm, producer of the Star Wars franchise, he began his career as an interactive media designer, producer and director that continued until the late 1990s. During that time he directed interactive entertainment groups for Cinemaware, Philips Media, Time Warner and Disney. He later became a producer for television shows that appeared on the A&E network. He is currently the VP of Media at Integral Life and the director of the Ken Wilber Biography Project.

Riordan began his recording career in 1968, as a member of The Yankee Dollar, singing vocals, playing guitar and writing songs for the band's debut album, Yankee Dollar. In 1970 he was a songwriter on the Sugarloaf albums Sugarloaf in 1970, Spaceship Earth in 1972, and I Got a Song in 1973. On the band's debut album, Riordan was the co-writer of the number one hit song Green-Eyed Lady. He next was a performing member of the group Sweet Pain and songwriter for the group’s debut album, Sweet Pain. In 1974 he performed and wrote songs for the band's second album, Sweet Pain II. That year he also released his only solo album, on Capitol Records. Both the A side of the vinyl LP and the B side held five tracks each.Billboard Magazine reviewed the album positively upon its release in November 1974, and charted the album among the top fifteen albums with major rotation on the leading progressive radio stations in the US for several weeks. He recorded albums for the record and film companies Capitol Records, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, and Dot Records. Eventually his catalogue reached over 100 songs, and was purchased by Paul McCartney's publishing company MPL Publishing.

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