Dick Cooper
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Richard Cooper |
| Also known as | Coop |
| Origin | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Country rock |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, Guitarist, Author, Producer |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Associated acts | The Cooper Brothers |
Richard "Dick" Cooper is a Canadian musician and writer based in Ottawa, Ontario.
A founding member of the popular 1970s Canadian Southern rock band The Cooper Brothers, he toured extensively throughout North America and helped the band achieve several hits under the Capricorn Records label, including a number of songs which charted on The Billboard Hot 100.
When the band went their separate ways in 1983, Dick began working as a children’s television writer (working under the name Richard Cooper) and over the next few years scripted several shows for Nickelodeon including You Can't Do That On Television and Turkey T.V.
While working at local Ottawa television studio CJOH in 1986, Cooper also created and developed his first original series entitled Highschool Confidential. Cooper would write and produce 21 episodes of the teen variety series, and the show was later syndicated in the U.S. and Canada, winning the International Iris Award at NATPE in 1987.
In 1988, Cooper followed up Highschool Confidential by producing and directing 13 episodes of the television series Denim Blues, a half-hour teen drama which was subsequently syndicated in both Canada and Japan. The show would also mark the acting debut of Golden Globe Winner Sandra Oh as well as Tyley Ross, of the popular singing ensemble the East Village Opera Company. The series was also presented with the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Award in 1989.
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