Dina Richardson

Dina Richardson, aka Dina Taylor, is an American singer and songwriter. Richardson is a native New Yorker whose musical roots are in New York City and London. She spent her youth singing in a church choir. She attended the Long Island High School for the Arts, specializing in voice and drama. Richardson continued her studies of music and drama at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the Royal Court Theatre Young People's Theatre in London.

In London, as the lyricist and lead singer of BBG (1990-94), Polydor artist Richardson hit the UK Billboard charts twice with Sweet Inspiration (which reached number 24) and Some Kind of Heaven; other releases included Snappiness. During her time with BBG, Richardson appeared on various TV shows: Top of the Pops, Blue Peter, the Terry Wogan Show and Pebble Mill. Her London performances included a headliner at The Fridge in Brixton, opening for De La Soul at the Brixton Academy, and appearances at Heaven and the Docklands' London Arena.

Richardson was invited by Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates) to work on a collaborative project at Apawling Studio in Pawling, New York, for Sony Music. She recorded the eponymous EP Dina Richardson (1998), at Sony Music Studios with producer David Lai for Lucky Lai Productions. She has played numerous New York venues including the Postcrypt Coffee House.

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