- Not long after having been "shown the door" by his boss, Kerr had a number two hit in England : "Blue Eyes" by Don Partridge, later covered by Frank Sinatra.
- Kerr's songwriting dreams began when he was given the opportunity to pursue songwriting full time after his disapproving employer fired him (after discovering a rock & roll album Kerr had recorded for a small progressive record label).
- He was initially teamed with songwriter John Bettis (the Carpenters) but was introduced to lyricist Will Jennings by Irving Music executive Lance Freed. Their first song, "Somewhere in the Night," became Kerr's first U.S. hit, going to number 19 pop for Helen Reddy in 1975.
- His songs were recorded by Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, Yvonne Elliman, Jennifer Warnes, Glen Campbell, and the Edwin Hawkins Singers.
- Pianist Richard Kerr has made some of the most beautiful pop/easy listening music ever made.
- Kerr was an English singer-songwriter and composer, who co-wrote "Mandy", "Looks Like We Made It", and "Somewhere in the Night" (all of which became hit singles for Barry Manilow) and "I'll Never Love This Way Again", for Dionne Warwick.
- Kerr began his education at Bedford School.
- In the UK, he collaborated with musicians in the late 1960s and early 1970s such as Peter Green, Don Partridge and Scott English. The last pairing resulted in the song "Brandy", which English released in 1971. This song later become a worldwide hit under the title "Mandy" for Barry Manilow in 1974.
- When Kerr was hired as a staff producer at RCA Records' London branch he was not able finding any artists that he wanted to produce, and thus Kerr accepted a Screen Gems staff writing job. While there he co-wrote "Brandy" (not to be confused with the '70s hit by Looking Glass) with lyricist/recording artist Scott English. The record became a Top Ten British hit and peaked at number 91 pop in March 1972.
- His most important collaboration was with the American lyricist Will Jennings. They wrote such popular songs as "Looks Like We Made It", a No. 1 hit for Barry Manilow, "Somewhere in the Night", which was a hit for Helen Reddy and later for Barry Manilow (1978).
- In 1997, along with lyricist Don Black, Kerr wrote "You Stayed Away Too Long", sung by 18-year-old Joanne May, one of the four finalists in the Great British Song Contest, the UK heat for the Eurovision Song Contest. It came third.
- In November 1978, Kerr's first solo album, Welcome to the Club, was released by A&M Records. Produced by Chris Bond (Hall and Oates), it was solid MOR pop with Kerr contributing both acoustic grand and electric piano and co-writing the LP's ten tunes with frequent collaborator Will Jennings, Gary Osborne and John Bettis.
- Don Partridge's "Blue Eyes" was Kerr's first hit as a songwriter.
- In 1976, Kerr's solo album, Richard Kerr (re-titled Somewhere in the Night in some territories) was released by Epic Records, and in 2014 it was released digitally on iTunes.
- After gaining an interest in music at school he went into songwriting.
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