- Rick Evans
Rick Evans (born
20 January 1943 , inLincoln, Nebraska ) is a chart-topping Americansinger andguitarist .From 1962 he played with the Eccentrics, a group which also included
Denny Zager . The group split in 1965. By 1968 Evans and Zager worked as a duo together and had a number one hit with "In The Year 2525 ", written by Evans, allegedly in half an hour, and produced by them both. While "2525" was enjoying its high success, "Billboard" magazine ran an article that indicatedZager and Evans were heading for huge success in themusic business and even compared them toThe Beatles .Nonetheless, despite several further releases, none of these reached the
Top 40 in either the U.S. or the UK. The duo duly split up.Evans went on to a solo career and continued to perform and write songs.
Evans is an alumnus of
Nebraska Wesleyan University where he was a member ofPhi Kappa Tau fraternity.
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