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Rik Tinory is a legendary American Composer-Producer-Musician-Artist- and a Renowned Lecturer and owner of Old Boston Music Publishing a B.M.I. Music publisher.

RikTinory was born in a rat infested tenement at 35 Worcester Street in Bostons South End. His mother was taught English by famed lost flyer Amelia Earhart. Amelia, worked as a social worker at the Dennison House in Boston's South End. Another roomer was legendary Author Kahlil Gibran the author of "The Prophet". As a boy the curious Rik was noted for roaming the streets of Boston non stop and delighted in discovery of whatever interested him. Big text At age 15 wanting to expand his music,he thought that if he joined the United States Navy he might get into the Navy band. No such luck instead the minor recruit was place into the UDT (now called the Seals). No easy task for a young teen. Rik was soon discovered and discharged.

Rik returned and graduated from Jamaica Plain High School. Soon after the naturally talented Drummer began playing drums and worked by establishing his own band "The Rik Tinory Orchestra" playing stock arrangements. While working in "mob" owned  clubs, Rik was told to get a singer or get fired. Unable to hire or pay for a singer,he began singing. Soon after he saved enough to record in a Boston recording studio. The handsome Rik, (a Tony Curtis) look alike had the girls screaming for this young sex symbol. In 1957 Famed actor T.V. star Danny Thomas phoned Rik about an idea. Danny wanted to begin a hospital for children stricken by cancer. Soon after, Danny named Rik as his first member to the executive board for Saint Judes Charityes Rik raised over $10,000.00 to kick of that charity. A huge sum for that time In 1959 while performing in Miami Florida. World heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis came backstage and invited Rik to join him to perform in Havana, Cuba. Joe and Rik were the very first Americans to travel to Cuba after the Cuban revolution. Fidel Castro was intrigued by Rik and invited him to sit as his table. The next day Castro invited Joe and Rik to travel by convoy to remote parts of Cuba, stopping at famed author Ernest Hemingway's home

Rik Tinory Productions was established in 1960, and has catered to the worlds great artists: To name a few: Aerosmith,Bob Hope,George Burns, Henny Youngman, Air Supply, Tom Jones, Actreses Betty Hutton, Joan Fontaine and the worlds largest live recording in history, Saint Pope John Paul II, with over Four  million people on October 1, 1979.

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