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Dal Richards
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| Birth name | Dallas Murray Richards |
| Born | January 5, 1918 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Origin | Vancouver |
| Died | 31 December 2015 (aged 97) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | conductor, clarinetist, saxophonist, baus |
| Years active | 1940–2015 |
Dallas Murray "Dal" Richards, CM, OBC (5 January 1918 - 31 December 2015) was a Canadian big band leader.
Richards led his band for many years in a weekly CBC Radio show broadcast nationally from the Panorama Roof Ballroom of the Hotel Vancouver. As of February 2012[update], Richards also hosts a weekly one-hour show on radio station CISL. Richards is commonly thought to be the lyricist of "Roar You Lions Roar", the fight song of the BC Lions football club set to the music of "I Love the Sunshine of Your Smile".
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