Richard Howard

US songwriter - b. Keene, N.H. 10 Oct. 1890 - d. 17 November 1981. Wrote the song "I Believe In The Man In The Sky", performed by Elvis Presley. Attended Keene schools, but graduated from Watertown, MA, High School. He served as a yeoman in the U.S. Navy in WWI, then went into vaudeville. His best known musical work was “Somebody Else Is Taking My Place.” He and his wife Loula (Cole) Howard lived in Newton, MA, before moving to South Danville, NH, in 1937.