Richard Stephen Sambora was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey in July 11, 1959. He always wanted to be a musician: he had learnt to play the saxophone, the piano and the trumpet, and after he had listened to Eric Clapton's music, he decided to learn to play the guitar. As a teenager, he used to play in various local bands.

He first met John Bongiovi in 1983, who was doing some promotion for his song "Runaway". Richie, after a few rehearsals, joined him and Bon Jovi was formed. Since then, he's been the guitarist of the band a co-writer to most songs.

In 1991 he had been dating with Cher for a while.

His first solo album, "Stranger In This Town" was released in 1991. He put a lot of work in the album.

Richie met actress Heather Locklear in 1994. They married at the end of the year.

He released an CD-ROM in 1996, "Richie Sambora Interactive Guitar" to help people learn to play the guitar.

His daughter, Ava Elizabeth was born in 1997.

With his second solo album, "Undiscovered Soul", which was released in 1998, Richie achieved success both in the American and the global music market.

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