spellcheck: Richards, Richards', or Richard's?

The name of the fabled Atlanta rock club which opened its doors at 931 Monroe Drive NE on February 1, 1973, has endured decades of spelling variations. Information searches are often confounded by the varied data entries of Richards, Richards', or Richard's. In May 1974, a Billboard article indicated the plural possessive as its correct spelling. My personal experience, in context of creation of promo material during the time, was a first-hand explanation by the club's PR rep that the name was simply the non-possessive plural, "Richards," reflecting the shared name of the two owners, both Richards: Rich Floyd and Richard Bryan.

Rich Floyd (L) and Richard Bryan in front of the club's entrance

One could argue that the logo of the club indicates either Richards' or Richards, depending on the implication or not of an apostrophe. I will continue to use the basic plural, as instructed back in the day.

Richards

• 931 Monroe Drive NE (near 8th and Virginia Avenue), Atlanta GA 
• Owners: Rich Floyd, Richard Bryan
• Capacity: 800
• Opened: Thursday, February 1, 1973
• Closed: December 1974

1973

• Elephant's Memory, Mose Jones - February 1-3
• Wet Willie, Ned - February 5-10
• Bo Diddley, Marshall Tucker Band - February 12-16
• Bob Seger, Acrobat - February 19-24
• Bonnie Bramlett, Little Feat, Elf - February 26-28
• White Witch, Little Feat - March 1-3
• Little Feat, Mother's Finest - March 5-10
• Elephant's Memory, Roadapple - March 12-17
• If, Warm - March 19-24
• Hookfoot, Uncle Jam Band - March 26-31 
• Nitzinger, Navasota - April 2-7 
• Marshall Tucker Band, Hydra - April 9-14
• Pure Food & Drug Act with Harvey Mandell, Charlie Daniels Band - April 16-21
• Cold Blood - April 23-25 
• Terry Reid - April 26-28
• Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids - April 30-May 5
• "Benefit for Wounded Knee" [Defense Fund] - May 6
• Pretty Things - May 7-8
• Cactus, Pretty Things - May 9-12
• Cactus, Warm - May 14-18
• McKendree, Warm - May 19
• Spooky Tooth - May 22-24
• Mose Jones, Jam Factory - May 28-June 2
• Bonnie Bramlett, Little Feat, Target - June 5-9
• Tim Buckley, Status Quo - June 11-16
• Charlie Daniels Band, NRBQ - June 18-22
• King Crimson, NRBQ - June 23
• Terry Reid, Kudzu - June 25-27
• Manfred Mann, Kudzu - June 28-30
• Tower of Power, Brother Bait - July 2-7
• Chambers Brothers, Stories - July 9-11
• Stories, Mose Jones- July 12-14
• Nitzinger, Warm - July 16-21
• Cactus, Bachman-Turner Overdrive - July 23-28
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mose Jones (Al Kooper's Sounds of the South label press party) - July 29 
• Mose Jones, Lynyrd Skynyrd - July 30-August 4
• Fanny, Navasota - August 6-8
• Navasota, Dogwood - August 9-11
• Country Joe McDonald & His All Star Band, Elijah - August 13-18
• Freddie King, El Roacho - August 20-25
• Spirit, Warm - August 27-29
• Robin Trower, Warm - August 30-September 1
• Bonnie Bramlett, Lynryd Skynyrd - September 3-5
• Rory Gallagher, Sopwith Camel [One night someone paid Sopwith Camel to play "Hello, Hello" five times.] - September 10-15
• Little Feat, Mother's Finest - September 17-20
• Mother's Finest - September 21-22
• Flo & Eddie, Dogwood - September 24-28
• National Lampoon's Lemmings - September 29
• If, Lynyrd Skynyrd - October 2-6
• Iggy & The Stooges, Hydra [Elton John showed up in a gorilla costume one night.] - October 8-13
• Teenage Lust, REO Speedwagon - October 15-17
• Teenage Lust, Tucky Buzzard - October 18-20
• Fanny, Hookfoot - October 22-25
• Hookfoot - October 26-27
• Cactus, Younguns - October 29-31
• Elvin Bishop, Younguns - November 1-3
• The New York Dolls, Public Foot - November 5-10
• Tim Buckley, Warm - November 13-17
• Chambers Brothers, Mother's Finest - November 19-21
• Captain Beyond, Mother's Finest - November 23-24
• Captain Beyond, Copper Hill - November 26-28
• Buddy Miles, Copper Hill - November 29-December 1
• Frampton's Camel, Law - December 3-5
• Birtha, Law - December 6-8
• Delaney Bramlett, Hall & Oates - December 10-15
• Muddy Waters, Orleans - December 17-22
• Lou Reed, Acrobat - December 26-29
• Captain Beyond, Papa Doc - December 31

1974

• Freddie King, Papa Doc - January 2-5
• Buddy Miles, Steamboat - January 7-9
• Bloodrock, Steamboat - January 10-12
• Chambers Brothers - January 14-16
• Stories, McKendree Spring - January 17-19
• Canned Heat, Texas - January 21-23
• Les Variations, Texas - January 24-26
• Cactus, Mose Jones - January 28-February 2
• Roosevelt Sikes, Big Walter Horton, Robert "Jr" Lockwood - February 4-6
• NRBQ, Bruce Springsteen - February 7-9
• Livingston Taylor, Mike Greene - February 11-13
• If, Mike Greene - February 14-16
• Spirit, 10cc - February 18-20
• 10cc, Mother's Finest - February 21-23
• Soft Machine, Painter - February 25-27
• Charlie Daniels, Painter - February 28-March 2
• Roy Buchanan, Silverhead - March 4-6
• Elvin Bishop, Silverhead - March 7-9
• Bonnie Bramlett, Warm - March 11-16
• Muddy Waters, Average White Band - March 18-23
• Quicksilver Messenger Service, Hall & Oates - March 25-28
• Hall & Oates - March 29-30
• John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon - April 1-6
• Bob Seger, Kathi McDonald - April 8-10
• Bob Seger, BJ Thomas, Kathi McDonald - April 11-13
• Boz Scaggs, Outlaws - April 15-17
• Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes, Outlaws - April 18-20
• Robin Trower, Black Sheep, McKendree Spring - April 22-23
• Grin, McKendree Spring - April 24
• Grin, Law - April 25
• Ballin' Jack, Law - April 26-27
• Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Steve Ball Band - April 29-May 4 
• Goose Creek Symphony, If, Grinderswitch (benefit for The Great Speckled Bird) - May 6
• If - May 7-8
• Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - May 9-11
• Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny, Thunderhead - May 13-15
• Ray Manzarek, Thunderhead - May 16-18
• Cactus, Flying Saucers - May 20-24
• Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Flying Saucers - May 25
• Birtha, Larry Raspberry & The High Steppers - May 27-29
• Fanny, Larry Raspberry & The High Steppers - May 31-June 1
• Eric Burdon, Danny Kalb - June 3-8
• McKendree Spring, Bob "Catfish" Hodge - June 10-15
• Spencer Davis, Mose Jones - June 17-19
• Raspberries, Mose Jones - June 20-22
• Strawbs, Texas - June 24-26
• Birtha, Texas - June 27-29
• Elvin Bishop, Dion - July 1-5
• Dion, Dogwood - July 6
• Steeleye Span, Purlee - July 10-13 
• Chris Jagger, Average White Band - July 15-17
• James Montgomery Blues Band, Spencer Davis - July 18-20
• Tony Joe White, Babe Ruth - July 22-27
• Mike Greene Band - July 29-30
• Jobriath - July 31-August 3
• Richie Havens, Steve Barron - August 5-10
• Waylon Jennings, Elf - August 15-17
• Little Feat, Richard Torrance - August 22-24
• Barkays, Larry Raspberry & The High Steppers - August 26-28
• Barkays - August 29-31
• Albert King, Bill Chinook - September 3-7
• Howlin' Wolf, The Elders - September 9-14
• Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Jett Black - September 16
• Jett Black - September 17-18
• Bob Seger, Jett Black - September 19-21
• Birtha, Steve Barron - September 23-27
• Montrose, Larry Raspberry & The High Steppers - September 30-October 2
• Spencer Davis, Judd - October 3-5
• Little Richard - October 7-12
• Muddy Waters, Mighty Joe Young - October 14-19
• Outlaws, Carmen - October 21-23
• Liverpool, Outlaws - October 24-26
• Larry Coryell, Michael Urbaniak - October 28-30
• Wayne Cochran & CC Riders - October 31-November 2
• Captain Beefheart - November 4-6
• Frigid Pink - November 7-9
• Willie Dixon, Bill Chinook - November 11-16
• Grinderswitch, Warm - November 18-23
• Spirit; Dino & Sembello - November 25-27, 29-30
• Montrose, Judd, Stray Dogs - December 2-3
• Average White Band, Judd - December 4-7
• Quicksilver Messenger, Barnaby Bye - December 9-11
• Chambers Brothers, Barnaby Bye - December 12-14
• Bob Seger, Law - December 19-21