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| Richard Page | |
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| Birth name | Richard Page |
| Born | May 16, 1953 |
| Origin | Keokuk, Iowa, United States |
| Genres | Rock, Pop |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Voice, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1978 - present |
| Associated acts | Pages, Mr. Mister, Third Matinee |
Richard Page (born May 16, 1953, Keokuk, Iowa, United States), was the lead singer and bassist in 1980s US band Mr. Mister, and is now a songwriter.
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Career
His first major band, Pages, was formed with his childhood friend from Phoenix, Arizona, Steve George after he moved to Los Angeles from San Diego in the late 1970s.[1] After producing three albums, Page and George formed Mr. Mister along with Steve Farris and Pat Mastelotto.
As lead vocalist for Mr. Mister, Page scored two consecutive Hot 100 #1's with the singles "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie". Prior to Mr. Mister's breakthrough 1985 #1 album, Welcome to the Real World, he turned down the opportunity to be lead singer with the groups Chicago and Toto. Mr. Mister would also release three albums before breaking up on 25 September 1990. A fourth Mr. Mister album, Pull was recorded in 1989, but ultimately never released (BMG Japan cancelled plans to release the album in 2001). However, in December 2008 Richard Page told the internet radio station 957StarFM about plans to release Pull on his new website: "I'm in the process of getting it back from the record company and publish it on the website."
Subsequently he was a member of Third Matinee with Patrick Leonard, before he released his only solo album to date: Shelter Me from the mid 1990s, featuring the singles "The Best Thing" and "My Oxygen", a remake of Nik Kershaw's hit. In 1997, he turned down an offer from Leonard to record a second Third Matinee album.
His songwriting clients include Kenny Loggins, Madonna (Golden Globes and Grammy nominated song, "I'll Remember" from With Honors), Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, Dionne Warwick, The Pointer Sisters, Meat Loaf, Patti LaBelle, Hall & Oates, BB Mak, Bill Champlin, Al Jarreau, Leona Lewis and many others.
Page performed his own material in December 2008 for the first time since Shelter Me. The song entitled "I Always Cry at Christmas" was co-written with Walter Afanasieff and is for sale on iTunes. A video for the song can be found on Youtube. Page gave a 65 minute interview on Inside MusiCast on January 5, 2009.
Discography
Page has been both a primary band member in various groups, as well as background vocalist for other artists.
Band member
- Pages (self-titled) (1978)
- Pages - Future Street (1979)
- Pages (2nd self-titled) (1981)
- Mr. Mister - I Wear the Face (1984)
- Mr. Mister - Welcome to the Real World (1985)
- Mr. Mister - Go On... (1987)
- Mr. Mister - Pull (1989 - unreleased)
- Third Matinee - Meanwhile (1994)
- Richard Page - Shelter Me (1996)
Notable appearances
Page performed backing vocals on Peter Allen's 1980 album Bi-Coastal as well as on Barbra Streisand's 1985 recording of "I Know Him So Well" for The Broadway Album. He also performed a duet with Cher, "One Small Step", as well as backing vocals on her 1991 album Love Hurts. Other appearances include:
- Sammy Hagar's Three Lock Box - background vocals
- Survivor's Caught in the Game - background vocals
- Toto's Isolation - background vocals
- Josh Groban's album Closer - background vocals
- Carole Bayer Sager's "Sometimes Late at Night" - background vocals
- REO Speedwagon's "Hi Infidelity" - background vocals
- Amy Grant's "Stay for Awhile" - background vocals
- David Foster - "Who's Gonna Love You Tonight" - vocals
- A duet with Rick Springfield on his cover of Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings" for The Day After Yesterday.
- Backing vocals on Whitesnake's "Now You're Gone" from the album Slip of the Tongue.
- A remixed duet with vocals for 2Pac's "Until the End of Time (Remix)" which sampled Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings" from the album "Until the End of Time."
- Toto's "Kingdom of Desire" - background vocals
- On a vocal version of Caravan, a song by Kitaro
References
External links
- Official home page - Launched December 2008
- Mr. Mister site - Page biography & detailed discography
- List of appearances - provided by AllMusic
- Shelter Me - Page's solo album details
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