Mr mister biography
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Mr. Mister was an American pop band whose songs "Kyrie" (in "One Way Ticket") and "Stand and Deliver" (in "Vote of Confidence") were featured in the series Miami Vice.
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Mr. Mister was formed around 1980 from the band Pages (featuring Richard Page and Steve George). As the Pages, Page and George performed backing vocals on albums by Laura Branigan and the Village People. The Pages added Pat Mastelotto and Steve Farris to form Mr. Mister. Their first album, I Wear The Face, was released in 1984 and did not do well. During this time Page was offered the lead vocal in the groups Toto (replacing Bobby Kimball) and Chicago (replacing Peter Cetera) but turned both down. 1985's Welcome to the Real World launched Mr. Mister's brief but spectacular chart run. The album featured three Billboard Top 10 singles ("Broken Wings" (#1), "Kyrie" (#1), and "Is It Love" (#8)). The band appeared at the first MTV Spring Break show in 1986, received several Grammy nominations, and went on tour with Don Henley, The Bangles, Tina Turner, and other 1980s icons. Their third album, Go On..., did not do well professionally, but did feature a song used in Edward James Olmos' movie Stand and Deliver. Their final album, Pull was scheduled for release in 1989, but by then Farris le
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Mr. Mister
Mr. Mister – amerykański zespół pop-rockowy założony w 1982 w Los Angeles z inicjatywy Richarda Page’a.
Historia zespołu
[edytuj | edytuj kod]Page pracował wcześniej jako muzyk sesyjny (między innymi z Quincy Jonesem) oraz komponował dla takich artystów jak Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau. Pod koniec lat 70. w Phoenix, Richard Page (basista) i jego kolega z młodości Steve George (klawiszowiec) założyli grupę Pages, która zaistniała dzięki piosence „I Do Believe In You”. W 1982 roku grupa zmieniła nazwę na Mr. Mister. Pierwszy album formacji „I Wear the Face” ukazał się dwa lata później. Mniej więcej w tym samym czasie Page otrzymał propozycję zajęcia miejsca Bobby’ego Kimballa w Toto, a następnie zastąpienie Petera Cetery w Chicago. Wokalista odrzucił obydwie oferty i skupił się nad przygotowaniami drugiego longplaya zespołu Mr. Mister. Longplay „Welcome To The Real World” z 1985 roku okazał się wielkim sukcesem, zawierał trzy single z pierwszej dziesiątki zestawienia Billboardu oraz dwa przeboje numer jeden, w tym słynny „Broken Wings”. Na fali sukcesu grupa koncertowała między innymi z Tiną Turner. Trzeci longplay grupy „Go On” ukazał się w roku 1987. Pomimo zapowiedzi grupy, że jest to ich najlepszy krążek, longplay okazał się k
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