Mr. Mister
Fact Sheet
| Musical genre: | Pop |
| Country | USA |
| Years active | 1982-1990 |
was an US-american Pop-Band of the 1980s. Richard Page has formerly worked as a session musician (e. g. for
Quincy Jones) and has composed for
Michael Jackson,
Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins,
Al Jarreau and many more, when in the late 1970s he and his childhood friend Steve George founded the band Pages (most notable song: I Do Believe In You) in Phoenix, Arizona, from which Mr. Mister was founded in 1982. When their first album was released Page was offered to replace Bobby Kimball, lead singer of Toto and later on Peter Cetera of Chicago, which he refused both. The second album Welcome To The Real World with lyrics from Pages cousin John Lang was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. In those days of success they toured with
Tina Turner, for whom the song Stand And Deliver was written. But this song eventually appears on the third album Go On, which the band said was "some of the best stuff, we ever did", nevertheless it couldn't continue the success of its predecessor.
After the bands split Richard Page was working as composer again (co-author for Madonnas I'll Remember) and also as background singer for many artists; later on he did the solo album Shelter Me. Steve Farris toured with Whitesnake and recorded songs with Tori Amos, the 4 Non Blondes and others. Mastelotto played with XTC, King Crimson, Mastica and many more. Steve George was musical director for Kenny Loggins until 1997 and toured with Jewel. John Lang founded the band Djinn.
Mr. Mister can be seen as a representative for the typical sound of the 80s Pop-Rock.
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