Mr. Mister

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Mr. Mister was an American pop band of the 1980s.

Richard Page had formerly worked as a session musician (e.g., for Quincy Jones) and had 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. The two continued to apply their tight harmonies to background vocals on albums by successful pop artists like Laura Branigan while working to break their own material.

When the first Mr. Mister album, I Wear the Face, was released, Page was offered the chance to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer of Toto, and later was offered Peter Cetera’s place in Chicago; he refused both offers. The second album, Welcome To The Real World, with lyrics from Page’s cousin John Lang, was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister, with three top 10 singles, two of which hit #1 on the U.S. pop charts (most notably Broken Wings). In those days of success, they toured with Tina Turner, for whom the song Stand And Deliver was written. This song eventually appeared on Mr. Mister’s third album, Go On, which the band said was “some of the best stuff we ever did,” showing a much more mature band and a sound that hinted at progressive rock. Nevertheless, Go On was not a commercial success. Guitarist Steve Farris left around 1989. The band began working on a fourth album, Pull, with session guitarists, but were dropped by their label before it could be released, and the band decided to break up.

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Top Tracks

1	Broken Wings	1,866
2	Kyrie full track	800
3	Is It Love	127
4	Run to Her	86
5	Welcome to the Real World	78
6	Broken Wings (Remastered 2001) full track	70
7	Uniform of Youth	68
8	Don't Slow Down	67
9	Tangent Tears	61
10	Stand and Deliver	57
11	Into My Own Hands	51
12	Man of a Thousand Dances	45
13	Healing Waters	43
14	Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You) full track	42
15	Black/White full track	39

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jesuscidvazquez wrote:
Tuesday evening

clasica de los famosos 80`s

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bengtisak wrote:
last month

http://www.westcoast-music.com http://westcoast-aor.ning.com

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Goldfaden wrote:
August 2008

Höre ich immer wieder gern!

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cndoke wrote:
August 2008

Still gotta love it!

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peterrei wrote:
July 2008

Melodic song... Mr Mister is a classic of the pop of '80!!!

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jchv88 wrote:
July 2008

One of my favorite bands. And broken wings is my defenet favorite, I couldnt stop listening to this track while I was playing gta vice city.

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gustizzimo wrote:
June 2008

Anybody like john waite?

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katerz1 wrote:
June 2008

If you like Mr Mister, be sure to check out Richard Page's other stuff -- his solo album is GREAT, as is his work with his band before Mr Mister called Pages (kinda hard to find).

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marillano wrote:
June 2008

Große Klasse !!!

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ted1986 wrote:
June 2008

Great 1986 classic!

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Gaynor7 wrote:
June 2008

I love this song too...takes me straight back to a holiday in California

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Cotnbaugh wrote:
April 2008

I love this song!! It is so 80s. I remember listening to it then....I want to visit those days.

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visitors81 wrote:
March 2008

Stand and Deliver is the song that I prefer.

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Crow74 wrote:
March 2008

Hey guys! You really have to check out the band Work of Art. Incredible stuff!!

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LeeLad08 wrote:
February 2008

i need you soooooooooooo

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Kielstyle wrote:
January 2008

squid and the whale

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barbyz wrote:
January 2008

Broken Wings is POWAFULL !!!!!!!!!! Awesamazing like they say ;-) !

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Idiots-Rule wrote:
January 2008

Broken Wings is a great song!

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ZEPRATGERNODT wrote:
December 2007

Zep!

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emptyaisles wrote:
November 2007

Kyrie is the best.

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