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Richard Fisher

This fine New York beat ballad has been a favourite of mine for many years now due to Fisher's powerful and "in your face" vocal and the high quality of the song and it's arrangement. "Turn The Page" is his only solo release but he did record aslead vocalist of the Jive Five on Musicor and Decca in the late 60s and early 70s. It's his voice on their magnificent deep ballad "No More Tears".

Now this 45 was released around 1983 but I simply don't believe it was cut that late in the day. Producer/label owner Otis Pollard - who manged the Jive Five - must have had it in the can for a considerable time, back to the mid 60s at least. The other great Little Rick 45 "Count Your Blessings" by Little Hooks & The Kings came out in 1963. I like very much t way the ballad side of this single is inscribed "A Motivation Side" - which would not have happened in the 60s - while the uptempo flip, a version of Ivory Joe Hunter's classic "Since I Met You Baby" is inscribed "A Double Drive Beat".

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