b. 1942, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
d. 12th January 2000, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Richard 'Dimples' Fields hailed from San Francisco and was born in 1942.
He took his nick name 'Dimples' from a female admirer who remarked that he was always smiling.
Richard began singing in the early 70's, purchasing a San Francisco cabaret, the Cold Duck Music Lounge, where he headlined.
He began recording for his own DRK Records label during this period.
Each of his three albums for DRK sold reasonably well and Fields signed to Boardwalk Records in 1981.
His first chart single was that year's 'Earth Angel', a remake of the 1954 Penguins ballad.
His biggest hit was 1982's 'If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another', an R & B number 1, which became his only crossover pop chart hit.
Whist working at a car dealership, Richard bumped into a high school friend.
She encouraged him to re-record the song.
Working on the tune with Belinda Wilson, she added her own ideas to the tune, suggesting he raised the tempo from the original ballad mode to that of a mid-tempo tune.
The tune was originally on the 70's 'Spoiled Rotten' album on the DRK label.
Two albums, 1981's 'Dimples' and the following year's 'Mr Look So Good!', also reached the charts.
Boardwalk then folded as his third album for the company, 'Give Everybody Some!', was released in 1983.
Richard signed with RCA Records in 1984 and recorded two albums for that label before left the label.
In 1987, Dimples moved to CBS for the album 'Tellin' It Like It Is' before moving on to the independent label, Life Records.
At Life Records he produced 'Dimples' in 1990, before retiring from recording for a while.
Richard also worked with Prodigal and produced Pat Benatar and the Ohio Players amongst others.
Sadly, in the year 2000, Richard Dimples Fields died of a stroke at Novato California Community Hospital in Los Angeles, California. He was 58.
He will be sadly missed. Richard Dimples Fields Tribute.
Albums:
It's Finger Licking Good (Dat Richfield Kat c.70's)
Ready For Anything (Dat Richfield Kat 1977)
Spoiled Rotten (Dat Richfield Kat c.70's)
Dimples (Boardwalk 1981)
Mr Look So Good! (Boardwalk 1982)
Give Everybody Some! (Boardwalk 1983)
Mmm (RCA 1984)
Dark Gable (RCA 1985)
Tellin' It Like It Is (CBS 1987)
Dimples (Life Records 1990)
Baby Makin' Music (Life Records 1994)
The Man Who Loves Women (Owch Records 1985)
