Early Life
Born May 16, 1953 in tiny Keokuk, Iowa on the Mississippi River, Richard Page seems pre-destined to have had a life surrounded by music. His parents, Robert and Joyce Page, were both professional musicians. He a singer and choral director, she an accomplished organist, pianist, and singer. The family of seven (Richard has a sister and three brothers, who are all musicians) landed in Montgomery, Alabama in the mid 1950s where his parents worked as music directors at a local Methodist church. His mother knew Richard had a special interest in the family "business" when he came home from Sunday school to announce that he was the only baritone in the four-year-old class. In the early 1960s Richard, along with millions of other American kids, discovered The Beatles, The Beach Boys and the wave of awe-inspiring music of that era.
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