Harvey Sid Fisher is a singer, songwriter, musician, actor, model, and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and performing mostly humorous songs about

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golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

, the battle of the sexes,

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, the F-word, and wanting his mommy. Greg Beets of the ''

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'' called him the "undisputed king of astrology songs." Fisher has referred to himself as "one of L.A.'s top ten thousand photographic models," later upping the number to ten million. Harvey dislikes fellow golfers talking near him at the golf course. He is known for storming away when this occurs.

Biography

Fisher moved from New York to Los Angeles in 1969 to further pursue acting and music.Harvey Sid Fischer Speaks
Scram Magazine. September 23, 2006.

Actor

Fisher has performed in small television and film roles since 1967. Some of his credits include '' I Dream of Jeannie'', ''

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Kojak ''Kojak'' is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theodopolis "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular ''Cannon'' series, ...

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The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...

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''.

Screenwriter

As Harvey Fisher, he sold a screenplay titled ''Final Recourse'' which was filmed in Texas in mid-2013 and released in 2014 starring Chazz Palminteri,

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, and Terese Carrera.

Songwriter and singer

Fisher concurrently worked as a model, and musical performer. He made his first recording in the late 80s. He wrote the material for ''Astrology Songs'' from 1986 to 1987, which features songs about each of the twelve

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signs. Fisher was able to self-finance the recording of the album from the royalties he received from appearing in

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TV commercial. ''Astrology Songs'' eventually got a proper release in 1993 on

Amarillo Records Amarillo Records was an independent record label owned by Gregg Turkington that operated out of San Francisco, California, from 1992 to 2001. The label specialized in releasing experimental rock music and comedy records. It released several sol ...

. Fisher's subsequent releases included the song "Mommy" which appeared on ''

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Presents: Skookum Chief Powered Teenage Zit Rock Angst'' (Compilation) on NardWuar Records in 1995, the "''Party Hard''" 7" on TPOS records in 1997, the live version of “Those Girls” on ''Prayer Is The Answer'' (Cassette release compilation) on Temple Of Be Saint 777 records in 1998, the “F-Word!” song on ''Transmission One: Tea At The Palaz Of Hoon'' (Compilation) on Cosmodemonic Telegraph records in 2000, “I Want Sex” on ''

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's Basement Tapes No. 10'' (Unofficial CD Compilation) in 2002, and "Filled With Love" on the ''Dennis The Menace Buttflaps'' (CDr Compilation) on 777 Was 666 records in 2004. In 2001, Fisher collaborated with the Chicago-based band,

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in covering "Those 52 Girls" for the B-52s tribute album ''Wigs on Fire!'' on Nihilist Records. Cheer-Accident also serves as an occasional back-up band for Fisher. Fisher has also self-released the songs "Bonga Chong," "Battle of the Sexes," and "Kick that Butt" through hi
website
In December 2009,

Dovecote Records Dovecote Records was a New York-based independent record label. It was run by its founder, Carter Matschullat, and was distributed by Redeye Distribution in the US. Artists and projects Dovecote's roster included Wise Blood, SSION, Hooray fo ...

released the ''Harvey Sid Fisher: A Dovecote Holiday'' EP, of which Fisher covers the songs of Dovecote artists Mason Proper, Tim Williams, and Trevor Giuliani.

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