Richard "Dimples" Fields was born in
New Orleans,
Louisiana. Field began singing professionally in the early 1970s, purchasing an Oakland cabaret, the Cold Duck Music Lounge, where he headlined. He began
recording for his own DRK
label, before signing to
Boardwalk Records in 1981. He had first recorded and released the song for DRK in 1975, in which he lamented not only the world's problems, but also those of his own life (from an ugly pregnant girlfriend to the need to read the Bible). Fields was persuaded to re-record and update it by an old friend, including it on his album
Mr. Look So Good!, before it was issued as a single. This song was reworked by George Michael as "Learn to Say No" as a duet with Jody Watley. While Fields had moderate success on the US R&B chart, both under his name and his nickname, "Dimples", "If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another" was his only
Billboard Hot 100 entry. His other big seller was "Your Wife Is Cheating On Us". He is buried at Holly Gardens Cemetery in Hammond, Louisiana. ==Discography==