Harvey Sid Fisher


Harvey Sid Fisher is a singer/songwriter/musician, actor, model, and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and performing mostly humorous songs about astrology, golf, the battle of the sexes, quitting smoking, the F-word, and wanting his mommy. Greg Beets of the Austin Chronicle 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 had moved from New York to Los Angeles in 1969 to further pursue acting and music.

Actor

Fisher has gotten small acting parts on television and in film since 1967. Some of his credits include I Dream of Jeannie, Marcus Welby, M.D., The New Perry Mason, Kojak, Barnaby Jones, The Young and the Restless, Scrooged, and Lethal Weapon 3.”

Screenwriter

As Harvey Fisher, he sold a screenplay titled Final Recourse which was filmed in Texas in mid-2013 and is now in post production starring Chazz Palminteri, Teri Polo, 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 Astrological signs. Fisher was able to self-finance the recording of the album from the royalties he received from appearing in Lincoln Continental TV commercial. Astrology Songs eventually got a proper release in 1993 on Amarillo Records.
Fisher's subsequent releases included the song "Mommy" which appeared on Nardwuar the Human Serviette Presents: Skookum Chief Powered Teenage Zit Rock Angst 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 on Temple Of Be Saint 777 records in 1998, the “F-Word!” song on Transmission One: Tea At The Palaz Of Hoon on Cosmodemonic Telegraph records in 2000, “I Want Sex” on Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 10 in 2002, and "Filled With Love" on the Dennis The Menace Buttflaps on 777 Was 666 records in 2004.
In 2001, Fisher collaborated with the Chicago-based band, Cheer-Accident 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 his .
In December 2009, Dovecote Records 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.