Mark Mangold

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Mark Mangold
Born Miami, Florida, United States
Genres Pop, pop rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, keyboardist
Instrument(s)Keyboards, piano
Years active1975–present

Mark Mangold is an American pop singer-songwriter, producer and keyboardist, best known as a member of the band Touch, American Tears and Drive, She Said. [1] As a songwriter, Mangold's songs have been performed by Michael Bolton, Cher and Jordin Sparks, Paul Rodgers, Jennifer Rush, Laura Branigan, and others.

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Biography

Mangold was born in Miami and grew up on Long Island. [2] Mangold performed in Long Island bands Valhalla and American Tears before eventually forming Touch in 1978 along with fellow American Tears members, Glen Kithcart and Craig Brooks.

Touch charted with two Mangold-penned singles, “(Call Me) When the Spirit Moves You” in 1980 and “Don't You Know What Love Is” in 1981.

Mangold worked with Michael Bolton in the 1980s, [3] co-writing and performing on Bolton's first hit "Fools Game" as well as several tracks from his 1985 AOR album, Everybody's Crazy . He and Bolton would later co-write "I Found Someone", a top-ten hit for Cher, originally recorded by Laura Branigan. Mangold himself has recorded two versions of the song. First, as a demo and again on his solo album Lift (2001). [4] [5]

In 1991, the band The Law recorded "For a Little Ride", a Mangold song co-written with Benny Mardones for Atlantic Records.

The Sign were formed by Mark, Randy Jackson (Zebra), Terry Brock (Strangeways), Billy Greer (Kansas) and Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow & Black Sabbath). Their début album, released in 2000, was Signs Of Life. Their second album, The Second Coming was released in August 2005 on Frontiers Records. [6]

Recently, Mangold has worked in Stockholm with numerous songwriters, having released "My Confession" (co-written with Jon Bivona) and "Candelight" sung by Anniela on Hitworks Records. [7] In Denmark, SukkerChok released his "1,000 Miles Away" which became a local hit. [8] In 2003, Jordin Sparks recorded his song "I Will Be There", co-written with Pebe Sebert, on the For Now EP. He has written a number of songs released in Asia, as well as 5 songs in the hit movie High Strung: Free Dance.

Mangold has written for and played keyboards in the New York City band The Radiant. [9]

Other project include Ashlie Luckett, and the comedian Lauren Francesca on the "Comic Con" YouTube music video. [10]

Discography

with American Tears

with Touch

with Drive, She Said

with The Sign

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References

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  2. ↑ "VH-1 Biography - Mark Mangold". VH-1 , Article Mark Mangold. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  3. ↑ Billboard 24 September 2011 p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Lift - Mark Mangold Album". All Music Guide , Article Lift - Mark Mangold. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  5. ↑ Billboard 26 December 1987 p. 62.
  6. ↑ Mason, Stewart. "AllMusic Review". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bio | Anniela". Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Sukkerchok – De 1000 Drømmes Nat". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  9. ↑ "All Indie Magazine: An Exclusive Interview with The Radiant by Great Unknowns Music Expose". Allindiemagazine.net. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
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