Mark Radice

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Mark Radice
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Background information
Born (1957-11-23) November 23, 1957 (age 65)
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, producer
Instrument(s)Keyboards, guitars, vocals
Years active1964–present
Labels RCA, Decca, Paramount, United Artists
Website markradice.150m.com

Mark Radice (born November 23, 1957) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and producer. Since the early 1970s he has worked with a variety of different artists while also achieving success with his own material. He is a multi-instrumentalist [1] and is credited with writing more than 5,500 songs. [2]

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Early life

Mark Radice was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1957, and from 1968 to 1982 he lived in nearby Nutley, where he was inducted into the Nutley Hall of Fame in 2019. [3] His father Gene Radice was a well-known recording engineer who worked with Jimi Hendrix, Velvet Underground, Lovin' Spoonful, Janis Ian, the Four Seasons, Cowsills, Mamas & the Papas, The Tokens, Vanilla Fudge, and many more. [4] Mark Radice began writing songs, after teaching himself guitar while listening to Beatles albums, at the age of seven. [4]

Career

In 1964, at age of seven, Radice was signed to RCA Records. His single "Natural Morning" was later covered by Frankie Valli. [5] In 1967 while signed to Decca Records he released "10,000 Year Old Blues", which featured the 20-year-old Steven Tyler. [5] His first full-length self-titled LP was released in 1971 on Paramount Records. [6] [7] The song "Hey, My Love" was later covered by Dion [5] and Mark Holden.

In 1973 Radice was invited by Donovan to move to England, where he would contribute to Donovan's album 7-Tease album and the associated tour. [5] In 1976, Radice released his second solo album Ain't Nothin' But A Party, featuring Brass Construction. The album included the hit single "If You Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em." [8]

As a writer for EMI Publishing in the 1970s, he collaborated with artists such as Michael Bolton, Eddie Money, Dave Edmunds, Barbra Streisand, [9] Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Helix, Cheap Trick, Aldo Nova, Deodato, Phyllis Hyman, Jetboy, Box of Frogs, Gene Simmons, Shark Island, Jennifer Rush, and The Muppets. [2] [10] In a chance encounter in a Los Angeles hotel lobby, Radice ran into Steven Tyler who asked him to tour with Aerosmith on keyboards and backing vocals. Radice appeared on Aerosmith's 1978 live album Live! Bootleg . [11] In the mid-1980s Radice toured with Cheap Trick and appeared on their album Standing on the Edge . [10] In the 1990s he toured with blues musician Matt "Guitar" Murphy. [2]

Radice was introduced to Jim Henson by Phil Ramone and wrote 50-plus songs for The Muppets franchise over eight years, including for the film Elmo's Christmas Countdown. [12] From 2005 to 2011 Radice wrote 160 songs for Sesame Street , [5] including rearranging the original theme in 2008. Radice was nominated for three Emmy Awards for his work on Sesame Street. [2]

In 2012 he moved to Tennessee where he became involved with the Children's Media Studio and wrote 27 songs, one for each letter of the alphabet plus a "new" alphabet song, for the Sing and Spell Learning Letters project. [13] [14] In 2019, that project became an animated television show currently showing regionally in various test areas. [15] Radice has also been employed DigiTrax Entertainment in Knoxville since 2013. [16] In 2016 Radice released the limited-edition Audio Quicksand compilation spanning his songwriting career. [2]

Solo discography

Albums

Singles

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References

  1. ↑ "East Tennessee's Own WDVX — Bullet Backstory with Mark Radice". wdvx.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "2019 Hall of Fame Inductee – Mark Radice". Nutley Hall of Fame. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. ↑ "Nutley Hall of Fame Announces 2019 Inductees, Ceremony to take place Nov. 17, 2019". TAPinto.
  4. 1 2 Garmon, Ron (2005), Smay, David; Cooper, Kim (eds.), Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed, Routledge, ISBN   9781135879211
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Didier Delinotte, Didier Delinotte (2019), Donovan Le baladin du monde occidental, Camion Blanc, ISBN   9782378481506
  6. ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard. July 15, 1972 – via Google Books. Very interesting debut LP from the young Radice. As both a writer and performer he shows great potential. Very fine songs included here are: Your Yesterdays, Take Me to the Park, Seen Through my Pillow. This talented young balladeer deserves much accclaim and attention.
  7. ↑ "Talent". Billboard. July 15, 1972 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Ain't Nothin' But a Party - Mark Radice | Releases | AllMusic , retrieved 2020-11-18
  9. ↑ "Cover versions of Some Good Things Never Last written by Mark Radice | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com.
  10. 1 2 "Mark Radice | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  11. ↑ Bienstock, Richard, Aerosmith, Voyageur Press, ISBN   9781610597692, ...1978...joined by keyboardist and backing vocalist Mark Radice
  12. ↑ Crump, William D. (March 29, 2017). How the Movies Saved Christmas: 228 Rescues from Clausnappers, Sleigh Crashes, Lost Presents and Holiday Disasters. McFarland. ISBN   9781476627700 – via Google Books.
  13. ↑ "Lesli Bales-Sherrod: South Knox company launches interactive learning program". www.knoxnews.com.
  14. ↑ "Knoxville's weekend pitchfest a boost for local entrepreneurs - TNLedger Knoxville Edition". www.tnledger.com.
  15. ↑ "Children's Media Studio in South Knoxville produces Sing and Spell animated series". wbir.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  16. ↑ "Music Genius Mark Radice Joins DigiTrax Entertainment". August 6, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Mark Radice - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em / The Whole Wide World Ain't Nothin' But A Party". Discogs.
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