Mark Radice is an American

United States

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 singer/musician and producer, who has worked with a variety of different artists and achieved minor success with his own material in the 1970s

1970s

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. Having worked with Jim Henson

Jim Henson

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 on several tunes for The Muppets

The Muppets

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 TV show in the mid-1980s

1980s

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, he has recently been more associated with Sesame Street

Sesame Street

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, as he has been writing and recording material for this series.

Biography

Mark Radice has been a professional musician and songwriter since 1964. From a very young age, he has provided keyboards, vocals, guitars, production and songs for himself as well as many well known artists. With well over 4,000 original songs to his credit, he is one of the most prolific songwriters alive.

Mark's father, Gene Radice, was a well known recording engineer who worked with artists such as Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

, Velvet Underground, Lovin' Spoonful, Janis Ian

Janis Ian

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, the Four Seasons, Cowsills, Mamas & the Papas

The Mamas & the Papas

The Mamas & the Papas were a Canadian/American vocal group of the 1960s . The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles...

, The Tokens

The Tokens

The Tokens are an American male doo-wop-style vocal group from Brooklyn, New York. They are known best for their chart-scoring 1961 single, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" .-Career:...

, Vanilla Fudge

Vanilla Fudge

Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band. The band's original lineup – vocalist/organist Mark Stein, bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer/vocalist Carmine Appice – recorded five albums during the years 1966–69, before disbanding in 1970...

 and many more.

In 1964 at age 7, Mark was signed to RCA Records

RCA Records

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. His single "Natural Morning" was later covered by Frankie Valli

Frankie Valli

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. In 1967 while signed to Decca Records

Decca Records

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 he released "10,000 Year Old Blues" which featured 20 year old Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler

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. Mark later toured and recorded with Aerosmith

Aerosmith

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 in 1978. Mark released his first full length LP in 1971 with Paramount Records

Paramount Records (1969)

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. The song "Hey My Love" was later covered by Dion. In 1973 Mark was asked to back Donovan

Donovan

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 on his "7 Tease" tour.

In 1976

1976 in music

-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....

, through United Artists Records

United Artists Records

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, he released Ain't Nothin' But A Party which featured Brass Construction

Brass Construction

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 and included the hit single "If You Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em."

As a writer for EMI Publishing he collaborated with artists such as Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack...

, Eddie Money

Eddie Money

Eddie Money is an American rock guitarist, saxophonist and singer-songwriter who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums...

, Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

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, Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

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, Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow

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, Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis

John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...

, Helix

Helix (band)

Helix are a Canadian hard rock/heavy metal band. They formed in 1974, and are best known for their 1984 single "Rock You". The original lineup was formed by drummer Bruce Arnold, and consisted of lead vocalist Brian Vollmer, guitarists Ron Watson and Rick "Minstrel" Trembley, keyboardist Don...

, Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...

, Aldo Nova

Aldo Nova

Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...

, Deodato, Phyllis Hyman

Phyllis Hyman

Phyllis Linda Hyman was an American soul singer and actress.-Early years:Phyllis Hyman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in the St. Clair Village, the South Hills section of Pittsburgh...

, Jetboy

Jetboy (band)

Jetboy is a San Francisco hard rock band formed in 1983. The band transplanted themselves to LA In 1986 after signing a major deal with Elektra Records. Their musical influences ranged from Punk rock to Rock n' roll with a good dose of Blues thrown in...

, Box of Frogs

Box of Frogs

Box of Frogs was a band formed in 1983 by former members of The Yardbirds, who released their first album in 1984. The core group comprised Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith, and Jim McCarty...

, Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons

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, Shark Island

Shark Island

-Places:*, off the coast of costa Rica, National Park, *Shark Island, Namibia, off the coast of Namibia*Shark Island Concentration Camp, an early 20th century concentration camp on Shark Island, Namibia*Shark Island , in Sydney Harbour, Australia...

, Jennifer Rush

Jennifer Rush

Jennifer Rush is an American/German-based pop/rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and which went on to be covered by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion.-Career:...

, and The Muppets

The Muppets

The Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson starting in 1954–55. Although the term is often used to refer to any puppet that resembles the distinctive style of The Muppet Show, the term is both an informal name and legal trademark owned by the Walt Disney Company in reference...

.

After touring with Cheap Trick in 1985, Mark was introduced to Jim Henson

Jim Henson

James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and created advanced puppets for...

 and collaborated on many songs for The Muppets. Mark collaborated with the group Vesica Piscis (band)

Vesica piscis

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 and producer Jack Douglas

Jack Douglas

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 and Engineer Jay Messina

Jay Messina

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 (Aerosmith, John Lennon

John Lennon

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, Kiss

KISS (band)

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, etc.).

Recently, Mark has self-produced several albums which include a variety of previously unreleased material. With a catalog of over 3000 songs that are still unreleased, you can expect to see more of such albums. Mark also currently writes and records for Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

. He was nominated for an Emmy in 2008 for his work with the Elmo

Elmo

Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice...

 character http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Daytime_Emmy_Awards/2008. In 2008 Mark also collaborated with the Septimus Orion

Septimus Orion

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 project.

Albums

• Mark Radice (1971) Paramount
  Paramount Records (1969)
  Paramount Records was a record label started in 1969 by Paramount Pictures after acquiring the rights to the name from George H. Buck. The previous label with the same name had been unconnected to Paramount Pictures. The new Paramount label reissued pop releases by sister label Dot Records, which...
  
   PAS 6033 (re-issued on CD 2004 with different cover)
• Ain't Nothin' but a Party (1976) United Artists
  United Artists Records
  United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...
  
  UA-LA629-G
• Intense (1977) United Artists RS-LA 788-G
• Store in a Cool Dry Place (1993) Bottom Up Records 122593-2
• Generation Why (2004) Self Produced
• Stay Tuned (2007) Self Produced

45's

"Natural morning" / "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" (1968) Decca 32349

"10,000 Year Old Blues" / "Three Cheers (for the Sad Man)" (1968) Decca 32411

"Richest Man in the World" / "Girl by the Meter" (1969) Decca 32525

"Save Your Money" / "Wooden Girl" (1972) RCA 47-9420

"Your Love is Like Fire" / "Hey My Love" (1972) Paramount 0170

"Hey My Love" / "Your Love is Like Fire" (1972) Paramount PARA 3024 (UK)

"New Day" / "Take Me to the Park" (1972) Paramount PARA 3025 (UK)

"If You Can't Beat 'em, Join 'em" / "The Whole Wide World Ain't Nothin' But a Party" (1976) United Artists UA-XW840

"The Answer is You" / "Monkey See Monkey Do" (1976) United Artists UA-XW897-Y

"It's You My Love" / "Love is Free" (1977) United Artists 5C 006-60377 (Holland)