Mark's musical career began at the age of 15 fronting a local group in Idaho. A year later, he met keyboardist Paul Revere, and they formed The Downbeats, later to be called Paul Revere & the Raiders. In the 1960s, the Raiders chalked up 17 hot 100 hits and two network TV shows, "Where the Action Is" (1965-1967)and "It's Happening"/"Happening '68" ...
Deborah Brandt, Jaime Zygon, Arizona, Silver Bird, First Hymn from Grand Terrace
Music Groups
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Movies
Shogun Assassin, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
TV Shows
Make Your Own Kind of Music, Where the Action Is, Happening '68
Star Sign
Pisces
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Trademark
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Hair in a ponytail
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Fact
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Opened Mark Lindsay's Rock & Roll Cafe in Portland, Oregon. [2007]
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Is retired and working on a live DVD of his final concert performed on in 2003. [September 2004]
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In the late 1970s he turned to music production and, with friend Perry Botkin Jr., recorded disco singles under the aliases "Cake" (Ariola Records-1979) and "The Original Mass" (JDC Records-1981). Their song "Disco Kicks" was a moderate sized hit on the disco dance floors and was later covered by Boystown Gang.
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Attended the Hollywood premiere of Richard Lester's How I Won the War (1967) with TV gossip columnist Rona Barrett. They arrived in a horse drawn carriage. The only problem was that Mark never obtained a "parade permit" from the city of Los Angeles for the horse. Soon after the movie starts, an usher informs Mark that there are police outside waiting to talk to him. He and Barrett escaped out the back of the theatre and never did get to watch the movie!
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Was head of A&R (artists and repertoire) for United Artist Records in the 1970s.
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At different times, he lived in both 10050 Cielo Drive and 8763 Wonderland Avenue, both in Los Angeles. The Ciello Drive home became infamous after actress Sharon Tate and several guests were brutally murdered by followers of Charles Manson on August 8, 1969. The nearby Wonderland house became the site of another famous Hollywood murder when former porn-actor John Holmes and bodyguard Gregory DeWitt Niles took part in the equally horrific murder of four individuals with the encouragement of Eddie Nash, in what was a drug-related homicide on July 1, 1981. The extent of Holmes' involvement in the Wonderland Murders is unclear.
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Worked as a delivery boy for future band-mate Paul Revere at Revere's restaurant.
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