Michael Mark is an American musician, composer, and actor. He won a
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Awards are among the most esteemed honors in New York theater, recognizing outstanding achievements across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions within the same categories. The awards are considered a signific ...
for his performance in the Broadway Musical, ''
I Love My Wife'' and he was also part of the original cast of
Harry Chapin
Harry Forster Chapin (; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Chapin, a Grammy Award- ...
's ''
Cotton Patch Gospel'', which he also played for the televised version of the show.
Mark works as a composer for
television
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programs. Probably Mark’s best-known composition is the theme song for the TV show ''
Entertainment Tonight
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''. Currently Mark spends his musical time writing, touring and performing with
Tom Chapin
Tom Chapin (born March 13, 1945) is an American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and storyteller.
Chapin is known for the song " Happy Birthday", released in 1989 in his ''Moonboat'' album. It takes its melody from "Love Unspoken", a so ...
, sharing in
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...
nominations for Tom’s albums of family music. He recorded a solo album entitled ''Good To Be Here'' which was released in 2005. His father is
Fred W. Friendly, and his brother is
David T. Friendly.
On February 12, 2009, he joined the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College orchestra and chorus, along with the Riverside Inspirational Choir and NYC Labor Choir, in honoring Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday at the Riverside Church in New York City. Under the direction of
Maurice Peress, they performed
Earl Robinson
Earl Hawley Robinson (July 2, 1910 – July 20, 1991) was an American composer, arranger and folk music singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Robinson is remembered for his music, including the cantata " Ballad for Americans" and songs s ...
's "The Lonesome Train: A Music Legend for Actors, Folk Singers, Choirs, and Orchestra", in which he played the balladeer.
References
External links
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I Love My Wife excerpt
Living people
American male composers
21st-century American composers
Drama Desk Award winners
Scarsdale High School alumni
21st-century American male musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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