Marky Mark   (USA)

EuroDance member
Added : 18/06/2009
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Latest Marky Mark news

22/08/2017 : According to the Daily mail, actor and former rapper Mark Wahlberg Mark is named world's highest-paid actor in 2017 on Forbes‘ annual list with $68 million.

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Marky Mark albums

	Music for the People (with the Funky Bunch)	1991	BUY X
	You Gotta Believe (with the Funky Bunch)	1992	BUY X

Marky Mark singles

	Good Vibrations	1991	BUY X
	Wildside	1991	BUY X
	I Need Money	1991	BUY X
	Peace	1991	BUY X
	You Gotta Believe	1992	BUY X
	Gonna Have A Good Time	1992	BUY X
	On The House Tip	1992	BUY X
	No Mercy (The Fist Of The Tiger)	1995	BUY X
	Hey DJ	1996	BUY X
	Feel The Vibe	1997	BUY X
	Best Of My Love	Jul 1997	BUY X

Marky Mark remixes

	No Mercy (The Fist Of The Tiger)	1995	BUY X
	Hey DJ	1997	BUY X

Featurings and collaborations

	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - Happy People	29th Oct 1993	BUY X
	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - Life in The Streets	29th Jul 1994	BUY X
	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - United	28th Oct 1994	BUY X
	One Love - That's The Way I Like It	1995	BUY X
	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - Babylon	3rd Feb 1995	BUY X
	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - Rastaman Vibrations	25th Aug 1995	BUY X

Songwriting

	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - Happy People	29th Oct 1993	BUY X
	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - Life in The Streets	29th Jul 1994	BUY X
	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - United	28th Oct 1994	BUY X
	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - Babylon	3rd Feb 1995	BUY X
	Prince Ital Joe feat Marky Mark - Rastaman Vibrations	25th Aug 1995	BUY X

Marky Mark biography

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg was born in the poor working class district of Boston known as Dorchester. He was born on June 5th, 1971; the youngest of nine children, with siblings Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie, and Donnie. His childhood was rough. He dropped out of highschool at the age of 14 and up til the age of 18, he was involved in several cases of stealing and drugdealing. In the late 1980's he finally got himself into the music industry. In fact he was an original member of the smashing boyband New Kids On The Block, together with five other guys including his brother Donnie Wahlberg. But Mark backed out early on that project, before the big success. It was his departure that eventually allowed Joe McIntyre to take his place as the 5th member of the group

Mark founded his own project with a group of dancers calling themself the "Funky Bunch". "Marky Mark feat. the Funky Bunch" released several hitsingles and one album in the early 1990's. The most famous single was Good Vibrations featuring diva Loleatta Holloway, released in the spring of 1992. Produced by his brother Donnie, it was #1 on The Billboard Hot 100, later becoming certified as a Platinum single. The second single, Wildside, peaked at #5 on Billboards Hot Singles Sales chart and at #10 on The Billboard Hot 100. It was certified as a Gold single. It was based on a sample taken from the Walk on the Wildside by Lou Reed.

Marky Mark opened for the New Kids on the Block during their last tour. His second LP, You Gotta Believe, wasn't as successful as the prior, yielding only a minor hit single in the title track. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch even had their own video game in the Marky Mark: Make My Video game series on the Sega Mega-CD.

Wahlberg was known for his impressive physique. He first displayed it in the Good Vibrations music video and most prominently in a series of underwear ads for Calvin Klein shot by Herb Ritts, following it with Calvin Klein television ads. He also made a workout video titled The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness

Wahlberg then began an acting career, making his debut in the 1993 TV movie "The Substitute". His big screen debut came the next year, with the Danny DeVito feature "Renaissance Man".

In 1993, he teamed up with Joe Paquette, Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark was born. Together they released many eurodance hits, among them Happy People, United, Life in the Streets, and Babylon.

Then he went back to his solo carreer, still produced by Alex Christensen and Frank Peterson, releasing in 1995 No Mercy (The Fist Of The Tiger). He was featured on That's The Way I Like It by One Love. In 1996, he released Hey DJ. The next year, came Best Of My Love and Feel The Vibe (produced by Toni Cottura and Bülent Aris).

Nowadays Mark Wahlberg has worked his way up in Hollywood, starring in bigger movies like Perfect Storm (2000), Planet Of The Apes (2001), The Italian Job (2003) and more recently Ted (2012) and Transformers (2014).

Movies

1994 : Renaissance Man
1995 : The Basketball Diaries
1996 : Fear
1997 : Traveller
1997 : Boogie Nights
1998 : The Big Hit
1999 : The Corruptor, Three Kings
2000 : The Yards, The Perfect Storm
2001 : Planet of the Apes, Rock Stars
2002 : The Truth About Charlie
2003 : The Italian Job
2004 : I Heart Huckabees
2005 : Four Brothers
2006 : The Departed, Invincible
2007 : Shooter, We Own the Night
2008 : The Happening, Max Payne
2010 : Crazy Night, The Lovely Bones, The Other Guys
2011 : The Fighter
2012 : Contraband)
2012 : Ted
2013 : Broken City, Pain and Gain, 2 Guns, Lone Survivor
2014 : Transformers: Age of extinction
2015 : The Gambler
2015 : Ted 2

Thanks to Abelito

Marky Mark biography was last updated Wed, January 6th 2021

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