Mark King

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Mark King (born 20 October 1958, Cowes, Isle of Wight) is an English musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band, Level 42. In the early 1980s King popularized the 1970s-era slap and pop style for playing the bass guitar by incorporating it into pop music. Contents Early life King began life on the Isle of Wight, a small island just off the southern mainland coast of England. His father, Raymond King, was a dairyman, and the family lived in a tied dairy house. King recalled in a 2006 newspaper interview [1], "it was post-war, with one brass tap, an outside toilet and a zinc bath in front of the fire." He later lived on the Camp Hill and Albany prison estates on the outskirts of Newport. He attended Kitbridge Middle School where he met his childhood sweetheart Tracey Wilson, later writing a song about her. He then went to Cowes High School. Originally, King pursued a career as a drummer. His father bought him his first kit for £10, whilst he gained encouragement to pursue a career in music from his music teacher at middle school. Level 42 King moved to London at the age of nineteen, subsequently forming Level 42 in 1979 with Mike Lindup and fellow Islanders, brothers Phil and Rowland Charles Gould. Still drumming at this point, when the band began jamming and needed a bass player, King reluctantly took over the role at the age of twenty-one. He went on to make a lead instrument of the bass guitar. It should be noted that he did not inte

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One Man

The Ultimate Collection

Vintage Collection

Marky Mark King's Trash

Running in the Family (Super Deluxe Edition)

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True Chillout (3CD set)

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Running In The Family

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House Vibes - Deep Electro, Vol. 2

Running In The Family (Deluxe Edition)

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Live at the Jazz Cafe

Grupo Mark King Live On the Isle of Wight 2000

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