Mark Mangold is an American pop singer-songwriter, producer and keyboardist, best known as a member of the band

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, American Tears and Drive, She Said. As a

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, Mangold's songs have been performed by

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and

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, and others.

Biography

Mangold was born in

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and grew up on Long Island. Mangold performed in

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bands Valhalla and American Tears before eventually forming

in 1978 along with fellow American Tears members, Glen Kithcart and Craig Brooks. Touch charted with two Mangold-penned singles, “(Call Me) When the Spirit Moves You” in 1980 and “Don't You Know What Love Is” in 1981. Mangold worked with Michael Bolton in the 1980s, co-writing and performing on Bolton's first hit "Fools Game" as well as several tracks from his

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AOR album, ''

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''. He and Bolton would later co-write "

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. Mangold himself has recorded two versions of the song. First, as a demo and again on his solo album ''Lift'' (2001). In 1991, the band The Law recorded "For a Little Ride", a Mangold song co-written with

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for

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. The Sign were formed by Mark,

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, Terry Brock (Strangeways),

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(Kansas) and

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(Rainbow & Black Sabbath). Their début album, released in 2000, was ''Signs Of Life''. Their second album, ''The Second Coming'' was released in August 2005 on

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. Recently, Mangold has worked in

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with numerous songwriters, having released "My Confession" (co-written with Jon Bivona) and "Candelight" sung by

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on Hitworks Records. In

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, SukkerChok released his "1,000 Miles Away" which became a local hit. In 2003,

recorded his song "I Will Be There", co-written with Pebe Sebert, on the ''For Now'' EP. He has written a number of songs released in Asia, as well as 5 songs in the hit movie High Strung: Free Dance. Mangold has written for and played keyboards in the

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band The Radiant. Other project include Ashlie Luckett, and the comedian Lauren Francesca on the "Comic Con" YouTube music video.

Discography

with American Tears

* ''Branded Bad'' (1974) * ''Tear Gas'' (1975) * ''Powerhouse'' (1977) * ''Hard Core'' (2018) * ''White Flags'' (2019) * ''Free Angel Express'' (2020)

with Touch

* ''

'' (1980) * ''Touch II'' (1982) * ''Tomorrow Never Comes'' (2021)

with Drive, She Said

* ''

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'' (1989) * ''Drivin' Wheel'' (1991) * ''Excelerator'' (1993) * ''Real Life'' (2003) * ''Pedal to the Metal'' (2016)

with The Sign

* ''Signs of Life'' (2000) * ''The Second Coming'' (2004)

References

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