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One Man

306.1K streams

306,107

Influences

151K streams

151,034

Marky Mark King's Trash

148.8K streams

148,773

Riff Tricks - The Instrumentals Vol. 1

88.6K streams

88,648

Grupo Mark King Live On the Isle of Wi...

69.2K streams

69,164

Meditation World

1.8K streams

1,780

Live In Soho

Gizmodrome

Amaka Pipa (Behind the Scenes Mix)

Summer's Coming

Biography

The longtime frontman for the British funk-pop group Level 42, Mark King was born in Cowes, England, on October 20, 1958. A onetime drummer, upon co-founding Level 42 in 1980 he moved to the bass, honing a distinctive thumb-slapping technique which became an integral element of the group's sound. From their self-titled 1981 debut onward the quartet enjoyed considerable success at home, and in 1984 King took time out to record his debut solo album, Influences. After Level 42's international popularity peaked in 1986 with the hit "Something About You," the band released a series of subsequent LPs before disbanding in late 1994, leaving King to resume his solo activities. The album One Man followed four years later. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi