Mark Radice

Mark Radice was born in Newark, New Jersey and from 1968-1982, lived in nearby Nutley, where he was inducted into the Nutley Hall Of Fame in 2019.[1]

Radice's father, Gene Radice, was a well-known recording engineer who worked with artists Jimi Hendrix, Velvet Underground, Lovin' Spoonful, Janis Ian, the Four Seasons, Cowsills, Mamas & the Papas, The Tokens, Vanilla Fudge and many more.[2]

Radice began writing songs, after teaching himself guitar while listening to Beatles albums, at the age of seven.[2]

In 1964, at age of seven, Radice was signed to RCA Records. His single "Natural Morning" was later covered by Frankie Valli.[3]

In 1967 while signed to Decca Records he released "10,000 Year Old Blues", which featured 20-year-old Steven Tyler.[3]

His first full-length self-titled LP was released in 1971 on Paramount Records.[4][5]

The song "Hey, My Love" was later covered by Dion[3] and Mark Holden.

In 1973 Radice was asked by Donovan to move to England, rehearse, tour and record with him on his 7-Tease album and tour.[3]

In 1976, through United Artists Records, he released Ain't Nothin' But A Party which featured Brass Construction and included the hit single "If You Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em."

As a writer for EMI Publishing he collaborated with artists such as Michael Bolton, Eddie Money, Dave Edmunds, Barbra Streisand,(Some Good Things Never Last)[6] Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Helix, Cheap Trick, Aldo Nova, Deodato, Phyllis Hyman, Jetboy, Box of Frogs, Gene Simmons, Shark Island, Jennifer Rush, and The Muppets.

In a chance encounter in a Los Angeles hotel lobby Radice ran into Steven Tyler and was asked to tour with Aerosmith playing keyboards and performing backing vocals. Radice has worked with Aerosmith as a keyboardist and backing vocalist on various projects, such as Live! Bootleg, a double LP.[7]

He toured with Cheap Trick and recorded Standing on the Edge with them.

In 1996 Radice played keyboards and sang backup vocals on a ten month tour with legendary Bluesman Matt "Guitar" Murphy.

Radice has self-produced many original albums from the 1990s to the present  including a variety of previously unreleased material from when he was writing up to 90 songs a year.

Radice was introduced to Jim Henson by Phil Ramone and collaborated on and wrote 50-plus songs for The Muppets for over 8 years, including for the film Elmo's Christmas Countdown[8] From 2005 to 2011 Radice wrote 160 songs for Sesame Street,[3] including rearranging the original theme in 2008. Radice was nominated for three Emmy Awards for his work on Sesame Street.

In 2012 he moved to Tennessee and from 2012-2014 wrote 27 songs, one for each letter of the alphabet plus a "new" alphabet song, for the Sing And Spell Learning Letters project Sing and Spell (Children's Media Studio)[9][10] which in 2019 became an animated television show currently showing regionally in various test areas.[11] In 2013, joined DigiTrax Entertainment in Knoxville.[12]

In 2016 Radice won 100 free CDs from Discmakers so taking that cue, he released his first original solo CD in 12 years since Generation Why. Called Audio Quicksand, only 100 CDs were printed in an effort to make them rare. 70 copies of Audio Quicksand were sold the first week directly from Facebook posts, signed and mailed out separately. Audio Quicksand spans 37 years of recordings in 15 songs.

• Mark Radice on iMDB
• Reverbnation
• The Longneck Goodbye
• WDVX interview
• MARK RADICE DISCOGRAPHY
• Remembering Mark Radice