1. Mark Fredrick Farner was born on September 29,1948 and is an American musician.
12 Facts About Mark Farner
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Mark Farner was the original singer and guitarist of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad, which he co-founded in 1969, and later as a contemporary Christian musician.
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Mark Farner was the guitarist and lead singer for Grand Funk Railroad as well as the songwriter for most of their material.
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Mark Farner wrote the 1975 hit "Bad Time", the last of the band's four singles to make the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Mark Farner became a born again Christian in the late 1980s and enjoyed success with the John Beland composition "Isn't it Amazing", which earned him a Dove Award nomination and reached No 2 on the Contemporary Christian music charts.
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From 1994 to 1995, Mark Farner toured with Ringo Starr's Allstars, which featured Randy Bachman, John Entwistle, Felix Cavaliere, Billy Preston, and Starr's son, Zak Starkey.
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Mark Farner had a pacemaker installed October 22,2012, having struggled with heart troubles for the previous eight years.
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Mark Farner was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 2015.
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Mark Farner has been honored with the Cherokee Medal of Honor by the Cherokee Honor Society.
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An authorized biography of Mark Farner, entitled From Grand Funk to Grace, was published in 2001.
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Mark Farner is mentioned by Homer Simpson in The Simpsons episode, "Homerpalooza", in season 7, episode 24 of the series.
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Mark Farner was mentioned in episode 9 of season 8 of the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm in September 2011.