24 Facts About Mark Lindsay

Mark Lindsay began performing at age 15 with local bands that played local venues.

Mark Lindsay was tapped to sing in a band, Freddy Chapman and the Idaho Playboys, after he won a local talent contest.

Mark Lindsay persuaded the band to allow him to sing a few songs with them.

Mark Lindsay became lead singer and saxophone player in a band with Revere and several others.

Mark Lindsay suggested they call themselves "The Downbeats" after a magazine with the same title.

Mark Lindsay carried the theme a bit further by growing his hair out and pulling it back into a ponytail, which became his signature look.

Mark Lindsay soon started working not only as the singer of the group, but as a composer and producer.

Dick Clark had created another show, Happening '68, which was to be hosted by Revere and Mark Lindsay, and was to feature the group.

Mark Lindsay began to record solo records and to produce records for his bandmate, Freddy Weller, who went on to have his own solo success in the country music genre.

Mark Lindsay had some success with such songs as "Arizona", which sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc; and "Silver Bird" in 1970.

Mark Lindsay recorded "Indian Reservation", a song written by John Loudermilk and made into a Hot 100 top 20 hit by Don Fardon years earlier.

Mark Lindsay kept his profile up by appearing on The Carpenters television variety show Make Your Own Kind of Music, as well as singing the themes to films Something Big and "Jody", the theme from Santee.

Mark Lindsay officially left the group in 1975 when he and Paul Revere apparently had different visions for the group and their own individual pursuits.

Mark Lindsay contributed to the recordings of artists such as Gerry Rafferty, Kenny Rogers, and others.

Mark Lindsay's accomplishments included composing jingles for commercials and scores for motion pictures.

Mark Lindsay contributed both his voice and his musical compositions to advertisements for companies such as Yamaha, which used the music from "Silver Bird" as the background to one of its commercials.

Mark Lindsay composed music for the movies For Pete's Sake and The Love Machine, sung by Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick, respectively, and for a 1982 documentary, The Killing of America, as well as a song for the movie Savage Streets.

Mark Lindsay made some appearances in 1985 in conjunction with the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, the Legends for Liberty tour, and began to tour on his own again.

Mark Lindsay previously dueted with Olson on "Ups and Downs", included on her 1994 album Reap The Whirlwind.

Olson co-produced the original sessions with Mark Lindsay and brought in Danny Federici and Eric Johnson, as well as songs written by two friends of hers, Scott Kempner of the Del Lords and Michael Nold.

Mark Lindsay followed this release with a holiday record and Live at Rick's Cafe.

The restaurant included a remote studio where Mark Lindsay did his radio show in front of restaurant guests and can be seen from the street and sidewalk.

Mark Lindsay's recording of Treat Her Right with Los Straitjackets in 2001 was cited by Stephen King in his column for Entertainment Weekly in May 2008.

Mark Lindsay married his second wife, Deborah, on July 29,1989, in McCall, Idaho after his first marriage to Jaime Zygon ended in the early 1980s.