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David Marks

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David Lee Marks (born August 22, 1948) is an American guitarist who was an early and latter-era member of the Beach Boys. While growing up in Hawthorne, California, Marks was a neighborhood friend of the original band members and was a frequent participant at their family get-togethers. Following his departure from the group, Marks fronted the Marksmen and performed and recorded as a session musician. Marks played music with the Wilson brothers from before the band started performing publicly, including the first demo recording for "Surfin'" (recorded as The Pendletones), but he was in school – and his 12-year-old voice was deemed unnecessary – on the October 1961 afternoon the group held the final recording session for the single, released in November 1961 with the new name Beach Boys on the single's label. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Marks is the 569th most popular musician (up from 2,010th in 2019), the 3,301st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,371st in 2019) and the 171st most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Marks ranks 569 out of 3,175. Before him are Bud Powell, Dee Dee Ramone, Scott Bradley, Thom Yorke, Rita Lee, and Dan McCafferty. After him are Elisabeth Leonskaja, Manitas de Plata, Nick Simper, Mikhail Pletnev, Salvatore Accardo, and Peter Cetera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, David Marks ranks 204. Before him are Baldwin Lonsdale, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Remo Girone, Charles Simonyi, John Ashton, and Fred Newhouse. After him are Levy Mwanawasa, Kathy Reichs, Emma Bonino, Roger Williamson, Bob Lanier, and Javier Irureta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Marks ranks 3,301 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (1949), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), KRS-One (1965), Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Nicholas Negroponte (1943), and Fred Newhouse (1948). After him are Leon Russom (1941), Joe Dante (1946), John Canfield Spencer (1788), William A. Wellman (1896), Michael Nouri (1945), and Dana Ivey (1941).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, David Marks ranks 171. Before him are Nikki Sixx (1958), Erroll Garner (1923), Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934), Bud Powell (1924), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), and Scott Bradley (1891). After him are Peter Cetera (1944), Tommy Bolin (1951), Steven Van Zandt (1950), Grace Slick (1939), Tommy Flanagan (1930), and Murray Perahia (1947).

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