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Mark King (born 20 October 1958, Cowes, Isle of Wight) is an English musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band, Level 42. In the early 1980s King popularized the 1970s-era slap and pop style for playing the bass guitar by incorporating it into pop music. Contents Early life King began life on the Isle of Wight, a small island just off the southern mainland coast of England. His father, Raymond King, was a dairyman, and the family lived in a tied dairy house
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Raymond
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cowes
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- bass
- Record label
- Polydor
- Image
- Mark King FFM13 001.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- member of
- Level 42
- date of birth
- 1958-10-20
- Commons category
- Mark King (musician)
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- birth name
- Mark Raymond King
- name in native language
- Mark King
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- different from
- Mark King
- social media followers
- 27753
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