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Also known as Mark Philipp Wirtz

French record producer (1943–2020)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

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  • Cybergod
  • Love Is Eggshaped

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1975-10-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5,934
Total plays
40,904

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Mark Wirtz (born 3 September 1943 in Strasbourg, France, died 7 August 2020) was an Alsatian pop music record producer, composer, singer, musician, author, and comedian. As a producer, Wirtz's most famous output was from the mid to late 1960s, when he worked at Abbey Road Studios with Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick, under contract to EMI. Wirtz is chiefly known for the never-completed A Teenage Opera concept album. Another track by Wirtz, the 1966 "A Touch of Velvet <a href="https://www.last.fm/

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Mark
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Strasbourg
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
English language
Official website
www.markwirtz.com
Residence
Georgia
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date of birth
1943-09-03
name in native language
Mark Wirtz
date of death
2020-08-07
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
Pick disease
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