Mark Bego - World’s Leading Rock and Roll Biographer

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Apr 19

Episode Summary

Mark Bego is a best selling author of Rock and Roll biographies, with 67 books in print and millions of sales. He discusses his rise to the top and the celebrities he's chronicled along the way.

Episode Notes

This episode features Mark Bego, the world’s leading Rock and Roll Biographer, with 67 books in print including Elvis, Elton, Madonna and Michael Jackson.

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Mark Bego is the author of 66 books on rock & roll and show business, including two New York Times Best-Sellers, three multi-million-sellers, and two half-million selling titles. With over 12 million books in print, he is acknowledged as the best-selling biographer in the rock and pop music field. His biographies have included the life stories of some of the biggest stars of ROCK (Elton John, Billy Joel, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Three Dog Night), SOUL (Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston), POP (Sonny & Cher, The Monkees, Sade, Barry Manilow), and COUNTRY (Glen Campbell, George Strait, Patsy Cline, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill). He has also written about film and television stars as well (Rock Hudson, Julia Roberts, Linda Gray, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Matt Damon, The Marx Brothers).

In this episode, Robert and Mark discuss:

How he got started in journalism (3:00)
How the Motown sound moved him (5:00)
Became a freelance writer (8:05)
His beginnings as a rock biographer (15:20)
Mary Wilson of The Supremes (25:12)

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