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Mark
has worked in showbusiness from the age of sixteen. He started his
career with the conventional pop bands, (The
Nightriders & The Escorts) and by the time he was eighteen
he was singing with an eighteen piece orchestra under the direction
of Bill Sowerby. At the age of twenty
two Mark was running his own band at the Top Rank Ballroom in Darlington,
Co Durham England.
Mark
recorded his first single in 1971 This was called 909 (covered
with Venus) The song was written and produced by
The Emperor Rosko, for Mother Records, released and distributed
by EMI.
With the release of this single Mark signed with manager Colin Hutchinson
and later Neil Johnson both of whom helped to promote Mark career
as a solo singer entertainer.
This took his vocal talents into the cabaret clubs of Britain. Television
followed, and to date Mark has appeared on fourteen major T.V. Shows,
and has sang on numerous radio broadcasts with the BBC Northern Radio
Orchestra.
On
two occasions Mark has been part of the three member team representing
Gt Britain at the European song festival held at Knokke, Belgium,
and on each occasions they have been the winners. This introduced
Mark to the international music scene resulting in him touring and
performing in Norway, Malta, Las Palmas, The Gambia, and the casino
circuit in Portugal, whilst periodically entertaining passengers on
P&O cruise liners The Canberra, and Oriana. In the nineties he
was one of the star Guest entertainers on board the Star Princess,
for Princess Cruises.
On the home front he has worked in many theatres and shows including
The Adam Smith Centre, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, The Bristol Hippodrome,
The Liverpool Empire, and the highly acclaimed summer show at the
Horseshoe Bar Blackpool, as well as appearing in seven production
shows for Butlins Holiday Centres.
*The
X Factor first series
Mark
successfully passed three gruelling auditions, and was picked for
the last 16 males in the 25yrs upwards group. At the boot camp he
did not make it into the last five, however he was pleased with how
far he got in the competition considering over fifty thousand people
auditioned to appear on the show. Simon
Cowell, Louis Walsh, and Sharon Osbourne, were the three judges. Kate
Thornton presented the show for ITV1 & Ben Shepard for ITV2.
A
complementary album of Mark's recordings titled Moments In Time is
available through:
Almara
Music Productions
Profile
Mark Aynsley 2010
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