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Mark Bego[edit]
Mark Bego is a Best Selling Author of top performers in the rock & roll and show business. By having over 10 million books in print, Mark Bego has been acknowledged as the best selling biographer in the rock and pop field. [1] Bego has written 54 books, two of which have been New York Times Best Sellers. Bego has written biographers about some of entertainment's biggest stars, including: Elton John, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, Patsy Cline, Leonardo DiCaprio and many more.
Mark Bego's book on Pop-Legend Michael Jackson, entitled: Michael! was released a week after the infamous Pepsi-cola commercial in which Michael Jackson's hair lit on fire. The book sold three million copies in the States alone and landed on the New York Times Best Seller List for six weeks. [2]
The following year, in 1985, Bego wrote the million-selling Madonna! About the pop icon. It was so popular that he has twice expanded the book as Madonna: Blonde Ambition (1992 and 2001). From 1978 to 1980 he was the Nightlife Editor for Manhattan’s Cue magazine, covering everything from Studio 54 to all of the jazz and cabaret clubs in the city. From 1983 to 1985 he was Editor-In-Chief of Modern Screen magazine. His writing has also appeared in People, US, Billboard, Record World, Cosmopolitan, The Star, and The National Enquier.
He has also written books with Micky Dolenz of The Monkees (I’m a Believer), Debbie Gibson (Between the Lines), and Jimmy Greenspoon of Three Dog Night (One is the Loneliest Number). Bego’s book subjects have ranged from Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Julia Roberts, Whitney Houston, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, and Jackson Browne to Cher and Bette Midler. In 1994, his more general books published included Country Gals (life stories of Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker, and other famed women in country music, and Country Hunks (spotlighting Vince Gill, Billy Ray Cyrus, George Strait and others). Bego also authored the reference books TV Rock [The History of Rock & Roll on Television] and The Rock & Roll Almanac. He has also written books about Hollywood in its heyday: The Best of “Modern Screen,” and Rock Hudson: Public and Private. Bego wrote a memoir with “Memphis Mafia” member Lamar Fike called An Uncommon Journey: On Elvis Presley Boulevard. He co-wrote a screenplay based on the book called ’57 to ’60: One of the Boys.
At the height of the box-office success of the film Titanic, Bego wrote the biography of the movie’s star: Leonardo DiCaprio: Romantic Hero. It spent six weeks on The New York Times’ best-seller list in 1998.
In 2008 he published his 51st pop culture book, written with Randy Jones of The Village People, entitled: Macho Man. Recently he penned his own show business memoir, Paperback Writer. He frequently is seen on television speaking about show business, on such shows as Entertainment Tonight, Biography, and True Hollywood Story.
Recent News[edit]
Mark Bego released a biography of Elton John in 2009.
Recently Mark Bego has appeared on ABC to talk about Michael Jackson's death. [3] The clip can be seen at the ABC site
Links[edit]
Mark Bego's Official Page: http://www.markbego.com/
Mark Bego's Amazon Page: http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Bego/e/B001H6MLBM/ref=sr_tc_2_0
Mark Bego on the Pipeline Entertainment Page: http://www.pipeline-talent.com/
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