Mark Dinning

Mark Dinning
Birth nameMax Edward Dinning
Born(1933-08-17)August 17, 1933
DiedMarch 22, 1986(1986-03-22) (aged 52)
GenresPop

Max Edward "Mark" Dinning (August 17, 1933 – March 22, 1986)[1] was an American pop music singer.

In February 1960, the song "Teen Angel", written by his sister Jean (Eugenia) and her husband Red Surrey,[2] reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Jean and two of her sisters, Virginia and Lucille, comprised The Dinning Sisters, a popular singing trio in the 1940s.[3] Additionally, Dinning is the uncle of Dean Dinning, bass guitarist for alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket.

  1. ^ "Social Security Death Index, hosted at Ancestry.com". Ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  2. ^ "Jean Dinning, who wrote 'Teen Angel,' dies at 86 - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  3. ^ "Vocal Harmony A Cappella Group: Dinning Sisters". Singers.com. Retrieved 2013-10-20.