Mark Dinning | |
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Birth name | Max Edward Dinning |
Born | August 17, 1933 |
Died | March 22, 1986 | (aged 52)
Genres | Pop |
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.