Mark White (British musician)

This article is about the pop musician. Not to be confused with Mark White (bassist).

Mark White
White in 2016
Background information
Birth nameMark Andrew White
Born (1961-04-01) 1 April 1961 (age 63)
Sheffield, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
  • musician
  • music programmer
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • synthesizer
  • guitar
  • vocals
Years active
  • 1977–1992
  • 2014–present
Labels
Member ofVice Versa
Formerly ofABC

Mark Andrew White (born 1 April 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician and record producer.

Born in Sheffield, England, White first entered the music industry in the late 1970s as lead vocalist and keyboardist of the electronic band Vice Versa. After releasing one studio album with the band in 1980, Vice Versa member Martin Fry emerged as lead vocalist and the band opted to transform into a new band called ABC. White resigned himself to composing ABC's music while also playing guitar and keyboards before retiring from the music industry a year after the release of their sixth studio album, Abracadabra (1991). As ABC's keyboardist he used a variety of instruments, including the E-mu Emulator, the Yamaha DX7 and the Fairlight CMI.

In 2014, White came out of retirement to reform Vice Versa with Stephen Singleton.

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