Marty Cooper (musician)

Marty Cooper
Birth nameMartin James Cooper
Born (1946-03-12) March 12, 1946 (age 78)
Denver, Colorado, United States
GenresCountry
OccupationSinger-songwriter
InstrumentGuitar

Martin James "Marty" Cooper (born March 12, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style is described as soft rock country.[1] Cooper has written songs such as "Peanut Butter" by The Marathons, "A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock 'N Roll" which was first made famous by Donny and Marie, and "Hey, Harmonica Man" made famous by Stevie Wonder.[2] Cooper's first album, A Minute Of Your Time, was released in 1972. He released his second commercial album in 1979 with EMI and it was only released in Europe. In Germany it was entitled "If You Were A Singer" and "A Little Bit Country, A Bit Rock 'N Roll" in Scandinavia. In 2012, two albums were released independently, American Dreamers Collection and I Wrote A Song.

  1. ^ Priore, Domenic. Riot On Sunset Strip. London: Jawbone Press, 2007. 193. Print
  2. ^ "Marty Cooper - Biography". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-27.