Mark Dinning Lyrics

Mark Dinning (August 17, 1933 - March 22, 1986) was an American, teen idol, pop music singer.Dinning was born Max E. Dinning near Drury, Oklahoma but grew up on a farm outside of Nashville, Tennessee. From a musical family, three of his sisters formed The Dinning Sisters singing group that had a Top Ten hit in the late 1940s. Dinning pursued a career in country music and, in 1957, record producer Wesley Rose got him a recording contract. His recording efforts met with limited success until 1960, when he recorded a 45rpm single called "Teen Angel" that was written by his sister Jean and her husband Red Surrey. The lyrics told of the death of a teenage love and it went to No.1 on the Billboard Charts in the United States.... read more