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Mark Narmore
Mark was raised and still resides in Center Star, Alabama,
in the shadow of the music mecca of Muscle Shoals.
He grew up loving and emulating the sounds from those
Shoals studios and has had a 37 year career as a
songwriter. He graduated from Brooks High in 1983, then
attended the University Of North Alabama where he
received a degree in commercial music in 1988.
Mark also worked locally as a radio announcer. He has had songs recorded
by Josh Turner, Tonja Rose, Chris Golden, Bernard Allison, Brandy Clark, Reba, Alabama, John Michael Montgomery, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy
Blackhawk, Terri Clark, Sandy Carroll(Jim Gaines producer) Craig Morgan, Tenille Arts, Big Daddy Wilson(Jim Gaines producer),Carly Pearce, CoCo O'Connor(Grant Walden producing) and many others.
His song "That's What I Love About Sunday" was the most
performed song at country radio in 2005 according to
Billboard magazine and spent five weeks at number one. Also it
was the #8 Billboard country song of the 2000's decade, and achieved
gold sales status.
His first cut was on the Shoals supergroup Shenandoah--
the solely penned "Moon Over Georgia" became a top five hit nationally.
Mark was also co-writer along with Walt Aldridge on the
number two country hit by Blackhawk, "Like There Ain't No
Yesterday". Mark was awarded a bronze star for his musical
achievements which is on permanent display in the lobby of the Alabama Music Hall Of Fame.
His songs have appeared on nine gold or platinum albums. Mark has been a staff songwriter for FAME, Jody Williams Music, Reba McEntire's Starstruck Music Group, March Music, Sony ATV Tree and Noble Vision Music Group in Nashville, and is currently affiliated with Sandmark Music Group in Muscle Shoals. Mark has had 16 songs co-written with and recorded by Josh Turner.
In 2016, Mark appeared as a songwriter on records by Brandy Clark and Shenandoah respectively that were nominated for both Grammy and Dove awards. Mark has recorded three albums with Andreas Werner for Crazy Chester Records including "This Ol' Wurlitzer", "Soul Fillin' Station" and "Country Soul Funk".Mark was honored with the George Jackson Contemporary Songwriter Award by the Muscle Shoals Music Assoc. in 2022.
