Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy debuted with Meet Mark Murphy, an LP released in 1956, followed by Let Yourself Go a year later, both on Decca Records.

In 1958 he moved to Los Angeles and signed a contract with Capitol Records, leading him to record four LPs, which, however, did not meet expectations.

In 1961 he returned to New York and recorded for Riverside Records the album Rah!, on which tracks Angel Eyes, Doodlin, and On Green Dolphin Street featured such illustrious names as Horace Silver, Bill Evans, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Blue Mitchell, and composer Wynton Kelly.

In 1963, thanks to his single Fly Me to the Moon, he climbed all the charts and was named New Star of The Year in Down Beat Magazine.

In 1963 Mark moved to London; in addition to singing in clubs and radio, he recorded some LPs for Fontana and Immediate, a label run by the Rolling Stones.

Mark did not return to the United States until 1972 and from that time recorded one album a year for fourteen years under the Muse Records label, among these notable albums were Nat King Cole Songbook Vol. 1 and 2, Bop for Kerouac, Kerouac Then and Now, Living Room , Satisfaction Guaranteed , Beauty And the Beast and, Stolen Moments which earned him numerous Grammy Award nominations.

Murphy in 1987 recorded the album Night Mood with Brazilian composer Ivan Lins, followed by the Grammy-nominated album, September Ballads on the Milestone Records label.

During those years he collaborated with the United Future Organization, a group of jazz artists with whom he wrote numerous lyrics from the acid-jazz genre to hip-hop.

In 2005 Once to Every Heart was released and two years later Love is What Stays both with Verve Records, albums made with the participation of excellent musicians such as Don Grusin and Lee Konits but under the guidance of German trumpeter Till Brönner.

Five years after working with the German trumpeter, Murphy recorded Never Let Me Go with pianist Misha Piatigorsky, bassist Dalton Boller and drummer Chris Wabich.