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Mark Stein was the lead vocalist, keyboardist of "Vanilla Fudge". Mark first founded the Vanilla Fudge in 1966 at the age of 18, with members Tim Bogert, Vinny Martell, and Carmine Appice. In the short time they were together the band enjoyed their first giant success with their first Atco release self titled "Vanilla Fudge".

This was a ground breaking album since it was the first album to reach top ten on Billboard's charts without a hit single. The legendary rock arrangement of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" became their first hit single some two years after the release of the first album.

During the late 60's the Fudge were one of rocks most exciting high energy touring bands, setting the stage for the likes of Jimmy Hendrix, Deep Purple, and even Led Zeppelin.These legendary rockers spread their musical and performing influences throughout the world, and it has been quoted in print by many of today's classic rock stars such as Led Zeppelin,Yes, Deep Purple, and others that Vanilla Fudge had a profound effect during the musical renaissance of the late 60's, that carried through to the present.

In 1983 the original members re-signed with Atlantic Records to do a Vanilla Fudge reunion album entitled "Mystery". In 1987 the Fudge did a three month U.S. tour, and recorded a "live" album during some of those dates. Mark had the original multitracks baked & transferred to Pro Tools and has produced the CD entitled "The Real Deal" which will be released in mid February 2004. This is the only Vanilla Fudge live album with ALL the original members. The last time the band appeared live with Mark was at Atlantic 40th Anniversary show in May of 1988 at Madison Square Garden.

Mark has also released his solo CD entitled "White Magik" with his all star band Jimmy Haslip (Yellowjackets) on bass, Bobby Rondinelli (Black Sabbath/Rainbow) on drums, John McCurry (Paul McCartney/Julian Lennon) on guitars and Jim Campagnola (Eric Clapton/Natalie Cole) on sax. Both are also available at: www.mark-stein.com