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Mark Goldenberg

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Biography

Early career
Session work and songwri..

Discography

Solo albums
Mark Goldenberg and Eric..
With [[the Cretones]]
With [[Jackson Browne]]
As composer (and sometim..
As producer
Also appears on

1978–1993
1994–1999
2000–2006
2008–present

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Mark Goldenberg (born October 2, 1952) is an American guitarist and songwriter, noted for his session work and composition of successful songs for Linda Ronstadt, the Pointer Sisters, and others.

Biography

Early career

Raised in Chicago, Illinois, Goldenberg studied at the Music Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts and its Chicago Musical College division at Roosevelt University. When the band he was in, Eddie Boy Band, signed a record deal with MCA, Goldenberg moved to California. Though the band broke up, he remained there as a singer-songwriter. In 1976, Goldenberg began playing guitar with Al Stewart.

After playing with Wendy Waldman (who had been Stewart's opening act), Goldenberg started the Cretones with bassist Peter Bernstein (later a noted film composer), and the band went on to record two albums: Thin Red Line and Snap! Snap!. Linda Ronstadt covered three of their songs on her 1980 Mad Love album, and the Cretones served as her backup band for a time. Goldenberg later formed the band Our Town, who recorded one album that was never released. In 1989, he studied guitar with Ted Greene. He also studied classical guitar with Richard Pick and piano and counterpoint with Abe Fraser.

Session work and songwriting

Goldenberg has played on recordings by Bob Dylan,

Clinton Heylin (1997). 9780312150679 . ISBN 9780312150679

Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt,

Maury Dean (2026). 9780875862279 . ISBN 9780875862279

Peter Frampton,

Roland Schmitt (2011). 9780857124517 . ISBN 9780857124517

Eels, Natalie Imbruglia,

Colin Larkin (2011). 9780857125958 . ISBN 9780857125958

Chris Isaak, Karla Bonoff, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and William Shatner.

Goldenberg co-wrote "Automatic," a hit for the Pointer Sisters; and co-wrote "Novocaine for the Soul" for the band Eels.

Tim Grierson (2026). 9781849385961 . ISBN 9781849385961

He also wrote "A Kick In The Heart" for Kim Carnes. His co-write "How Can This Be Love" was a UK hit single for Andrew Gold, and the opening track of Gold's 1978 album "All This and Heaven Too". Goldenberg played lead guitar in Jackson Browne's band from 1994 until 2010. In 2015, Goldenberg finished a two-year tour with Hugh Laurie and his Copper Bottom Band.

Goldenberg released his self-titled solo album of fingerstyle guitar music in 2005. He plays in a guitar duo with Eric Skye, with whom he has recorded one album, Artifact.

Discography

Solo albums

2005: Mark Goldenberg (Bossy Pants)

Mark Goldenberg and Eric Skye

2016: Artifact (self-released)

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With [[the Cretones

1980: Thin Red Line (Planet Records)
1981: Snap! Snap! (Planet)

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With [[Jackson Browne

1993: I'm Alive (Elektra Records)
1996: Looking East (Elektra Records)
2002: The Naked Ride Home (Elektra)
2008: Time the Conqueror (Inside)
2015: Standing in the Breach (Inside)

As composer (and sometimes also performer)

1978: Andrew Gold - All This and Heaven Too (Asylum Records) - track 1, "How Can This Be Love"
1980: Mary Burns - Mary Burns (MCA Records) - track 8, "How Can This Be Love"
1980: Andrew Gold - Whirlwind (Asylum) - track 8, "Stranded on the Edge" (co-written with Andrew Gold)
1980: Linda Ronstadt - Mad Love (Asylum) - track 1, "Mad Love"; track 7, "Cost of Love"; track 8, "Justine"
1982: Peter Frampton - The Art of Control (A&M) - co-wrote all songs with Peter Frampton
1983: Kim Carnes - Café Racers (EMI America) - track 9, "A Kick in the Heart"
1983: Pointer Sisters - Break Out (Planet) - track 2, "Automatic" (co-written with Brock Walsh)
1984: Chicago - Chicago 17 (Full Moon/Warner Bros. Records) - track 6, "Along Comes a Woman"; track 9, "Prima Donna" (both songs co-written with Peter Cetera)
1985: Olivia Newton-John - Soul Kiss (MCA) - track 2, "Soul Kiss"
1985: Pointer Sisters - Contact (RCA Records) - 6, "Bodies and Souls"
1986: Robbie Nevil - Robbie Nevil (Manhattan) - track 8, "Simple Life (Mambo Luv Thang)" (co-written with Brock Walsh and Robbie Nevil)
1986: Peter Frampton - Premonition (Atlantic Records) - track 1, "Stop" (co-written with Peter Frampton); track 6, "Moving A Mountain" (co-written with Peter Frampton and Steve Broughton Lunt)
1986: Shonentai - Diamond Eyes (Warner Music Japan) B-side "Rainy Express" (co-written with Tomo Miyashita)
1987: Cher - Cher (Geffen) - track 8, "Skin Deep" (co-written with Jon Lind)
1988: Akina Nakamori - Femme Fatale - track 3, "Dakishimeteite (Love Is My Favorite Lesson)"; track 5, "I Know Kodoku no Sei"; track 8, "Paradise Lost (Love Is In Fashion)";
1990: Judy Collins - Fires of Eden (Columbia) - track 4, "Fires of Eden" (co-written with Kit Hain)
1991: Cher - Love Hurts (Geffen) - track 4, "Fires of Eden" (co-written with Kit Hain)
1992: Peter Cetera - World Falling Down (Warner Bros. Records) - track 2, "Even a Fool Can See" (co-written with Cetera); track 3, "Feels Like Heaven" (co-written with Kit Hain)
1993: Anne Murray - Anne Murray (EMI) - track 11, "Shame on Me" (co-written with Tom Littlefield)
1993: E - Broken Toy Shop (Polydor Records)
2006: Eels - (Vagrant Records) - track 11, "Novocaine for the Soul" (co-written with E)
2008: Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 (Inside) - track 1, "Never Stop"; track 2, "The Night Inside Me"; track 8, "Casino Nation" (all co-written with Jackson Browne, Mauricio Lewak, Kevin McCormick, Jeff Young)