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Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders Signed Photo from Happening '68

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Autographs - Celebrities Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 60.00 USD
Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders Signed Photo from Happening '68
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Black and white semi-glossy 8" x 10" photo featuring Mark Lindsay in a promo for the Dick Clark show, Happening '68. Signed at the right by Mark Lindsay in silver ink. In fine condition.

(b. 1942) Mark Lindsay is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for Paul Revere & the Raiders. Lindsay became lead singer and saxophone player in a band with Revere. First called "The Downbeats" after a magazine with the same title, the band decided to use Paul Revere's name as a gimmick and bill themselves as "Paul Revere & the Raiders". They began to dress in Revolutionary War-style outfits. Mark Lindsay carried the theme a bit further by growing his hair out and pulling it back into a ponytail, which became his signature look. Lindsay and the group caught the attention of Dick Clark, who was developing Where the Action Is, an afternoon show for the teen market. Clark hired the group as regular performers, and the group soon became very successful. Lindsay's lanky stature and good looks, as well as his excellent singing voice, quickly gained him immense popularity; he became one of the premier American teen idols of the 1960’s. By the mid-seventies the group no longer sold as many records as they once had, and both Lindsay and the Raiders lost their Columbia contract. Lindsay officially left the group in 1975 and continued a solo career.