Mark Ronson (b. 1977)

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Biography

Mark Daniel Ronson is a British and American musician, record producer, songwriter, and DJ. He has won ten Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year for Amy Winehouse's album Back to Black (2006), as well as two for Record of the Year with her 2006 single "Rehab" and his own 2014 single "Uptown Funk". Ronson has also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award for co-writing "Shallow" for the film A Star Is Born (2018).

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The story of Mark Ronson, told in moments.

2006 Event

Produces Back to Black for Amy Winehouse. The Dap-Kings provide the Motown backbone. Winehouse provides the devastation. The album sells over 16 million copies. It defines a sound: retro soul filtered through modern heartbreak.

Was producing Back to Black knowing it would define retro soul? Did Amy Winehouse's devastation make the album what it is? Is the Dap-Kings sound your discovery or hers?

2014 Event

Releases "Uptown Funk" with Bruno Mars. It spends 14 weeks at number one. Over two billion YouTube views. The bassline is borrowed from the 1980s. The energy is borrowed from James Brown. The result is inescapable.

Was 'Uptown Funk' meant to be that inescapable? Did 14 weeks at number one and two billion views feel earned? Is borrowing from the 1980s and James Brown homage or evolution?

2019 Life

Wins the Oscar for Best Original Song with "Shallow" from A Star Is Born, co-written with Lady Gaga. He's now won Grammys as a producer, a writer, and a performer. His talent is making other people sound like the best version of themselves.

Is making other people sound like their best version your real talent? Did the Oscar for 'Shallow' complete the resume? What does winning Grammys as producer, writer, and performer say?

Artifacts (15)

Ogre

In the old mining tunnels, an ancient creature has awoken from its timeless slumber. And a whole community is put in terrifying danger as it continues to satisfy its craving for human flesh.

1987

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Includes reworkings of contemporary songs from The Kaiser Chiefs, The Zutons and Britney. This album includes the radio favourite Valerie and Ronson's soulful take on the Smith's classic Stop Me.

2008

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Uptown Funk Sheet Music

(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part as well as in the vocal line.

2015

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Uptown special

Das Album ist eine Art Essenz der bisherigen Arbeiten Ronsons und sorgt durch Abwechslung für beste Unterhaltung auf hohem Niveau. ä'Uptown Special' is another nostalgic fantasy that provides light...

2015

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Uptown Funk: As Performed by Bruno Mars, Conductor Score & Parts

Enjoying a # Billboard ranking for an astounding 14 weeks, Bruno Mars brings Mark Ronson's funky hit to life for your developing band. Right in the pocket, the energy and drive is built on the funk...

2016

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Uptown Funk: As Performed by Bruno Mars, Conductor Score

Enjoying a #1Billboard ranking for an astounding 14 weeks, Bruno Mars brings Mark Ronson's funky hit to life for your developing band. Right in the pocket, the energy and drive is built on the funk...

2016

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Night People: How to Be a DJ in '90s New York City

Capturing the music, characters, escapades, and energy of his DJ days, a profound memoir from seven-time Grammy-winning record producer Mark Ronson. Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno...

2025

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Snoop Dogg is universal so he can fit into any camp-especially a camp that knows...

in March 1998 and debuted on the label with Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told later that year. He said at the time that "Snoop Dogg is universal so he can fit into any camp-especially a camp that...

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Snoop Lion, Snoop Dogg, DJ Snoopadelic—they only know one thing: make music that...

lic, stating the influence of George Clinton's Funkadelic. In an interview with The Fader magazine, he stated "Snoop Lion, Snoop Dogg, DJ Snoopadelic—they only know one thing: make music that's...

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Plague Pit

1981

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Grimalkin's Tales: Strange and Wonderful Cat Stories

1983

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The Dark Domain

1984

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Bloodthirst

1986

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Turtle Island

1986

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Ghoul

1987

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