Mark Mueller
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Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
Mark Mueller (born July 11, 1957) is an American songwriter. A two-time winner of the
For his work in television, Mueller has been the recipient of two
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Chart history
"Crush", recorded by Jennifer Paige, was #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for 4 weeks.[10] It spent 17 weeks in the Top 10 and 25 weeks overall on the chart.[11] "Crush" also peaked at #2 on the R&R CHR/Pop airplay chart.[10] [12] "Crush" was also the 10th most played pop song of the year on the R&R CHR/Pop Year-End Chart. [13]
"Crush" was a #1 single in Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia. In the UK, "Crush" reached #1 on the airplay chart and #4 on the
In 2016, "Crush" returned to the Billboard Top 10 when it peaked at #5 on the magazine's Smooth Jazz Airplay chart in a cover by jazz keyboardist John Novello. His version features R&B saxophone artist Gerald Albright on the chorus. It spent a total of 19 weeks in the Top 30.[15][16][17][18]
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Mueller wrote both words and music for the Pop/Rock song.Mueller's Eternal single "I Am Blessed" peaked at #7 on the UK BPI singles chart, spending three weeks in the Top 10.[26]
"Someone", performed by
George Benson's "No One Emotion", which Mueller co-wrote with Clif Magness, was released as a single in the UK in 1985 where it reached #76 on the Official British Pop Chart.[28][29][30]
"Just Because I Love You" by
Mueller's first Billboard chart hit was "I Don't Want To Be Lonely", performed by Dana Valery.[32][33] It reached #23 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and spent 13 weeks on that chart and five weeks on the magazine's Hot 100.
Gold and platinum records
Mueller's work in the U.S. has been featured on
Internationally, Mueller's songs have been on the UK's BPI-certified platinum and gold records by artists including: Girls Aloud featuring Cheryl Cole, Eternal, Steps and Australia's ARIA-certified gold records including: Jennifer Paige, Lea Michele (Glee: The Music, Volume 2) and lead singer of Little River Band John Farnham's solo album Age of Reason, which went 11 x platinum.[34][35]
Television and film
Mueller received his two
Mueller co-wrote the title song, the lyrics and the script for an all-sung CBS-TV musical pilot he executive produced titled Shangri-La Plaza.[36] The show starred Terrence Mann, Chris Sarandon, Melora Hardin and Savion Glover.[37]
The
The DuckTales theme was played live on ABC-TV's
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Mueller wrote the song "Babysitting Blues", performed by actress Elisabeth Shue, Blues legend Albert Collins and the cast of Adventures in Babysitting in Chicago-area nightclub Fitzgerald's. The scene was shot over the course of three days and takes place during a pivotal chase sequence.[42]
For the NBC-TV musical comedy series Rags to Riches, Mueller wrote new comedic lyrics for existing hit songs from the '50s and '60s that were featured in most episodes of both seasons of the show. He also wrote the lyrics to the show's theme song.
With Lalo Schifrin, Mueller co-wrote all songs featured in the original film musical Berlin Blues, starring Julia Migenes.
Mueller's songs have been featured in films including:
Stage
Mueller wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book of an original musical titled Butterfly, which was directed by
Mueller also created an original musical, How The Hell Did I Get Here?, with
How The Hell Did I Get Here? opened in Chicago in March 2022 and made its New York City Off-Broadway debut in April 2022. The show received an Off Broadway Alliance Award nomination in the category of best Solo Performance in May.[48][49][50] The show was scheduled to be a part of the Pittsburgh Public Theater 2022 season at the O'Reilly Theater but was initially postponed due to Covid and later to a death in Nicol's family.[51][52][53]
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year | Category | Show | Song | Result |
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1983 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Quincy, M.E. | "Quincy's Wedding Song"[54] | Nominated |
1991 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Life Goes On | "Bittersweet Waltz"[55] | Nominated |
ASCAP Pop Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1991 | "That's What Love Is For" by Amy Grant | Most Performed Songs | Won | [56] |
1998 | "Crush" by Jennifer Paige | Won | [57] |
BMI Pop Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | "Nothin' at All" by Heart | Most Performed Songs | Won | [2] |
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- ^ "Ratings - Disney XD's "DuckTales" Premieres with Over 1-Year Network Highs and #1 Time Period Ranking Among Boy Demographics". TheFutonCritic.com. August 28, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Post Malone Recorded New Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers Theme Song". Stereogum.com. May 7, 2022.
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- ^ "The 100 Greatest Disneyverse Songs of All Time". Billboard.com. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ^ "Welcome to ASCAP - the world leader in performance royalties, advocacy and service for songwriters, composers and music publishers". Ascap.com.
- ^ "Television Academy". Emmys.tv.
- ^ Prudom, Laura (June 14, 2017). "Here's how 'DuckTales' reimagined that iconic theme song for Disney's reboot". Mashable.
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- ^ "Rock Music: Top Mainstream Rock Songs Chart | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ "Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart History for Someone by El DeBarge". Song-database.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
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- ^ "GEORGE BENSON - full Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Song artist 639 - George Benson". Tsort.info.
- ^ "Rare and Obscure Music: Lina Santiago". Musicrareobscure.blogspot.com. September 27, 2009.
- ^ "Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart History for I Don't Want To Be Lonely by Dana Valery". Song-database.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
- ^ Ed Valenzuela's Nostalgic Music Rediscovered (February 21, 2013), I Don't Want To Be Lonely - Dana Valery, retrieved March 14, 2016
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1999 Albums". Aria.com.au.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "John Farnham - Age Of Reason". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
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- ^ "Shangri-La Plaza, the Star-Studded, All-Musical Sitcom Time Forgot". Lamag.com. August 21, 2020.
- ^ "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". Facebook.com.
- ^ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (March 21, 2018). "Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie Sings the DuckTales Theme Song" – via YouTube.
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- ^ "'Adventures in Babysitting' turns 30: Keith Coogan tells stories from the set". Yahoo.com.
- ^ "Official Mark Mueller Website - Songwriter of Crush & DuckTales Theme". Official Mark Mueller Website - Songwriter of Crush & DuckTales Theme.
- ^ "Downton Abbey". Television Academy.
- ^ "Search - Screen Actors Guild Awards". Sagawards.org.
- ^ "BAFTA Celebrates Downton Abbey". Bafta.org. December 16, 2015.
- ^ "Official Mark Mueller Website - Songwriter of Crush & DuckTales Theme". Official Mark Mueller Website - Songwriter of Crush & DuckTales Theme.
- ^ "'Downton Abbey' actor known as MRS. Patmore to star in Chicago play and Mike Birbiglia will bring a new show to Steppenwolf Theatre". Chicago Tribune. December 9, 2021.
- ^ "Lesley Nicol's HOW THE HELL DID I GET HERE? Announces New York Premiere". Broadwayworld.com.
- ^ "2022 off Broadway Alliance Award Nominations". Newyorktheater.me. May 5, 2022.
- ^ "How the Hell Did I Get Here". Act-sf.org.
- ^ "How the Hell Did I Get Here? - Pittsburgh | Official Ticket Source | O'Reilly Theater | Wed, Jul 20 - Sun, Aug 7, 2022 | Pittsburgh Public Theater". Ppt.org.
- ^ Campbell, Tina (May 3, 2022). "Downton Abbey's Lesley Nicol heartbroken following death of husband". Evening Standard. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ "Quincy M.E. (TV Series 1976–1983) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Life Goes on". Emmys.com.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 30, 1992. p. 18. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 30, 1999. p. 70. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Google Books.
External links
- Mark Mueller at IMDb