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3 unusual facts about Mark Barkan


Mark Barkan

This prolific songwriter has written numerous songs including Lesley Gore's Top 5 hit "She's a Fool," the often covered "Pretty Flamingo," which was a hit single for Manfred Mann in 1966; "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter," which was a hit for Connie Francis in 1963; and "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)," which entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969.

He was also a musical director for the television show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.

That's the Way Boys Are

"That's the Way Boys Are" is a song written by Mark Barkan and Ben Raleigh and initially sung by Lesley Gore and released in 1964 as a single and on Gore's 3rd album Boys, Boys, Boys.



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