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Mark Knopfler is tagged as: rock, classic rock, singer-songwriter, guitar, blues

Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although best-known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the band Dire Straits (1977 - 1995), Mark has also made albums as a solo performer and played in other bands (such as the Notting Hillbillies). He has also performed on work by other artists, such as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Chet Atkins, and produced albums for artists such as Tina Turner, Randy Newman, and (again) Bob Dylan. In addition, he has scored the music to several films, including Local Hero, The Princess Bride, Comfort and Joy, Cal, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Wag the Dog.
|After Knopfler disbanded Dire Straits in 1995, he launched straight into a solo career with ‘Golden Heart’ (1996) - a mixture of his various music stylings that appeared throughout Dire Straits’ career. |‘Sailing to Philadelphia’ (2000) was the breakthrough album for his solo career. With stars such as James Taylor and Van Morrison, ‘Sailing to Philadelphia’ was one of his most successful albums to date. |His next album ‘The Ragpicker’s Dream’ (2002) saw Knopfler move to the ‘story telling theme’. The single ‘Why Aye Man’ was used as the theme tune ...
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Top 10 Mark Knopfler Songs
What It Is
Sailing To Philadelphia
Border Reiver
Hard Shoulder
Get Lucky
You Can't Beat The House
Cleaning My Gun
Baloney Again
Monteleone
So Far From The Clyde
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Top 10 Mark Knopfler Albums
Sailing To Philadelphia
Get Lucky
Shangri-La
Kill To Get Crimson
Golden Heart
The Ragpicker's Dream
Screenplaying
Local Hero
Cal
The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations(Ltd Edition)
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