Man of A Thousand Voices
While Marks was making The John Forsythe Show, he also took time out to record an album for ABC Records featuring Marks singing dozens of famous songs in style of many of his famous celebrity voices. Hollywood Sings? as Impersonated by Guy Marks!
Marks as Humphrey Bogart sings "As Time Goes By", as Boris Karloff, "Don't Take Your Love From Me", as Cary Grant "Red Roses For A Blue Lady", as James Cagney "You Always Hurt The One You Love", as Charles Boyer "It Was A Very Good Year", as Gary Cooper "And She'll Always Love You", as Walter Song "September Song", as Clark Gable "I'll Be Seeing You", as Edward G. Robinson "To Each His Own", and as Bela Lugosi "Begin The Beguine".
Marks as Humphrey Bogart sings "As Time Goes By", as Boris Karloff, "Don't Take Your Love From Me", as Cary Grant "Red Roses For A Blue Lady", as James Cagney "You Always Hurt The One You Love", as Charles Boyer "It Was A Very Good Year", as Gary Cooper "And She'll Always Love You", as Walter Song "September Song", as Clark Gable "I'll Be Seeing You", as Edward G. Robinson "To Each His Own", and as Bela Lugosi "Begin The Beguine".
Loving You Has Made Me Bananas
In 1968, Marks went back into the ABC recording studios to record a single of his often performed nightclub song..."Loving You Has Made Me Bananas!" Based on his old routine that features a big band radio show, broadcasting from a remote small Pennsylvania town, where he offers his impression of an affected band singer of the radio era. The recording was backed with a B-side song called "Forgive Me My Love", written by arranger and fellow Philadelphian, Peter DeAngelis.
The single went to #51 on the charts and soon after, Marks and DeAngelis were back in the studio recording an entire album under the same name. The album version included 11 tracks including the title song. Marks' good friend Dean Martin wrote a quote for the back of the cover.
The single went to #51 on the charts and soon after, Marks and DeAngelis were back in the studio recording an entire album under the same name. The album version included 11 tracks including the title song. Marks' good friend Dean Martin wrote a quote for the back of the cover.
Ten years after it's original release, "Loving You Has Made Me Bananas" made it to #25 on the British pop charts and earned Marks an appearance on the BBC chart program Top Of The Pops in May of 1978.