You've heard of one-hit wonders, but Mark Eric (last name Malmborg) was a one-album wonder. Maybe not commercially valid at the time, Mark's Beach Boys-inspired 1969 album "A Midsummer's Day Dream" was California Sunshine Pop at it's finest. It's considered a collector's classic these days. However, modeling and acting was his real dream (he had roles in many early 1970's TV sitcoms & a few movies as well). He literally walked away & totally disappeared from the music scene. A total "what could have been" story.
RECOMMENDED SONG: California Home (song video below + lyrics)
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LYRICS: California Home
California, three hours away
Thinking of you just makes my day
All I know is I'm all alone
California, I'm coming home
Indiana was cloudy and grey
Illinois was about the same way
Homesick hours I spent lying 'round
DC-9, please take off the ground
Every night I dreamed that I would lose the right way back
But then a California girl would show me where it's at
LA Airport is coming in sight
There's my beach and the hills off to the right
Hollywood, get out your floodlights
California, I have arrived