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• Comment: See WP:MUSICBIO for what is needed here. Unfortunately we can't accept Spotify or Discogs as a source (see WP:RSP nor Wikipedia WP:CIRCULAR. Nor his relatives sources either. So that just leaves 3 marginal sources, insufficient for a biography. There are also some links inside the article to URLs, which is not allowed, they have to go via referencing. ChrysGalley (talk) 14:20, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Andy Goldmark (October 8, 1951) is an American songwriter and music producer who’s songs have yielded 25 top charting songs on the Pop, R&B, Rock, Country, and Jazz charts all over the world. With numerous BMI and ASCAP awards for most performed songs of the year to his credit, and special citations from The Recording Academy for his songwriting contributions to three Grammy nominated albums by Carly Simon, Natalie Cole and Patti LaBelle, Andy’s songs have been instrumental in taking many artists’ albums to multi platinum success representing total sales in excess of 100 million albums world wide.

Early Life

Born and raised in New Canaan Connecticut, Goldmark grew up in a family steeped in classical music. His great grand uncle Karl Goldmark^[1] was one of the great composers of Hungary. His father Peter Goldmark Sr^[2] was renowned as the inventor of the long playing record and color television.

Songwriting and Producing

Andy first began writing songs a the age of 15. Later taking his songs around the 1650 Broadway building in New York at the age of 17 he became a staff writer for April Blackwood Music signed there by Tony Orlando (of Tony Orlando and Dawn fame). Then after leaving Yale University he set out to become a singer songwriter winding up on Warner Bros Records recording and releasing his album Andy Goldmark. In the late 70’s Andy lead his blue eyed soul group Wondergap^[3] releasing an album on A&M Records. After that and until 2021 Andy devoted himself to writing and producing songs for other artists^[4].^[5]

Andy has written for and/or produced a wide variety of major artists including, Jermaine Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Carly Simon, Al Green, Elton John, Alice Cooper, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, The Pointer Sisters, Roberta Flack, Aaron Neville, Huey Lewis, The Temptations, *NSYNC, Jessica Simpson, Sheena Easton, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Commodores, Peabo Bryson, Kenny G, Michael Bolton^[6], Eric Carmen, and Jennifer Paige. See Andy’s major hits below.

• Dynamite, Jermaine Jackson - 1984, number 15 on US Billboard Hot 100, number 8 on US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard), and number 20 on US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)
• That's Not The Way (It's S'posed to Be), Anne Murray - 1984, number 106 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 12 on US Billboard Adult Contemporary
• Goldmine, The Pointer Sisters - 1986 number 33 on US Billboard Hot 100 , number 17 on US Billboard R&B Chart, number 27 on Billboard Adult Contemporary, and number 7 on Billboard US Dance Chart
• Twist My Arm, The Pointer Sisters - 1986, number 83 on US Billboard Hot 100, number 61 on Billboard R&B Chart, and number 15 on Billboard US Dance Chart
• You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song), Jeffrey Osborne - 1986, number 13 on US Billboard Hot 100, number 2 on US Billboard Adult Contemporary, and US Billboard Hot Black Singles
• Oh, People, Patti LaBelle - 1986, number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, number 26 in the [https://www.billboard.com/charts/official-uk-songs/ United Kingdom, and number 7 on the Billboard R&B Chart. Special songwriter recognition by The Recording Academy for contribution to the album Winner In You Grammy nominated for Best R&B Vocal Performance Female
• Goin' To The Bank, Commodores - 1986, number 65 on US Billboard Hot 100, and number 2 on US Billboard Hot Black Singles
• Flames of Paradise, Jennifer Rush and Elton John - 1987, number 36 on US Billboard Hot 100, number 32 on US Adult Contemporary (Billboard), and number 15 on Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)
• All I Want Is You, Carly Simon - 1987, number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, number 7 on US Billboard Adult Contemporary, and number 35 in Quebec (ADISQ). Special songwriter recognition by The Recording Academy for being a part of the album Coming Around Again Grammy nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female
• Moonlight on Water, Kevin Raleigh - 1989, number 60 on US Billboard Hot 100
• Soul Provider, Michael Bolton - 1989, number 17 on US Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on US Billboard Adult Contemporary
• Moonlight On Water, Laura Brannigan - 1989, number 59 on US Billboard Hot 100 and number 44 on Billboard US Hot Dance Club
• Only My Heart Talkin, Alice Cooper - 1990 album Trash, number 89 on US Billboard Hot 100 and number 19 on US Album Rock Tracks
• Unison, Celine Dion - 1990, number 6 in Quebec (ADISQ), number 3 on Canada Dance/Urban (RPM), and number 7 on Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM). Nominated for Juno Best Dance Recording in Canada - 1991
• Love Is a Wonderful Thing, Michael Bolton - 1991, number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100
• By the Time This Night Is Over, Kenny G and Peabo Bryson - 1993, number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number 1 on US Billboard Adult Contemporary
• (I Wanna Take) Forever Tonight, Peter Cetera - 1995, number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 22 on US Billboard Adult Contemporary
• Just Because I Love You, Lina Santiago - 1996, reached #27 on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 Chart. It spent eight weeks in the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #78
• Secret Heaven, Noriyuki Makihara - 1996, number 6 on Japan Singles Chart
• Crush, Jennifer Paige - 1998, number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100
• God Gave Me You, Bryan White - 1999, number 40 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 49 on Canadian RPM Country Tracks
• Crush, John Novello (feat. Gerald Albright) - 2016, number 5 on Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart
• I Can't Stop My Heart, John Novello (feat Eric Marienthal) - 2016, number 11 on Billboard US Smooth Jazz Chart and number 6 on Media Base Smooth Jazz AC
• Shuffle The Deck, John Novello (feat. Tom Scott) - 2017, number 7 on Billboard US Smooth Jazz Chart and number 1 on Media Base Smooth Jazz AC Chart
• Good To Go, John Novello (feat Eric Marienthal) - 2019, number 1 on Billboard US Smooth Jazz Chart and number 1 on Meta Base Smooth Jazz AC Chart

Film and TV Highlights

All The Right Moves starring Tom Cruise (writer/producer on “Unison” by Junior), Perfect starring Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta (writer on “Shock Me” by Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson, writer/producer on “All Systems go” by The Pointer Sisters), Rugrats In Paris (writer/producer on “Life Is A Party” by Aaron Carter) Princess Diaries (writer/producer on “Happy Go Lucky” by Steps), This Is my Life, a film by Nora Ephron (writer/producer on “Easy On The Eyes” by Carly Simon, theme song for Good Sports CBS T.V. series starring Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett (writer/producer on “Boom Boom Boom” sung by Al Green), As The World Turns (writer on “You Brought Me Love” by Johnny Mathis and Patti Austin) Glee: The Music, Volume 2 Soundtrack (writer on “Crush” by Lea Michele).

Label owner and executive

Andy’s signature worldwide hit “Crush” with Jennifer Paige was his first foray into the entrepreneurial side of the music business. He discovered Paige, who was singing with an events band at the time, and within 2 years helped her become an artist recognized around the world writing, producing, promoting, pressing, and distributing her records on GMARK Music, his own independent label, and then making a deal with Edel Records and Hollywood Records for world wide release.

Andy was also Vice President of A&R for Jive Records. Over a period of 5 years, he helped oversee the making of records for an artist roster that included Jennifer Love Hewitt, No Secrets, Aaron Carter and The Backstreet Boys.

From 2015-2020 Andy took a different kind of musical journey, co-writing, producing and releasing through his label, 529 Music, two instrumental Contemporary Jazz albums by jazz keyboardist John Novello famous for his work with Chick Corea and Niacin. The albums titled “Ivory Soul” and “Good To Go” resulted in two singles, “Good To Go” and “Shuffle The Deck” going to the top of the charts for multiple weeks on both the Billboard and Media Base Contemporary Jazz Charts and two singles “Crush” and “I Can’t Stop My Heart” going top 5 and top 10 respectively on both Billboard and Media Base charts as well.

In 2023, Andy returned full circle to his roots as an artist under the name Ando’s Record Shop releasing his new singles “Dry January”, “Time On Mars”, “Way Back”, “Big Ol Coconut” and most recently “Blessing”^[7] on his 529 Music label. Andy wrote, produced, and performed these tracks built from a foundation of pop, rhythm and blues, and gospel, distributing them through major digital streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music.