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Andrew Gold (born August 2, 1951, in Burbank, California) is an United States|American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his 1977 Top 40|Top 10 single "Lonely Boy (Andrew Gold song)|Lonely Boy" and the 1978 single "Thank You for Being a Friend." His best known solo single in the UK was "Never Let Her Slip Away", which reached number 5 in 1978.
He has the singular distinction of being the first human voice to be 'heard' on the surface of Mars. His rendition of the theme from the television series ''Mad About You'', entitled "Final Frontier," was used as the wake-up call for the Mars Pathfinder space probe in 1996.<ref>[http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/rover/roversongs.html Mars Pathfinder - Rover Wake-Up Songs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Career
A prolific session musician, Gold joined the family business: his mother is singer Marni Nixon (who provided the singing voice for numerous well-known actresses, notably Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn), his father was the late Academy Award-winning composer Ernest Gold. He has a younger sister born in 1953.
Gold began writing songs at the age of 13, and by the early 1970s was working as a musician, songwriter and music producer|producer for many well-known stars, including Linda Ronstadt, Art Garfunkel, and James Taylor. He played a major r... read all
