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BRUNO MARS - BIOGRAPHY
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WHO IS BRUNO MARS?
Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars ..... born on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii. By the early 2000s, he had ...... to find success by writing
songs for popular artists, including K'Naan's "Wavin' Flag." After several years as one of pop music's premier songwriters, Mars .......... out as
a singer in his own right with the 2010 hit "Nothin' on You." Other popular songs by Mars ........... "Just the Way You Are" (2010), "Locked Out
of Heaven" (2012) and the Grammy-winning tracks "Uptown Funk" (2015) and "That's What I Like" (2017).
EARLY LIFE
Born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii, popular singer-songwriter Bruno Mars ............. up in a very musical family.
His father, Pete, .......... a Latin percussionist from Brooklyn, and his mother, Bernadette ("Bernie"), was a singer.
Growing up around entertainers, Mars .......... picking up musical instruments from early childhood. "I've always ...... a drum set, a piano, a guitar,
and never got trained to play. It was just always there," he later recalled. "That's just how I .......... , just being surrounded by it my whole
life." At the age of 4, he joined the family musical act as an Elvis impersonator and quickly became one of the stars of the show. He ..............
to perform with his family throughout his childhood, and as he ............... adolescence he added Michael Jackson to his impersonation repertoire.
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