Mark Dinning (August 17, 1933 - March 22, 1986[1][2]) was an American, teen idol, pop music singer. Dinning was born Max E. Dinning[1] near Drury, Oklahoma but grew up on a farm outside of Nashville, Tennessee. From a musical family, three of his sisters formed The Dinning Sisters singing group that had a Top Ten hit in the late 1940s. Dinning pursued a career in country music and, in 1957, record producer Wesley Rose got him a recording contract.