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Mark Cooke (born January 11) is an American country music singer from East Texas. His debut single "Can't Cheat In A Small Town" charted on Billboard in early 2011. Cooke is currently working on his debut album, and has released the second single off of it called "I Love It."

Early Life and Career

Cooke always dreamed of becoming a country musician. But when he graduated high school, he chose to join the United States Navy. While at sea and around the world, Cooke worked on his vocal and writing skills. After he had fulfilled his duty with the Navy, he began his musical career.^[2]

Cooke later started the Cooke County Line band with future brother in law Joe Rodriquez. The seven-piece band played across Central Texas and neighboring states. Eventually, he moved to Nashville to launch his solo career.^[3]

Musical career

Mark Cooke was recently^[when?] signed by Nashville record label CVR run by veteran producers J Gary Smith and John Smith.^[4] Cooke's debut single "Can't Cheat In A Small Town" was on the Billboard Indicator chart in early 2011 and the music video was featured on CMT Pure.^[5] He is currently recording his upcoming debut album, which is set to release in Summer 2011.

Cooke's second single "I Love It" has been released and hit the radio March 14, 2011.^[6]

Discography

Singles

Year	Single	Album
2011	"Can't Cheat in a Small Town"	TBD
2011	"I Love It"	TBD

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2010	"Can't Cheat in a Small Town"^[7]	Carelton Holt

References

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[1] Twitter update

[2] ttp://markcooke.com/bio.asp

[3] ttp://markcooke.com/bio.asp

[4] ttp://cvrmusic.com/about.asp

[5] ttp://www.urbancountryblog.com/2011/01/mark-cooke-releases-new-video-for-cant.html

[6] ttp://markcooke.com/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=59

[7] "CMT : Videos : Mark Cooke : Can't Cheat in a Small Town". Country Music Television. Retrieved April 10, 2011.

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-'''Mark Cooke''' (born January 11) is an American country music singer from East Texas. His debut single "Can't Cheat In A Small Town" charted on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' in early 2011. Cooke is currently working on his debut album set to release in Spring 2011.
+'''Mark Cooke''' (born January 11) is an American country music singer from East Texas. His debut single "Can't Cheat In A Small Town" charted on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' in early 2011. Cooke is currently working on his debut album, and has released the second single off of it called "I Love It."
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-Mark Cooke was recently{{when|date=April 2011}} signed by Nashville record label CVR run by veteran producers J Gary Smith and John Smith.<ref>http://cvrmusic.com/about.asp</ref> Cooke's debut single "Can't Cheat In A Small Town" was on  the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Indicator chart in early 2011 and the music video was featured on CMT Pure.<ref>http://www.urbancountryblog.com/2011/01/mark-cooke-releases-new-video-for-cant.html</ref> He is currently recording his upcoming debut album, which will be released in Spring 2011.
+Mark Cooke was recently{{when|date=April 2011}} signed by Nashville record label CVR run by veteran producers J Gary Smith and John Smith.<ref>http://cvrmusic.com/about.asp</ref> Cooke's debut single "Can't Cheat In A Small Town" was on  the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Indicator chart in early 2011 and the music video was featured on CMT Pure.<ref>http://www.urbancountryblog.com/2011/01/mark-cooke-releases-new-video-for-cant.html</ref> He is currently recording his upcoming debut album, which is set to release in Summer 2011.
 Cooke's second single "I Love It" has been released and hit the radio March 14, 2011.<ref>http://markcooke.com/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=59</ref>