Bruno Mars biography

NAME: Bruno Mars

OCCUPATION: Songwriter, Singer

BIRTH DATE: October 08, 1985 (Age: 26)

EDUCATION: Roosevelt High School

PLACE OF BIRTH: Honolulu

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Synopsis

Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars was born on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii. By the late 2000s, he started finding success by writing songs for other popular artists such K'Naan's "Wavin' Flag," the theme song for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. After several years as one of the pop music's premier songwriters, he broke out as a singer in his own right with the 2010 hit "Nothin' on You."

Early Life

Singer, songwriter. Born as Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Bruno Mars grew up in a very musical family. His father, Pete, was a Latin percussionist from Brooklyn, and his mother, Bernadette ("Bernie"), was a singer. Mars received his nickname, Bruno, while he was still a baby. "The name Bruno came from baby times," older sister Jamie explains. "Bruno was always so confident, independent, really strong-willed and kind of a brute — hence the name Bruno, and it kind of just stuck."

In Waikiki Beach, Mars' family performed a Las Vegas-style revue that included Motown hits, doo-wop melodies and celebrity impersonations. Growing up around entertainers, Mars began picking up musical instruments from early childhood. "I've always had a drum set, a piano, a guitar... and never got trained to play. It was just always there, he recalls. That's just how I learned, just being surrounded by it my whole life." At the age of four, he joined the family musical act as an Elvis impersonator and quickly become one of the stars of the show. He continued to perform with his family throughout his childhood, and as he approached adolescence he added Michael Jackson to his impersonation repertoire.

March Bruno was born and raised in Hawaii to parents Pete and Bernadette "Bernie" San Pedro Hernandez Bayot of Filipino and Puerto Rican descent Hernandez was one of six children untilAmman with brother Eric ennd sisters Jaime Tiara Tahiti Presley He came from a musical family that gives him a style mixing music Reggae Rock Hip Hop and R & B from an early age, he imitate and perform songs by influential artists such as Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley in 1990 at the tender age of 4 Hernandez was in the middle of the week the newspaper as "Little Elvis" He was President Theodore Roosevelt High School diploma in 2003 at age 17 and shortly thereafter moved to LA to pursue a career, he signed with Motown Records in 2005 and The trio formed production Smeezingtons with Phil Lawrence and Ari Levine, he formed the stage name after Bruno Sammartino a wrestler like his father, likened him as a child, he has since written songs for K'naan and Adam LEvin