Marks performed on the Beach Boys\' first four albums, Surfin\' Safari (1962), Surfin\' U.S.A. (1963), Surfer Girl (1963), and Little Deuce Coupe (1963), before leaving the band due to personal issues with manager Murry Wilson. Since Marks did not appear on the 1961 single "Surfin\'", the first performance by the band that would become "the Beach Boys", most historians discount him as a true founding member of the group. He went on to front the Marksmen, worked with acts including Casey Kasem\'s Band Without a Name, the Moon, Delaney & Bonnie, Colours and Warren Zevon, and studied jazz and classical guitar at the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory.\n', '

From 1997 to 1999, Marks returned to the Beach Boys for their live performances. In 2007, he released an autobiography, entitled The Lost Beach Boy. In 2012, he reunited with the group to record That\'s Why God Made the Radio. Marks also joined the band on its 2012 fiftieth anniversary tour. Following the tour\'s completion, Marks continued working with Wilson and Jardine on Wilson\'s solo performances and 2015 studio album, No Pier Pressure.\n', '

At age seven, David Lee Marks moved into a house across the street from the family home of the three Wilson brothers, Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, later to become the founding members of The Beach Boys. David is Jewish. Describing the neighborhood, Marks noted, "It was run down. There were no sidewalks. The houses were older and the Wilsons lived in a pretty small, modest two-bedroom home. The boys all shared a bedroom. When they got older, Brian started sleeping in the den more and more, which was a converted garage they had turned into a music room. They had a Hammond B-3 organ, an upright piano and a little hi-fi in there."\n', '

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