# Mark Benes | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/mark-benes
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/mark-benes/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 13:20 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/mark-benes
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/mark-benes/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/mark-benes/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Mark Benes
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `mark-benes`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 13:20 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-f2ef3cfeabfe0109
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 762
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: тёмная ночь
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Mark Benes was a Russian singer known for his version of the song "Тёмная ночь" (Dark Night). The existing history suggests this recording became popular in the years after World War II, though the details about his Siberian birth and early life feel more like biographical legend than concrete fact. His performance of "Тёмная ночь" is what people remember. The song itself is a wartime classic, and Benes's rendition apparently...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. тёмная ночь — https://lyroverse.com/mark-benes/5944fb6f