Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan (pron. BOE-lən; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer of the glam rock band T. Rex.

Early life and career

Bolan grew up in post-war Stoke Newington Common, in the borough of Hackney, East London, the son of Phyllis Winifred (née Atkins) and Simeon Feld, a lorry driver. His father was an Ashkenazi Jew of Russian/Polish extraction. Later moving to Wimbledon, southwest London, he fell in love with the rock and roll of Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Arthur Crudup and Chuck Berry and hung around coffee bars such as the 2i's in Soho.

He was a pupil at Northwold Primary School, Upper Clapton. He appeared as an extra in an episode of the television show Orlando, dressed as a mod. At the age of nine, Bolan was given his first guitar and began a skiffle band. While at school, he played guitar in "Susie and the Hula Hoops," a trio whose vocalist was a 12-year-old Helen Shapiro. During lunch breaks at school, he would play his guitar in the playground to a small audience of friends. At 15, he was expelled from school for bad behaviour.

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Get It On

Get It On may refer to:

  • Get It On, an album by Pacific Gas & Electric (1968)
  • Get It On, an album by The Fraternity of Man (1969)
  • "Get It On", a 1971 song by Chase from their album Chase; prompted the retitling of the T. Rex song
  • "Get It On" (T. Rex song), a 1971 song retitled "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" in the U.S., also covered by Power Station
  • "Get It On" (Kingdom Come song) (1988)
  • "Get It On" (Turbonegro song) (1998)
  • "Get It On", a song by Rasheeda from Dirty South (2001)
  • "Get It On" (Intenso Project song) (2004)
  • "Get It On" (Kumi Koda song) (2006)
  • "Get It On" (Grinderman song) (2007)
  • "Get It On" (Vains of Jenna song) (2009)

    • See also

  • Let's Get It On, a 1973 album by Marvin Gaye
  • "Let's Get It On" (song), the title song
  • Get It On…Tonite, a 1999 album by Montell Jordan
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    Get It On (T. Rex song)

    "Get It On" is a song by the British glam rock group T. Rex, featured on their 1971 album Electric Warrior. Written by frontman Marc Bolan, "Get It On" was the second chart-topper for T. Rex on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, the song was retitled "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" to avoid confusion with a song of the same name by the group Chase.

    History

    Bolan claimed to have written the song out of his desire to record Chuck Berry's "Little Queenie", and said that the riff is taken from the Berry song. In fact, a line (And meanwhile, I'm still thinking) of "Little Queenie" is said at the fade of "Get It On".

    This was the song that virtually ended the once-solid friendship between Bolan and John Peel, after Peel made clear his lack of enthusiasm for the song on air after playing his advance white label copy. Bolan and Peel only spoke once more before the former's death in 1977.

    During a December 1971 Top of the Pops performance, Elton John mimed a piano on the song. This performance is usually the video clip for the song which has aired on various music-video outlets such as VH1 Classic.

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    Get It On (Intenso Project song)

    "Get It On" is a single released by Intenso Project and former Steps member Lisa Scott-Lee in 2004. It peaked at number 23 in the UK Singles Chart, and failed to make any impact on the American charts.

    History

    The track was written and recorded before the team behind it had a record deal in place. Thus, when it was time to film the video, Scott-Lee and Intenso Project funded the video themselves. It was only after completion of the record and video that Ministry of Sound signed on to release the single. Despite numerous appearances to promote the song - it only managed to limp into the charts at 23. After being dropped by her label for a second single charting at number 11, Scott-Lee found this a personal blow and it greatly affected her future in music, including her decision to agree to quitting music upon a failure of a future top ten single.

    Track listing

    UK CD
    (INSPMOS01CDS; Released: 11 November 2004)

  • "Get It On" (Radio Edit) - 2:49
  • "Get It On" (Original Club Mix) - 6:47
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    Podcasts:

    Marc Bolan

    ALBUMS

    Best of Marc Bolan and T-Rex

    Released 2005

    The Words and Music of Marc Bolan 1947-1977

    Released 1998

    Bolan at the Beeb

    Released 1994

    Love and Death

    Released 1986

    Dance in the Midnight

    Released 1983

    Billy Super Duper

    Released 1982

    You Scare Me to Death

    Released 1981

    The Beginning of Doves

    Released 1974

    Marc Bolan at the BBC

    Marc Bolan at the BBC

    Early Broadcasts 1967-69

    The Best of & The Rest Of

    Born: 1947-09-30

    Died: 1977-09-16

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    The Beginning Of Doves

    by: Marc Bolan

    Met a woman she's spouting prose
    She's got luggage eyes and a roman nose
    Her body is slung from side to side
    Need a lift she said much obliged
    I'm riding piggy-back
    Then I came to her shack
    We go inside the place it's a mess
    She said my name's the liquid poetess
    She unties her mouth
    And her buckskin dress
    She drinks from a bottle
    labelled tenderness
    I'm in one hand in the other's a can
    She puts me in the can
    And smiles through the wall
    I got the horror's cos I'm one inch tall
    Next thing I know's a girl by my side
    Dressed in a bayleaf she's trying to hide
    I asked her name she said Germaine
    Do the rock do the one inch rock.




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