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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- 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 released:
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- Early Broadcasts 1967-69 released:
- The Best of & The Rest Of released:
The Words and Music of Marc Bolan 1947-1977
Released 1998- Desdemona
- Debora
- Strange Orchestras
- Child Star
- Afghan Woman
- One Inch Rock
- Stacey Grove
- Eastern Spell
- Salamanda Palaganda
- Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat)
- She Was Born To Be My Unicorn
- Warlord Of The Royal Crocodiles
- Woodland Bop
- By The Light Of A Magical Moon
- Great Horse
- Elemental Child
- Cosmic Dancer
- King Of The Rumbling Spires
- Beltane Walk
- Ride A White Swan
- Hot Love
- Get It On
- Jeepster
- Frowning Atahuallpa (My Inca Love)
- The Children Of Rarn Suite
Bolan at the Beeb
Released 1994- Intro by John Peel
- A Star of Youth (Poem)
- A Ship of Rhythm (Poem)
- Interview by John Peel
- The Winged Man (Poem)
- Juniper Suction Reading & Interview by John Peel
- Jingle
- Interview by Brian Mathew
- Debora
- Elemental Child
- Ride a White Swan
- Jewel
- Xmas Jingle
- Hot Love
- Get It On
- Electric Boogie
- Jeepster
- Life's a Gas
- Interview by Tony Norman
- Cadilac
- Telegram Sam
- Interview by Keith Altham
- Interview by Andrew Salkey
The Beginning of Doves
Released 1974- Jasper C. Debussy
- Lunacy's Back
- Beyond the Rising Sun
- Black and White Incident
- Observations
- Eastern Spell
- You Got the Power
- Hippy Gumbo
- Sara Crazy Child
- Rings of Fortune
- Hot Rod Mama
- The Beginning of Doves
- Mustang Ford
- Pictures of Purple People
- One Inch Rock
- Jasmine Forty-Nine
- Charlie
- Misty Mist
- Cat Black
- Sally Was an Angel
Marc Bolan at the BBC
- Jagged Time Lapse
- Interview
- The Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith
- Daddy Rolling Stone
- Hot Rod Mama
- 'Top Gear' Jingle
- Highways (with Chat)
- Dwarfish Trumpet Blues (with Chat)
- Scenescof (with Interview)
- Child Star (with Interview)
- Pictures of Purple People (with Interview)
- Hot Rod Mama (with Interview)
- Knight (with Chat)
- Frowning Atahuallpa (with Chat)
- Strange Orchestras
- Afghan Woman (with Chat)
- Debora (with Chat)
- Mustang Ford (with Chat)
- Stacey Grove (with Chat)
- One Inch Rock (with Chat)
- Salamanda Palaganda (with Chat)
- Eastern Spell (with Chat)
- Wind Quartets (with Chat)
- Juniper Suction (Poem)
- Juniper Suction (with Interview)
- The Friends (with Chat)
- Conesuala (with Chat)
- The Seal of Seasons (with Chat)
- Evenings of Damask (with Chat)
- The Travelling Tragition
Early Broadcasts 1967-69
- Jagged Time Lapse
- The Perfumed Garden
- Daddy Rolling Stone
- Hot Rod Mama
- Hippy Gumbo
- Highways (excerpt)
- Scenscof the Magician
- Child Star
- Highways
- Hot Rod Mama
- Dwarfish Trumpet Blues
- Scenscof
- Child Star
- Pictures of Purple People
- Hot Rod Mama
- Juniper Suction (Poem)
- The Friends
- Conesuela
- The Seal of Seasons
- Evenings of Damask
- A Star of Youth
- A Ship of Rythym
- The Winged Man With Eyes Downcast to the Moon
- Chariots of Silk & Interview
- Top Gear Jingle 1969
- Once Upon the Sea of Abyssinia
- Nijinsky Hind
- Chariots of Silk
- Misty Coat of Albany
- Iscariot
Born: 1947-09-30
Died: 1977-09-16
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The Beginning Of Doves
by: Marc BolanMet 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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