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"Telegram Sam" was the first single to be issued by Marc Bolan's own T.Rex Wax Co. label, released on 21 January 1972. The UK b-side featured two songs, "Cadilac" (as printed on the EMI label of the original single) and "Baby Strange", the latter also included in the album The Slider.
The first single released under the T. Rex Wax Co. imprint, "Telegram Sam", became the band's third number 1 hit upon release on 21 January 1972. [4] It was under these auspicious circumstances that the songs which would comprise The Slider were written and recorded.
The band released the singles "Telegram Sam" and "Metal Guru" respectively in January and in May 1972, and both became number one hits in the UK. [7] In May, Bolan's old label Fly released the chart-topping compilation album Bolan Boogie , a collection of singles, B-sides and LP tracks, which affected sales of the band's forthcoming album.
T. Rex were an English rock band, formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1967 by singer/songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan.The group came to an end [citation needed] after Bolan's death in a car crash in September 1977.
Roy Hollinghurst of Melody Maker gushed "swishy, dizzy, and full, and what's more it's 1972 and there's an idol there for idolising". Penny Valentine of Sounds noted that it was a throwback to 1950s doo-wop and forecasted another number one success, while Val Mabbs of Record Mirror opined that it was "catchy, repetitive, and insistent" and also ...
"Jeepster" is a song by English glam rock band T. Rex. It was released on 5 November 1971 by record label Fly as a single from the group's sixth studio album (and second as T. Rex) Electric Warrior.
"20th Century Boy" was released on 2 March 1973. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 3 on 10 March 1973 and peaked three weeks in a row at that position. [11] It stayed a total of nine weeks in the UK Chart while topping the charts in Ireland, although like most T. Rex singles it failed to chart in the US.
Pages in category "Songs written by Marc Bolan" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... Teenage Dream (T. Rex song) Telegram Sam;