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While touring in Europe, Bolan and Jones met for the second time at the Speakeasy in London. In 1972, she was recommended by Warner Brothers' Bob Regehr to sing backing vocals behind T. Rex at Winterland in San Francisco. Soon after joining T. Rex, Jones and Bolan became romantically involved. They had a son, Rolan Bolan (b. September 26, 1975).
Marc Bolan and his girlfriend Gloria Jones spent the evening of 15 September 1977 drinking at the ... [66] Serge Gainsbourg's "Ex-Fan Des Sixties", [67] the Who ...
Plaque marking Bolan's childhood home, 25 Stoke Newington Common, Hackney, east London. Bolan was born Mark Feld at Hackney Hospital and grew up at 25 Stoke Newington Common, in the borough of Hackney, east London, the second child of Simeon ("Sid") Feld (1920-1991), a cosmetics salesman and former lorry driver, and Phyllis Winifred (née Atkins; 1927-1991), who ran a stall at Berwick Street ...
Hunt was born in Philadelphia in 1946 and lived in North Philadelphia, near 23rd and Columbia, [1] then in Germantown and Mount Airy, for the first 13 years of her life. [2] [3] Hunt told The Philadelphia Inquirer that she remembers Philadelphia with affection, particularly the "Philadelphia steak sandwiches and the bad boys on the basketball court".
After the chart failure of "Memorabilia", Phonogram Records allowed Soft Cell to record a second and final single in an attempt to score a chart success. The band opted to record a cover version of "Tainted Love", an obscure 1965 northern soul track originally released by Gloria Jones (the girlfriend of Marc Bolan at the time of his death) and written by Ed Cobb of the Four Preps.
Also during the summer of 1969 Ormsby-Gore entertained Marc Bolan and his girlfriend June Child at Hurtwood Edge. The friendship between Bolan, Child and Ormsby-Gore led to her being a witness at their wedding on 30 January 1970. Another mutual friend was the British singer Linda Lewis.
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Bolan treats us to strangled outbursts to remind us of what he once was." [ 6 ] In a review of Dandy in the Underworld , Phil McNeill of New Musical Express noted that the song "shows Marc's voice is as good as ever – and his guitar playing, while missing the strangulated sparkle of yore, is more assured than ever". [ 7 ]