![]() Rex rubric, though the original group was fragmenting. In August, Bolan tested the waters for using his own name on records, issuing the non-charting "Blackjack" single credited to Marc Bolan with Big Carrot, but then he retreated to the T. In June, "The Groover" became the band's tenth and final Top Ten single. Rex Top Ten single, and the Top Ten album Tanx. ![]() In March 1973 came "Twentieth Century Boy," the ninth T. Rex's seventh straight Top Ten single, "Children of the Revolution," peaked in the charts in September, followed by "Solid Gold Easy Action" in December. Rex album, The Slider, became a Top Ten hit in July 1972. (During this period, with T.Rextasy hitting Britain, numerous reissues also charted.) The next new T. charts and included the single "Jeepster." Then came "Telegram Sam," T. hit, making the Top Ten in 1972.) This was followed by the landmark album Electric Warrior (1971), which topped the U.K. Rex expanded into a full-fledged rock & roll band, and scored a number one hit with "Hot Love" and another with "Get It On." (Under the title "Bang a Gong (Get It On)," the song became T. Adding bass player Steve Curry and drummer Bill Fifield, T. hit with "Ride a White Swan," the first of ten straight Top Ten hits, and the album T. They made three albums, My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair but Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows (1968), Prophets, Seers and Sages, the Angels of the Ages (1968), and Unicorn (1969), then split, with Bolan retaining the band name and teaming up with Mickey Finn on the electric Beard of Stars (1970).īy the end of 1970, with the name abbreviated to T. The same year, he and percussionist Steve Peregine Took formed Tyrannosaurus Rex, an acoustic duo. ![]() in 1965-1966, he joined the band John's Children in 1967. After releasing his debut solo single, "The Wizard," and its follow-ups, "The Third Degree" and "Hippy Gumbo," on Decca Records in the U.K. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Marc Bolan was one of the major glam rock figures of the early '70s, especially in England. ![]()
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