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Gary Glitter was born Paul Francis Gadd on May 8, 1944, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. At 15, he began performing under the stage name Paul Raven until 1971 when he became, Gary Glitter.
Gary Glitter
side 2: To Young To Dance
picture disc
side 2: To Young To Dance
picture disc
The song that made Gary Glitter's name began as a 15-minute jam;
whittled down to a pair of three-minute extracts it was released as the A
and B sides of a single called Rock and Roll, Parts One and Two.
Part Two proved to be the more popular side in many countries, although
it took about six months before it made its full impact, going to
number two on the British pop charts and reaching the Top Ten in the
United States, one of the few British glam rock records to do so. Rock
and Roll (Part One) was also a hit in France, where it made number one, and
in the UK both sides were listed together on the charts.
Dance Me Up
picture disc detail
Glitter was a major influence on early and post punk rock, new wave, Britpop and glam metal. In the early 80's he was playing 80 shows a year at colleges and clubs and had chart hits; Dance Me Up was one of those hits (UK No.25). He launched his own record label in the early 1990s, Attitude Records, after he lost his deal with Virgin Records. He had signed to Virgin after leaving Arista Records
in 1984 after twelve years with the label. Attitude records was merged
into Machmain, Ltd. later in the 1990s, a music company owned by Glitter.
One of the Glitter hits, Do You Wanna Touch Me, from 1973 was covered by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts in 1980 on the album, Bad Reputation, and became a major hit which reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982.
Dance Me Up
In 1998, his recording of Rock and Roll was listed as one of the top 1,001 songs in music history.
The mostly instrumental, Rock and Roll, Part 2, has been played as a
popular cheering song at American sporting events for decades.
an unfortunate placement (maybe) of the spindle hole
Gary Glitter – Dance Me Up
Label: Arista – Arist D 570
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Picture Disc, Shape, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Pop
Tracklist:
A Dance Me Up
B Too Young To Dance
Label: Arista – Arist D 570
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Picture Disc, Shape, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Pop
Tracklist:
A Dance Me Up
B Too Young To Dance
Gary Glitter on YouTube:
Styrous® ~ Thursday, August 25, 2016
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