This is our "Encyclopedia" of people of note associated with Marc Bolan.
Alice Cooper - Marc joined some Alice sessions at Morgan Studios, London (Nov-72) and played guitar on Hello Hooray & Slick Black Limousine.
Altham, Keith - Publicist, 1972-77
Anderson, Miller - T.Rex Band -second guitarist, 1976-77
Barnsley, Peter - Writer for the now famous "Town" magazine article (Marc modeled at the time)
Block, Derek -Promoter of 76 tour and former acquaintence of Marc from Stamford Hill days.
Bolan, Rolan - Marc's son from union with Gloria Jones. Borne 1976 and is active making his own "Mar'K" in the music world.
Bowie, David - Marc plays guitar on 1970 single The Prettiest Star. Several collaborations from 1977 (Marc Shows etc).
Boyd, Joe - Produced last Track Records session of Tyrannosaurus Rex (late '67) including Chateau In Virginia Waters.
Cambridge, John - Drums on Dib Cochran single.
Campell, Sandy - Receptionist at #69 Bond Street (during the Rextasy years) 1973/1974.
Carroll,Peter,Solicitor and Landlord at Doughty Street.
Casey, Howie - Sax Player on the "TRUCK ON" tour January 1974.
Child (Bolan), June - Marc's girlfriend/wife. They were never officially divorced. June sadly passed away while vacationing in Turkey of a heart ailment. Deceased August 31, 1994 -side note June had a daughter from her partner after Marc and she would now be a grandmother. Her longtrem partner at the time of her passing Graham Porter also passed away a few years after June in a motor accident (odd really). You can view Marc & Junes marriage Certificate on the T.D site, as well as this first hand account of June's memorial service
Conlon, Pete - Marc's "Minder" -semi Personal assistant- during 1973/74 (Deceased)
Cowens,Nick Laird -A Personal friend as well Marc sang on his band's album (Alfalpha) and even had them on the Marc Shows (and if I remember Alphapha also did vocals on the "Dandy" LP)
Steve Currie - T.Rex bass player, was born on May 20th 1947. T.Rex member 1970-1976. Passed away in a driving accident. Deceased
Cuttner, Lois -Solicitor until 77, for legal reasons not mentioned in Marc's Missing Millions"!!!!Chanell 4's insighful Documentery for TV in 2003
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Davis, Nodge - Sound Engineer on 74 US tour.Quit halfway through over Marcs attitude and drunkeness.
Dines, Dino,(Friend)& T.Rex Keyboards 1973/4-77.One of the Long Time T.Rex members and has been "critically" acclaimed as the Man that help bring Marc's magic to the stage. Sadly it has been reported that Dino died Jan 04' He is survived by Two sons that are both musicians- a Man that was nothing more then a shining star for Marc's legcay-
Donovan - Lots of "rumours" circulate about Marc and Donovan's sessions. I have added him based on an interview done with Steve Currie by Steve Dixon for the "Tribute" Book. My guess this is around the time of the "7-Tease" LP. "I (Steve) remember doing some sessions with Donovan in Munich, Marc was semi-producing, semi-advising, he was in the studio every two minutes telling Donovan what to play and how to play it" (Photo above 200)
Economides, Jim - Producer of Decca material, 1965-6
Ellison, Andy - Lead vocalist of John's Children (while Marc was in band),Radio Stars & solo career.
Fallon, B.P. - Publicist and media guru to Led Zeppelin, T.Rex and Tone Loc, Fallon claims on his site he is "Purple browed Beep" in the T.Rex hit Telegram Sam.I always thought the lyric was "Purple Pie Pete" ? (Which it is).Photo above Fallon today with inset during his days with Marc.
Feld, Harry - Marc Bolan's Older brother (Feld legal name). Active recently(along with some cousins)in keeping Marc's Legacy alive and factual.Photo Include Sandy (Harry's wife) Michel (a Tiller) & Harry.
Flowers, Herbie - T.Rex Band Bass Guitar 1974 (?)77'. Appeared on the Dandy In The Underworld LP and tour
Flo & Eddie - Background vocalists-For some they added the Zest to "Hot Love" and other Gems from "E.W" & "T.Rex" LP's, also joined Marc agin for the "Futuristic Dragon" LP
Mickey Finn - T.Rex bongo player during 1969-1975, was born on June 3rd 1947.Was touring under "Mickey Finn's T.Rex Band" and gave great Joy to Many !
Sad to inform you that Mickey Passed awaye in 2003 after a long bout with Liver complications (a gentleman- read our interview- and truly missed)
Side Note: Beyond belief this band has decided to continue touring Now under the name "T-REX" (minus Mickey's name)- No original Band members, x-cept for a drummer that played with Marc for a short time
Gray (Marmalade), Mickey - Band roadie 1971-76.Mickey continues to help with recent "Legit" projects offering up first hand accounts with Marc- Hopefully he will be writting a book soon-
Green, Jack - T.Rex second guitarist 73-74.Born Mar 12,1951 in Glasgow, Scotland
Hall, Eric, Poseur & Frog with gift of the gab. Longtime friend
Hall, Pat (Sister), Backing vocals 73-74 "The Cosmic Chior". Marc produced unreleased solo project. Edsel Records released the unfinished outakes.
Hannson Dominique (Freddy), Engineer on the "Tanx" LP sessions.
Harley, Steve, Cockney Rebel lead singer. Co-writer (with MB) of Madman (?). Marc play’s guitar on Harley’s Amerika The Brave.
Harris, Bob - BBC announcer who fronted several sessions/interviews. Marc sang jingle for his show “Bob’s On (circa 1971)
Hopkins, Mary, Welsh singer & ex-wife of Tony Visconti. Sings on 1971 demo’s of Cadilac & Truck On (Tyke). Had a worldwide hit with her recording "Those Were the Days"
Howard, Tony, Manager,(Friend) 1972-77
Hunt, Marsha, American singer but resident in UK since the late 60’s. Produced by Tony Visconti, Hunt recorded several Marc Bolan compositions (Desdemona, Hot Rod Poppa etc). Marc sang backing vocals on "My World Is Empty Without You".
John, Elton, Piano on the Born To Boogie film. Wrote song "Wanna be a Teenage Idol" as a nod to Marc
Jones, Gloria, Originally hired as backing vocalist on 72 US tour. Marc’s girlfriend from '74 till his death. Gloria was the driver of the Car at the time of the accident also bared Marc's only child Rolan. Was a member of the T.Rex Band 1973-1976
Jones, Richard, Brother of Gloria. Several recording sessions for Marc's company "Wizard" between Nov '73 & Aug '76. Deceased
Jorden, Lonnie, Piano player during the "Zinc Alloy" sessions, played the beautiful piano break on "Teenage Dream" 1974
Kaylan, Howard (Eddie), Ex Turtles, backing vocalist on Hot Love single & the Electric Warrior & Slider albums.
Katz, David , Conducted orchestra on the "Slider" LP 1972
Kosh, John, Cover designer: Tanx, Zinc Alloy, Bolan’s Zip Gun.
Leander, Mike, Musical director of Marc’s Decca sessions (1966).
Bill Legend, Original T.Rex drummer played with this line-up 1970-1974. Born on May 8th 1946.
Little, Steve, Roadie and friend of MOH 72-74.
Loydd, John, Owner of Alcazura who supplied Marcs stage cloths 71-74 John
killed himself by setting fire to himself!.
Lutton, Davey, T.Rex drummer 74-76.
Lynne, Jeff, ELO leader. Marc played dual lead guitar with Jeff on Ma Ma Ma Belle (April-73).
MacDonald, Ian, Saxophone Player on "Get It On"/ E.W.
Mack, Reinhold, Engineer at Musicland sessions (Munich).
Mathew, Brian, BBC announcer (TOTP radio etc.) Fronted several sessions/interviews.
McCullin, Donald, Marc's Photographer for the "Town" magazine.
Meek, Joe, Produced Marc's first session "Mrs Jones".
Napier-Bell, Simon, MB manager 1966-7: solo & with John’s Children. Credited with recording the first "proper" Bolan songs that would later appear on "Beginning of Doves"
Newman, Tony, T.Rex Band -Drummer-1977
O’Halloran, Mick, Band roadie.
O'Hara, Riggs, Rigg's name has been used in many of Marc's rumors, Was he the "Wizard" It is known that it was Riggs that did accompany Marc on his trip to Paris. Rigg's remebers it is just a weekend jaunt (Marc had a whole other recolection)*s. Without a doubt Rigg's played an important part in Marc's carrer in the early days. He was responsible form introducing Marc to many of the "In" people at the time (66').
O' Leary, Alphi, Marc's chauffeur. Sang some back up on the "It's a T.Rexmas" clip
Peel, John, BBC announcer,D.J.,To some the "Main Man" that started Tyrann. Rex on the road to stardom,covered several Bolan sessions 1967-70.
Sad to report that John Peel died Oct.25 04',1939-2004 (leaving a void in the hearts of so many Radio fans)
Porter, Bobbye Hall, American female percussionist: on several recordings 1974-76.
Pruskin, Mike, Manager, flatmate - 1965-66.
Rhodes,Zandra ,(fashion designer) who created a set of stage costumes for Marc in late 1972.
Stevenson, Ray Like "Wedgbury's" photo's they didn't his also didn;t span a long period in Marc's career but caputured Marc at a most pivitol time 1968 as well as the first photographs of Tyrannosaurus Rex
as a band
Sucunda,Chelita A important figure in Marc's life/career -some think by accident a most important for the onset of "Marc & Glam Rock- By suggesting that Marc go to the trendy Chelsea boutiques for clothes. She also put the glitter under Marc's eyes for the Hot Love recording on Top of the Pops.A Friend of
June's she moved through the ranks of Marc's Inner circle.
Chelita was Marcs Personal Assistant from 72 thro to 73,
she was the former wife of Tony Secunda and the one time girlfriend of Mickey Finn.
Chelitas main task was keeping Marcs diary and dealing with
Merchandise pertaining to the Fan Club.
Chelita died a few years ago, I understand from a heart attack while
receiving tratment for cancer.
Secunda, Tony, Manager, 1970-72. Tony was a successful manager, starting in the 60's with the Move, and enabled Marc to get the lucrative deals with EMI and Reprise etc. He died in the late 90's
Scott, Tyrone, Second keyboardist and backing vocals for T.Rex on the Futuristic Dragon tour 1976
Along with Gloria Jones, he also appeared in the 1967 cast of the L.A. production of "Hair".
Secunda, Tony, Manager, 1970-72. Tony was a successful manager, starting in the 60's with the Move, and enabled Marc to get the lucrative deals with EMI and Reprise etc. He died in the late 90's
Shapiro, Helen, A success in her own right in later years, in 1959 she was just a mate of Marc's playing in his 1st band (for lack of a better term). In an ironic twist she also appeared alongside Marc ten days prior to his death on the T.V. show "Saturday Scene".
Smith, Tony,Together with his father John promoted Marc in Uk from 70 to 77 with the exception of 76. Today manages Genesis, Phil Collins and Mike and Mechanics.
Starr, Ringo, Produced the "Born To Boogie" film. Marc plays session guitar on the "Ringo" LP, Recently Ringo has said in an interview that "Back off Boogaloo" was written as a nod to a Slang word of Marc's. Ringo is credited on the Slider LP as taking the cover Photo though the truth has come out from Tony Visconti that he indeed took the picture but Marc thought it would look better having Ringo listed.**Update 05'** After years of legalities B.T.B was released on DVD May 16th 05'with Five Hours of pure Magic (included is the Afternoon show as well)
Spruill, Stephanie, Background vocals for T.Rex 1973 tour
Along with Gloria Jones, she provided vocals for Big Carrot which produced one single "Blackjack"/"Squint Eye Mangle" on EMI in 1973 written and produced by Marc Bolan..
Stromberg , Gary, PR man to the stars who represented Marc in U.S.A. 1971-73'
Mike Stavrou, studio engineer - originally employed at Scorpio
Studios in London and then at AIR Studios. Worked with Marc from
1975 onwards. Later went on to produce the second Siouxsie And
The Banshees album 'Join Hands' as well as engineer their cover version
of Marc's "20th Century Boy".
Taylor, Ian,In House Accountant to Wizard Label.
Temple, John, Marc did modeling work for Temple in 1964 -highlighted in " Styles to suit you, Suits to Style you" Brochure.
Took, Steve, Bongo Player during some of the Tyrannosaurus Rex years 1968-1969. Passed away after choking on a cherry while drunk/drug induced stupor. Rumour has it he had just received a royalty check from his Tyrann. Rex Dayes and sadly didn't know when to stop celebrating. Deceased
Townson, Chris, John's Children drummer.
Turner, Ike & Tina, Marc plays guitar on Sexy Ida pt 2.
Tyler, Toby,Some might think this is a silly person to add (as it is Marc) but he was an incarnation of Marc's -so he is a notable person in Marc's carrer- Now I just have to find the acetate pix of his other incarnation -Mark Bowland -
Volman, Mark (Flo), Ex Turtles, backing vocalist on Hot Love single & the Electric Warrior & Slider albums.
Warnock, Neil,Agent to T Rex after Tony Howard became Manager, today the biggest Agent in Europe if not the World.
Wakeman, Rick, Piano on Dib Cochran single and E.W.
Wale, Michael, Writer, wrote articles on Marc and in 1972 did an extensive interview for the Vox Pop Book.
Wedgbury, DavidMarc came into contact with many photographers but David Wedgbury took the early publicity photographs for Decca (1965)which helped get Marc X-posure
Wood, Roy,(Friend)& Former member of Move, ELO & Wizzard. Performs home duet session with MB, circa 1975.(Stan Lee, Marc & Roy Wood pix above) a much sort after & fun hearing Marc speaking so openly about Music and his influences
Young, Murial, Was an advocate in getting Marc his shows "MARC" on Granada Television.
Muriel Young died 23/3/01 in Newcastle aged 77!
