T.Rex
Performs Hot Love on Top of the Pops, helping turn T. Rex into a major pop phenomenon.
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Marc Bolan Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Marc Bolan through 89 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Marc Bolan, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
89Distinct records
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1971–1975Years on this page
1971
Electric Warrior
Releases Electric Warrior, a landmark album in the development of glam rock.
Hipgnosis
Electric Warrior uses cover artwork by Hipgnosis, based on a photograph by Kieron Spud Murphy.
T. Rex Wax Co
Leaves Fly Records after a dispute over Jeepster and joins EMI, gaining the T. Rex Wax Co label.
Bill Legend
Drummer Bill Legend joins T. Rex during the expansion into the classic electric line-up.
Get It On
Releases Get It On with There Was A Time and Raw Ramp.
Hot Love
Releases Hot Love, which becomes his first UK number one hit.
Jeepster
Releases Jeepster with Lifes A Gas during the Electric Warrior period.
King Of The Mountain Cometh
Issues King Of The Mountain Cometh as part of the Hot Love single release.
Lifes A Gas
Issues Lifes A Gas as the B-side to Jeepster.
Raw Ramp
Issues Raw Ramp as part of the Get It On single release.
Steve Currie
Bassist Steve Currie joins T. Rex during the expansion into the classic electric line-up.
T. Rextasy
Publicist BP Fallon coins T. Rextasy to describe the group's popularity as a parallel to Beatlemania.
There Was A Time
Issues There Was A Time as part of the Get It On single release.
Woodland Rock
Issues Woodland Rock as part of the Hot Love single release.
1972
Get It On
Get It On becomes a top ten hit in the United States as Bang a Gong Get It On.
Born to Boogie
Marc Bolan appears in Ringo Starrs film Born to Boogie, a documentary showing T. Rex at the height of T. Rextasy during a concert at Wembley Empire Pool on 18 March 1972
Born to Boogie
T. Rex play two Wembley Empire Pool shows filmed by Ringo Starr and Apple Films.
The Slider
T. Rex's third album The Slider is released.
Born to Boogie
The UK premiere of Born to Boogie is held at Oscars Cinema in Brewer Street, Soho.
Baby Strange
Issues Baby Strange as part of the Telegram Sam single release.
Bolan Boogie
Fly releases Bolan Boogie, a chart-topping compilation of singles, B-sides and album tracks.
Born To Boogie
Issues Born To Boogie as part of the Solid Gold Easy Action single release.
Cadillac
Issues Cadillac as part of the Telegram Sam single release.
Children Of The Revolution
Releases Children Of The Revolution with Jitterbug Love and Sunken Rags.
Jitterbug Love
Issues Jitterbug Love as part of the Children Of The Revolution single release.
Metal Guru
Releases Metal Guru with Thunderwing and Lady.
Solid Gold Easy Action
Releases Solid Gold Easy Action with Born To Boogie.
Sunken Rags
Issues Sunken Rags as part of the Children Of The Revolution single release.
Telegram Sam
Releases Telegram Sam with Cadillac and Baby Strange.
Thunderwing
Issues Thunderwing as part of the Metal Guru single release.
1973
20th Century Boy
Releases 20th Century Boy, later one of his most enduring songs.
Blackjack
Releases Blackjack with Squint Eyed Mangle under the Big Carrot name.
Free Angel
Issues Free Angel as the B-side to 20th Century Boy.
Glam Rock
Declares Glam rock is dead on the cover of Melody Maker after the release of Tanx.
Tanx
Releases Tanx, marking the end of the classic T. Rex line-up.
The Groover
Releases The Groover, later regarded as one of Bolan's last major hit singles.
1974
Zinc Alloy
Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow is released and reaches number 12 in Britain.
1975
Birth of Rolan Bolan
Gloria Jones gives birth to Bolan's son, Rolan Bolan.
Bolan's Zip Gun
Self-produces Bolan's Zip Gun, giving T. Rex a harder and more futuristic sheen.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.