Death of Marc Bolan
Dies as a passenger in a Mini driven by Gloria Jones, two weeks before his thirtieth birthday.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Marc Bolan Biography and Timeline — Page 3
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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1977–2005Years on this page
1977
Burial
A swan-shaped floral tribute is displayed at Bolan's funeral in recognition of Ride A White Swan.
Marc
Granada Television commissions Bolan to front the six-part music series Marc.
1979
20th Century Boy
Siouxsie and the Banshees release a cover of 20th Century Boy as a single B-side.
1980
Mambo Sun
The Bongos enter the Billboard charts with a cover of the T. Rex song Mambo Sun.
1985
Get It On
Power Station take a cover of Get It On into the UK Top 40.
1991
20th Century Boy
20th Century Boy is used in a Levis advert and is re-released, reaching the UK Top 20.
1993
Buick MacKane
Guns N Roses cover Buick MacKane on The Spaghetti Incident.
2005
Born to Boogie
The remastered expanded Born to Boogie DVD reaches number one in the Music DVD chart.
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.