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Marty Wilde (born Reginald Leonard Smith, 15 April 1939, Blackheath
Blackheath, London

Blackheath is an area in southeast London, centred around a section of open public grassland and straddling the boundary of the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Greenwich....
, South London
South London

South London is the southern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes....
) is an English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 singer
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
 and songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
. He was among the first generation of British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 pop
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 stars
Celebrity

A celebrity is a widely-recognized or notable person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb "celebrare" but one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued....
 to emulate American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rock 'n' roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 and is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is an England pop singer.Wilde burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the new wave music classic "Kids in America ", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart....
.

in Blackheath, he grew up in Greenwich
Greenwich

'Greenwich' is a district in south-east London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. It is best known for its maritime history and as giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time....
, in South East London
South East London

South East London may refer to:*SE postcode area*eastern part of South London...
. The son of a professional soldier, he lived in various parts of England throughout his childhood, and reached the middle of his teen years
Adolescence

Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental Human development that occurs between childhood and adulthood. This transition involves biological , social, and psychological changes, though the biological or physiological ones are the easiest to measure objectively....
 living in London.

He was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
's Condor Club in 1957 when he was spotted by impresario
Impresario

Impresario, from the Italian language impresa, an enterprise or undertaking,   Origin: mid 18th century, from Italian impresa, ?undertaking.? New Oxford American Dictionary.   Impresa: enterprise; deed; company....
 Larry Parnes
Larry Parnes

Larry Parnes was born in 1930, in Willesden, London; and died on 4 August 1989, in London. He was an English people pop music management and impresario....
. Parnes gave his protégées stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
s like Billy Fury
Billy Fury

Billy Fury , was an internationally successful United Kingdom pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s....
, Duffy Power
Duffy Power

Duffy Power is an English people blues and rock and roll singing, who achieved some success in the 1960s and has performed and recorded intermittently since then....
 and Dickie Pride
Dickie Pride

Dickie Pride was a United Kingdom rock and roll singer. He was one of Larry Parnes stable of pop music celebrity, who did not enjoy as successful a career as most of his contemporaries....
 etc., hence the change to Wilde.






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Marty Wilde (born Reginald Leonard Smith, 15 April 1939, Blackheath
Blackheath, London

Blackheath is an area in southeast London, centred around a section of open public grassland and straddling the boundary of the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Greenwich....
, South London
South London

South London is the southern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes....
) is an English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 singer
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
 and songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
. He was among the first generation of British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 pop
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 stars
Celebrity

A celebrity is a widely-recognized or notable person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb "celebrare" but one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued....
 to emulate American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rock 'n' roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 and is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is an England pop singer.Wilde burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the new wave music classic "Kids in America ", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart....
.

Career

Born in Blackheath, he grew up in Greenwich
Greenwich

'Greenwich' is a district in south-east London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. It is best known for its maritime history and as giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time....
, in South East London
South East London

South East London may refer to:*SE postcode area*eastern part of South London...
. The son of a professional soldier, he lived in various parts of England throughout his childhood, and reached the middle of his teen years
Adolescence

Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental Human development that occurs between childhood and adulthood. This transition involves biological , social, and psychological changes, though the biological or physiological ones are the easiest to measure objectively....
 living in London.

He was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
's Condor Club in 1957 when he was spotted by impresario
Impresario

Impresario, from the Italian language impresa, an enterprise or undertaking,   Origin: mid 18th century, from Italian impresa, ?undertaking.? New Oxford American Dictionary.   Impresa: enterprise; deed; company....
 Larry Parnes
Larry Parnes

Larry Parnes was born in 1930, in Willesden, London; and died on 4 August 1989, in London. He was an English people pop music management and impresario....
. Parnes gave his protégées stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
s like Billy Fury
Billy Fury

Billy Fury , was an internationally successful United Kingdom pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s....
, Duffy Power
Duffy Power

Duffy Power is an English people blues and rock and roll singing, who achieved some success in the 1960s and has performed and recorded intermittently since then....
 and Dickie Pride
Dickie Pride

Dickie Pride was a United Kingdom rock and roll singer. He was one of Larry Parnes stable of pop music celebrity, who did not enjoy as successful a career as most of his contemporaries....
 etc., hence the change to Wilde. The 'Marty' came from the commended 1955 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, Marty
Marty

Marty is a 1955 in film romance film based on a teleplay by the same name. It was directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine in the title role, and Betsy Blair as the female lead....
. Wilde was signed to the British recording arm of Philips Records
Philips Records

Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips. It was started as Philips Phonographische Industries in 1950 in music....
, with U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 releases appearing on the Epic
Epic Records

Epic Records is an United States record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. The label was founded in 1953 as a jazz label, and was eventually expanded to several genres of music....
 label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 via Philips' reciprocal licensing agreement with Columbia Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 Stateside
Stateside Records

Stateside Records is a British record label which initially released licenced American recordings and is now a reissue label.It was formed in 1962 in music by EMI as a replacement for the Top Rank Records label , which had folded....
. (Philips had yet to acquire the Mercury
Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
 group as its U.S. division).

From mid 1958 to the end of 1959, Wilde was one of the leading British rock and roll singers, along with Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele

Tommy Steele Order of the British Empire is an England entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock 'n' roll star....
 and Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
. Wilde's backing group were called the Wildcats. At various times they featured Big Jim Sullivan
Big Jim Sullivan

Big Jim Sullivan is an England musician, whose career started in 1959. Best known as a session musician, Sullivan was one of the most "in-demand" studio musicians in the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s and has performed on more than one thousand charting singles over his career....
 on lead guitar
Lead guitar

Lead guitar refers to the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, fill , and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock music, heavy metal music, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop music contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompan...
; Bobbie Clarke
Bobbie Clarke

Bobbie Clarke is an English people rock music drummer. He has cut hundreds of records and played in numerous bands with many international rock legends....
 on drums; plus Brian Locking
Brian Locking

Brian Locking was the bass guitarist with The Shadows between 1962-1963....
 on bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 and Brian Bennett on drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
 who both later joined The Shadows
The Shadows

Nick-named: the Shads, The Shadows are the most successful United Kingdom instrumental and vocal group from the 1950s to the 2000s with an aggregate total of at least 64 UK hit singles....
.

He appeared regularly on the BBC Television
BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC which began in 1932. The British Broadcasting Corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927....
 show 6.5 Special and was the main regular artiste on the Saturday ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 popular music
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 shows Oh Boy! and Boy Meets Girls
Boy Meets Girls

Boy Meets Girls was a UK popular music TV show which was launched in September 1959 replacing the earlier show Oh Boy! .The show was presented and produced by Jack Good ....
. There he met and married Joyce Baker, one of The Vernons Girls
The Vernons Girls

The Vernons Girls were an English people musical ensemble of female singing. They were formed at the football pools company in the 1950s in Liverpool, as a sixteen strong choir and sound recording and reproduction an album of traditional pop musics....
 who were also show regulars. The courtship was highly public but, after the marriage
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
, Wilde's popularity as a teen idol
Teen idol

?Teen idols refers to someone idolized by teens; a teen idol is often young but in many cases no longer teenaged. Often, a teen idol is an actor or a pop singer, but some sports figures have had an appeal to teenagers....
 declined.

He moved partly into all-round entertainment, appearing in musicals
Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece ? humor, pathos, love, anger ? as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole....
 such as as Conrad Birdie in the original West End
West End theatre

West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English language world....
 production of Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie is a stage musical theater with a book by Michael Stewart , lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse.Originally titled Let's Go Steady, the satire on United States society is set in 1958....
 and several film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
s.

He enjoyed success as a songwriter in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He penned the virtual one-hit wonder
One-hit wonder

A one-hit wonder is a music industry term to describe an artist generally known for only one hit single ....
s The Casuals
The Casuals

The Casuals were a United Kingdom pop music musical ensemble from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. They are best known for their 1968 #2 United Kingdom hit record, "Jesamine"....
' "Jesamine", plus Lulu's
Lulu (singer)

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, Order of British Empire, , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scotland singer-songwriter, actress, model and television personality, who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day....
 "I'm a Tiger", and the early Status Quo
Status Quo

Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
 hit, "Ice In The Sun".

In the early 1970s, Wilde changed his music style to glam rock
Glam rock

Glam rock , is a sub-genre of rock music that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant lyrics, costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a camp , theatrical blend of nostalgia references t...
 and became 'Zappo'. He released only a few singles
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 which never charted and reverted back to Marty Wilde shortly after.

Later on, as songwriter and/or record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
, he masterminded a string of 1980s hits for his daughter Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is an England pop singer.Wilde burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the new wave music classic "Kids in America ", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart....
. His son, Ricki Wilde
Ricki Wilde

Ricki Wilde is a United Kingdom songwriter, musician, record producer and sibling of singer Kim Wilde, and son of the singer and actor, Marty Wilde....
 also gained some notice in the music industry, working mainly in promotion and A&R
A&R

Artists and Repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists....
.

Like many of his contemporaries, Wilde continues to perform in nostalgia tours in the UK and beyond. In 2007 he celebrated 50 years in the business with another UK tour which featured his youngest daughter Roxanne Wilde, and the issue of a compilation album
Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, source or subject matter....
, Born To Rock And Roll - The Greatest Hits. It included a duet
Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition or musical piece for two performers. In classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word Wiktionary:duo is also often used....
 with Kim Wilde of Elton John
Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s....
's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word

"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It was recorded by Elton John and released in 1976, both as a single and as part of the Blue Moves album....
", which was released as a promotional only single.

Family

He and his wife Joyce have 4 children, Kim
Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is an England pop singer.Wilde burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the new wave music classic "Kids in America ", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart....
 (born 1960), Ricki
Ricki Wilde

Ricki Wilde is a United Kingdom songwriter, musician, record producer and sibling of singer Kim Wilde, and son of the singer and actor, Marty Wilde....
 (born 1961), Roxanne (born 1979) and the youngest, Marty Jr., who was a contestant on The Golf Channel
The Golf Channel

Golf Channel, formerly known as The Golf Channel before the July 2008 dropping of The, is an United States of America cable television network with coverage focused on the game of golf....
's The Big Break IV: USA vs. Europe
The Big Break

The Big Break is The Golf Channel's reality television program. The show's premise is to award an aspiring professional golfer exemptions into selected events on certain tours....
 in 2005. Kim, Ricki and Roxanne have worked in the music industry, like their parents.

Singles

His notable UK singles are listed below, with their peak positions in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 and, for cover version
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
s, the song's original artist given in a further set of brackets.

1957
  • "Honeycomb" (-) (Jimmie Rodgers
    Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)

    James Frederick Rodgers is an American singer, sometimes classified as a rock and roll singer, but with a style more typical of folk rock or traditional pop music....
    )
1958
  • "Endless Sleep" (4) (Jody Reynolds
    Jody Reynolds

    Jody Reynolds was an United States singer and guitarist. His biggest hit single was "Endless Sleep", which reached #5 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 record chart on July 7, 1958....
    ) (June 1958)
  • "Fire of Love" (-) (Jody Reynolds
    Jody Reynolds

    Jody Reynolds was an United States singer and guitarist. His biggest hit single was "Endless Sleep", which reached #5 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 record chart on July 7, 1958....
    )
1959
  • "Donna" (3) (Ritchie Valens
    Ritchie Valens

    Ritchie Valens was an singer, songwriter and guitarist of Mexican origin born in the U.S.A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months....
    ) (February 1959)
  • "A Teenager In Love" (2) (Dion and the Belmonts
    Dion and the Belmonts

    Dion and the Belmonts were a leading United States vocal group of the late 1950s. The group formed when Dion DiMucci joined The Belmonts - Carlo Mastrangelo, Freddie Milano, and Angelo D'Aleo - in late 1957....
    ) (May 1959) This was also covered in the UK by Craig Douglas
    Craig Douglas

    Craig Douglas is an English people pop music singer, who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s....
    .
  • "Sea of Love
    Sea of Love (song)

    "Sea of Love" is a song written by John Phillip Baptiste and George Khoury. Phillips' 1959 recording of the song peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100....
    " (3) (Phil Phillips
    Phil Phillips

    Phil Phillips is an United States singer and songwriter best known for his 1959 hit single "Sea of Love ".Philip Baptiste was encouraged to pursue a career as a singer after a school performance of a song called "Sweet Slumber"....
    ) (September 1959)
  • "All American Boy" (Bobby Bare
    Bobby Bare

    Bobby Bare is an United States country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician....
    , mislabeled as by Bill Parsons) (September 1959)
  • "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (September 1959)
  • "Bad Boy" (7) (November 1959) — which Wilde wrote — a Top 50 hit in the U.S. in 1960 and covered shortly after its release by Robin Luke
    Robin Luke

    Robin Luke is an United States rockabilly singer. He has been enshrined in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.Luke was living in Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii, attending Punahou School, in 1958 when he songwriter and sound recording and reproduction a Billboard Hot 100 hit single with the song, "Susie Darlin," a song named after his then five-year-old...
    , in 1964 by Françoise Hardy
    Françoise Hardy

    Fran?oise Madeleine Hardy ) is a France singer, actor and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music style and personality in the Francophile world....
     and later by Nirvana
    Nirvana (UK band)

    Nirvana are a UK-based progressive rock band formed in 1967, primarily active in the late 1960s and early 1970s - and still sporadically active to the present day....
     and Robert Gordon
    Robert Gordon (musician)

    Robert Gordon is an United States rockabilly singer....
    . The b-side
    A-side and B-side

    A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which single s were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that ofte...
    , "It's Been Nice", a Doc Pomus
    Doc Pomus

    Doc Pomus was a twentieth century United States blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hit record....
    -Mort Shuman
    Mort Shuman

    Mort Shuman was an United States singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hit record, including "Viva Las Vegas "....
     composition was later recorded
    Sound recording and reproduction

    Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
     by The Everly Brothers
    The Everly Brothers

    The Everly Brothers are brothers and top-selling country music-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing....
     and Freddy Cannon
    Freddy Cannon

    Freddy Cannon is an United States rock and roll singing....
    .
1960
  • "Johnny Rocco" (30) (March 1960) - written by Les Vandyke
    Les Vandyke

    Les Vandyke was a popular singer and later songwriter in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also known as Johnny Worth and John Worsley. Allmusic music journalism Bruce Eder states, "Vandyke is one of those rare talents in English people pop music whose songwriting success crossed several genres and eras, from the end of the 1950s righ...
    .
  • "The Fight" (47) (May 1960)
  • "Little Girl" (16) (October 1960)
1961
  • "Rubber Ball" (9) (January 1961) (Bobby Vee
    Bobby Vee

    Bobby Vee is an United States pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine Vee has had 38 Billboard Hot 100 record chart hit record, 10 of which hit the Top 20....
    )
  • "Hide and Seek" (47) (July 1961)
  • "Tomorrow's Clown" (33) (September 1961) - written by Wilde
  • "Sea of Heartbreak" (Don Gibson
    Don Gibson

    Donald Eugene Gibson was an United States songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams " and "I Can't Stop Loving You" and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970's....
    )
1962
  • "Jezebel" (19) (Frankie Laine
    Frankie Laine

    Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio , was a successful United States musician, singer and songwriter whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire " in 2005....
    ) (April 1962)
  • "Ever Since You Said Goodbye" (31) (October 1962)
1968
  • "By the Time I Get to Phoenix
    By the Time I Get to Phoenix

    "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" is an American pop song written by Jimmy Webb and made famous by Glen Campbell, whose version reached #3 on the U.S....
    " (Johnny Rivers
    Johnny Rivers

    Johnny Rivers is an United States rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was versatile enough to do folk songs, blues, and revivals of old-time rock 'n' roll songs and some original material....
     / Glen Campbell
    Glen Campbell

    Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award United States country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor....
    ) (January 1968)
  • "Abergavenny
    Abergavenny

    Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales.It is located 24 km west of Monmouth on the A40 road and A465 road roads, 10 km from the England border within the Welsh Marches....
    " — which Wilde (as Frere Manston) and Ronnie Scott
    Ronnie Scott

    Ronnie Scott was an England jazz Tenor saxophone and jazz club owner....
     (as Jack Gellar) wrote — was a hit in Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
     in May 1968. (It was also a Top 50 hit in the U.S. in August 1969 under another Reginald Smith pseudonym, Shannon
    Shannon

    Shannon is a given name.Notable people bearing this name include:* Shannon , real name Shannon Brenda Greene* Marty Wilde, pseudonym "Shannon", real name Reginald Leonard Smith...
    .)
1971
  • "The Busker"


Album discography

  • Wilde about Marty (LP
    Gramophone record

    A gramophone record is an analog signal sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc....
     Philips BBL 7342, August 1959)
  • Marty Wilde - Showcase (LP, Philips BBL 7380, 1960)
  • Versatile Mr Wilde (LP, Philips BBL 7385, 1960)
  • Bye Bye Birdie (LP, Philips S/ABL 3383, 1961)
  • Dr. Doolittle (LP, 1968)
  • Diversions (LP, Philips SBL 7877, 1969)
  • Rock 'n' Roll (Philips 6308 010, 1970)
  • Good Rockin' Then and Now (LP, Philips 6382 102, 1974)
  • The Wildcat Rocker (LP, Philips 6381 022, 1981)
  • Wilde About Marty / Showcase BGOCD594 (CD
    Compact Disc

    A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
     compilation album
    Compilation album

    A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, source or subject matter....
     of the first two LPs, 2003)
  • Born to Rock And Roll - The Greatest Hits (CD, 2007)


Songwriting

The following songs were written, or co-written, by Wilde and recorded by as noted:
  • "2-6-5-8-0" - Kim Wilde
    Kim Wilde

    Kim Wilde is an England pop singer.Wilde burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the new wave music classic "Kids in America ", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart....
  • "Action City" - Kim Wilde
  • "All the Love I Have" - John and Anne Ryder
  • "Back Street Joe" - Kim Wilde
  • "Bad Boy" - Robin Luke
    Robin Luke

    Robin Luke is an United States rockabilly singer. He has been enshrined in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.Luke was living in Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii, attending Punahou School, in 1958 when he songwriter and sound recording and reproduction a Billboard Hot 100 hit single with the song, "Susie Darlin," a song named after his then five-year-old...
    , Robert Gordon
    Robert Gordon (musician)

    Robert Gordon is an United States rockabilly singer....
    , Nirvana
    Nirvana (band)

    Nirvana was an American Rock music band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987....
    , Françoise Hardy
    Françoise Hardy

    Fran?oise Madeleine Hardy ) is a France singer, actor and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music style and personality in the Francophile world....
  • "Bladerunner" - Kim Wilde
  • "Boys" - Kim Wilde (B-side
    A-side and B-side

    A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which single s were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that ofte...
     of "Water on Glass")
  • "Cambodia
    Cambodia (song)

    "Cambodia" is the fourth single by British singer Kim Wilde. It was released at the end of 1981; a year in which Wilde had already scored three highly successful hit singles and a best-selling debut album....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Can You Come Over" - Kim Wilde
  • "Can You Hear It" - Kim Wilde (B-side of "Love Blonde")
  • "Chaos at the Airport" - Kim Wilde
  • "Chequered Love
    Chequered Love

    "Chequered Love" is the second single by British singer Kim Wilde.The song was released in the spring of 1981 to follow-up Wilde's hugely successful debut "Kids in America ." As with that single, writing credits were given to Wilde's father and brother Marty Wilde and Ricky Wilde with the latter also being given production credits....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Child Come Away
    Child Come Away

    "Child Come Away" is the sixth single by British singer Kim Wilde, released in 1982.The song was expected to be another huge hit for Wilde. Though its subject matter was dark, it was similar in sound to previous synth-driven successes like "Cambodia " and "View From a Bridge", and it was also an exclusive single release, unavailable on an...
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Ego" - Kim Wilde
  • "Elizabeth Dreams" - Status Quo
    Status Quo

    Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
  • "Everything We Know" - Kim Wilde
  • "Falling Out" - Kim Wilde
  • "Four Letter Word
    Four Letter Word

    "Four Letter Word" is the fourth single from the Kim Wilde album Close .It was released at the end of 1988 ? the year that had seen Wilde release a best-selling album, have three international hits and support Michael Jackson on the European leg of his world tour....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Halfway to Where" - The Freshmen
    The Freshmen (Irish showband)

    The Freshmen were among the most popular Irish showbands of the 1960s and 70s. They specialised in recreating the complex vocal harmonies of international acts such as The Beach Boys and The 5th Dimension....
  • "Hide all Emotion" - Sandie Shaw
    Sandie Shaw

    Sandie Shaw was one of the most successful United Kingdom female singers of the 1960s. With her hair, slender frame, model cheekbones and outfits, she has been described as the ultimate working-class It girl....
     (B-side of "Think Sometimes About Me")
  • "Hot Summer Girls" - Flash Cadillac
    Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids

    Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids, now known as Flash Cadillac, are an United States retro rock 'n' roll band. They are best known for their portrayal of the group Herbie and the Heartbeats in the film American Graffiti, which they contributed three songs: "At The Hop", "Louie Louie" and "She's So Fine"....
  • "House of Salome
    House of Salome

    "House of Salome" is the third and final single from the Kim Wilde album Catch As Catch Can.It was not released in the UK, but was issued in several other European countries, though did not meet with success....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "I Still Believe in Tomorrow" - John and Anne Ryder
  • "Ice in the Sun" - Status Quo
    Status Quo

    Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
  • "I'm a Tiger" - Lulu
    Lulu (singer)

    Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, Order of British Empire, , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scotland singer-songwriter, actress, model and television personality, who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day....
  • "It's Here
    It's Here

    "It's Here" is the first single from Kim Wilde's 1990 album Love Moves, and her first release of the new decade.Wilde was the most charted and biggest-selling British female soloist of the 1980s and had ended that decade with the release of her biggest-selling album, Close and its accompanying string of hit singles....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Janine" - Kim Wilde
  • "Jesamine" - The Casuals
    The Casuals

    The Casuals were a United Kingdom pop music musical ensemble from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. They are best known for their 1968 #2 United Kingdom hit record, "Jesamine"....
     (as earlier was co-penned under the name Frere Manston)
  • "Just a Feeling" - Kim Wilde
  • "Just Another Guy" - Kim Wilde (B-side of "Child Come Away
    Child Come Away

    "Child Come Away" is the sixth single by British singer Kim Wilde, released in 1982.The song was expected to be another huge hit for Wilde. Though its subject matter was dark, it was similar in sound to previous synth-driven successes like "Cambodia " and "View From a Bridge", and it was also an exclusive single release, unavailable on an...
    ")
  • "Kids in America
    Kids in America (Kim Wilde song)

    "Kids in America" is a song by British singer Kim Wilde, released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in 1981 in music, and in the United States in 1982 in music....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Love Blonde
    Love Blonde

    "Love Blonde" is the first single from the Kim Wilde album Catch As Catch Can, released in 1983.The song sold moderately, restoring some of the ground lost from her previous release "Child Come Away" and is reputedly about Wilde herself....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Love in the Natural Way
    Love in the Natural Way

    "Love in the Natural Way" is the fifth and final single from Close , the best-selling album by Kim Wilde.Issued in the UK and Germany in early 1989 on 7", 12" and CD-single , it did not match the success of the other singles from that album the previous year....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "My Heart is Free" - The Fireballs
    The Fireballs

    The Fireballs, sometimes billed as Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, is an United States rock and roll group. The Fireballs were particularly popular at the end of the 1950s and in the early 1960s....
  • "Never Trust a Stranger
    Never Trust a Stranger

    "Never Trust a Stranger" is the third single from Close , the sixth original album by Kim Wilde.Remixed from the original album track by producer Ricky Wilde, it was released as a single in the autumn of 1988 following the best-selling hit "You Came" and several European tour dates supporting Michael Jackson....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Our Town" - Kim Wilde (B-side of "Young Heroes")
  • "Paradise Flat" - Status Quo
  • "Polaris" - The Krew Kats
  • "Rage to Love
    Rage to Love

    "Rage to Love" is the third and final single from Teases & Dares, the fourth studio album by Kim Wilde.Released in March 1985, the song was remixed by Dave Edmunds for its release as a single....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Schoolgirl
    Schoolgirl (song)

    "Schoolgirl" is the first single from the 1986 album Another Step by Kim Wilde.Released in Australia and several European countries , it was the first single of Wilde's career on which she was given co-writing credits....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Shane" - Kim Wilde (B-side of "Chequered Love")
  • "Shoot to Disable" - Kim Wilde
  • "Sing It Out For Love" - Kim Wilde (B-side of "House of Salome")
  • "Sparks" - Kim Wilde
  • "Stay Awhile" - Kim Wilde
  • "Suburbs of Moscow" - Kim Wilde
  • "Take Me Tonight
    Take Me Tonight

    "Take Me Tonight" is a song by British singer Kim Wilde from her second album, Select .It was used on the soundtrack to the Dario Argento film "Tenebrae ", known in Japan as "Shadow" and subsequently released as a single in Japan....
    " - Kim Wilde (B-side of "View from a Bridge")
  • "The Second Time
    The Second Time

    "The Second Time" is the first single from Kim Wilde's 1984 album Teases & Dares. It was re-titled "Go for It" for the North American market....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "The Touch
    The Touch (Kim Wilde song)

    "The Touch" is the second single from the 1984 Kim Wilde album Teases & Dares, released at the end of the year. It is generally regarded as one of Wilde's flop singles....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Thought It Was Goodbye" - Kim Wilde
  • "Tuning In Tuning On" - Kim Wilde (B-side of "Kids in America")
  • "View from a Bridge
    View from a Bridge

    "View From a Bridge" is the second single to be released internationally from Kim Wilde's second album, Select .The song told the story of a girl committing suicide by jumping off a bridge and became another of Wilde's big hits, particularly throughout Europe and Australia ....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Watching for Shapes" - Kim Wilde (B-side of "Cambodia")
  • "Water on Glass
    Water on Glass

    "Water on Glass" is the third single by British singer Kim Wilde from her Kim Wilde .A slightly different version of the song was featured on Wilde's self-titled debut album....
    " - Kim Wilde
  • "Wendy Sadd" - Kim Wilde
  • "Words Fell Down" - Kim Wilde (B-side of "Ego")
  • "You'll Never Be So Wrong" - Kim Wilde
  • "Young Heroes
    Young Heroes

    "Young Heroes" is a song from the Kim Wilde by British singer Kim Wilde. It was released as a single in Peru in 1982....
    " - Kim Wilde


Filmography

Marty Wilde appeared in the following films:-
  • Jet Storm
    Jet Storm

    Jet Storm is a thriller where Richard Attenborough plays Ernest Tilley, a man who lost his daughter in a hit-and-run accident. He tracks down the man responsible for the accident and boards the same plane, threatening to blow up himself and everyone on board as an act of vengeance....
     (1959)
  • The Hellions
    The Hellions (film)

    The Hellions is a 1961 in film British adventure film directed by Ken Annakin starring Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries, Ronald Fraser and Colin Blakely....
     (1961)
  • What a Crazy World
    What a Crazy World

    What a Crazy World was a stageplay and film written by Alan Klein and directed by Michael Carreras. The film was released in 1963....
     (1963)
  • Stardust
    Stardust (1974 film)

    Stardust is a 1974 in film United Kingdom film directed by Michael Apted and starring David Essex and Adam Faith. The film is the sequel to the 1973 film That'll Be the Day ....
     (1974)


See also

  • List of show business families
    List of show business families

    This is a list of show business families, compare it to List of U.S. political families. It is contemporary and should be expanded. The guideline is that at least one of the relationships in the clan should be by blood — siblings, parents, children, cousins, etc....
  • List of British pop musicians of the 1950s
    List of British pop musicians of the 1950s

    List of British pop musicians of the 1950s in alphabetical order with side notes and additional links:...
  • List of Epic Records artists
    List of Epic Records artists

    The following acts either currently record for Epic Records, or have recorded for that label in the past....


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