Marty Wilde |
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Marty Wilde had been discovered by rock and roll entrepreneur Larry Parnes who was keen to expand his management of young hopefuls beyond his first signing Tommy Steele. At that time Marty had already changed his name from 'Smith' to 'Patterson' but Parnes, in line with his thinking for all his stars, changed the name entirely creating 'Marty Wilde'. Marty's big break came with the advent of the UK's first rock and roll TV show, Jack Good's 'Six-5 Special', where his good singing voice made him a great asset. Not only could Wilde 'rock and roll', but he could also sing ballads. This ability led to his version of Jody Reynolds US hit 'Endless Sleep', which was one of many cover versions that Marty Wilde was called upon to make. All of these covers were well done, some like 'Endless Sleep' were arguably superior to the original, but this lack of his own material would prove a big handicap. Marty transferred himself to Jack Good's new ITV show 'Oh Boy!' following the BBC's foolish dismissal of Jack Good. He was the star of that show when Cliff Richard suddenly appeared, riding high from the issue of his first record, 'Move It!'. The two stars allegedly got on well but Larry Parnes decided to pull Marty out of the show rather than risk him being seen as a subsidiary act to Cliff. In retrospect, Parnes would regret this move because it enabled Cliff to quickly assume Marty's former role as the UK's foremost rock and roll star. Although Marty's covers of US songs continued to chart they were in direct competition with the originals and by the early 1960s Marty was struggling to make even the top 20. Despite the downward slide in his record sales most of his records were well made. However, the competition from the US and from Merseybeat was too great and even his wonderful, self penned, 'Come Running' failed to chart. Marty Wilde married Vernons girl 'Joyce Baker' and later in the 1960s he created an unsuccessful trio with himself, Joyce, and Justin Hayward- the 'Wilde Three' . Fortunately, Marty had a loyal base of fans- particularly in the North of England which enabled him to ride out the 'group' obsession. He later re-established himself as a premier act at rock and roll nostalgia concerts. He took sufficient time off from this to help his daughter Kim Wilde become a major international star, before she retired to landscape gardening. Marty still tours regularly and retains that excellent singing voice that gave him such a good start in his long show business career. |
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Philips JK1028 | 1957 | Honeycomb/ Wild Cat | |
Philips PB804 | 1958 | Sing Boy Sing/ Oh Oh I'm Falling In Love Again | |
Philips PB835 | 1958 | Endless Sleep/ Her Hair Was Yellow | #4 |
Philips PB850 | 1958 | My Lucky Love/ Misery's Child | |
Philips PB875 | 1958 | No One Knows/ The Fire Of Love | |
Philips PB902 | 1959 | Donna/ Love-a Love-a | #3 |
Philips PB926 | 1959 | A Teenager In Love/ Danny | #2 |
Philips PB959 | 1959 | Sea Of Love/ Teenage Tears | #3 |
Philips PB972 | 1959 | Bad Boy/ It's Been Nice | #7 |
Philips PB1002 | 1960 | Johnny Rocco/ My Heart And I | #30 |
Philips PB1022 | 1960 | The Fight/ Johnny At The Crossroads | #47 |
Philips PB1037 | 1960 | I Wanna Be Loved By You/ Angry | |
Philips PB1078 | 1960 | Little Girl/ Your Seventeenth Spring | #16 |
Philips PB1101 | 1961 | Rubber Ball/ Like Makin' Love | #9 |
Philips PB1121 | 1961 | When Does It Get To Be Love/ Your Loving Touch | |
Philips PB1161 | 1961 | Hide And Seek/ Crazy Dream | #47 |
Philips PB1191 | 1961 | Tomorrow's Clown/ The Hellions | #33 |
Philips PB1206 | 1961 | Come Running/ Evr'yone | |
Philips PB1240 | 1962 | Jezebel/ Don't Run Away | #19 |
Philips 326546BF | 1962 | Ever Since You Said Goodbye/ Send Me The Pillow You Dream On | #31 |
Philips 326579BF | 1963 | No Dance With Me/ Little Moss Happiness | |
Columbia DB4980 | 1963 | Lonely Avenue/ Brand New Love | |
Columbia DB7145 | 1963 | Save Your Love For Me/ Bless My Broken Heart | |
Columbia DB7198 | 1964 | When Day Is Done/ I Can't Help The Way I Feel | |
Columbia DB7285 | 1964 | Kiss Me/ My What A Woman | |
Decca F11979 | 1964 | The Mexican Boy/ Your Kind Of Love | |
Philips BF1490 | 1966 | I've Got Used To Loving You/ The Beginning Of The End | |
Philips BF1632 | 1968 | By The Time I Get To Phoenix/ Shutters And Boards | |
Philips BF1669 | 1968 | Abergavenny/ Alice In Blue | |
Philips BF1753 | 1969 | All The Love I Have/ Any Day | |
Philips BF1783 | 1969 | Endless Sleep/ Donna | |
Philips BF1815 | 1969 | Shelley/ Jump On The Train |
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BBE12164 | 1958 | "Presenting Marty Wilde" (w. his Wildcats) | |
Wild Cat/Honeycomb/Love Bug Crawl/Afraid Of Love | |||
BBE12200 | 1958 | "More Of Marty" (w. his Wildcats) | |
Oh-Oh-I'm Falling In Love Again/Sing, Boy, Sing/Her Hair Was Yellow/Endless Sleep | |||
BBE12327 | 1959 | "Sea Of Love" | |
Teenage Tears/Sea Of Love/Danny/A Teenager In Love | |||
BBE12385 | 1960 | "Versatile Mr. Wilde" | |
BBE12422 | 1960 | "Marty Wilde Favourites" | |
BBE12517 | 1962 | "Come Running" | |
Come Running/Ev'ryone/The Hellions/Tomorrow's Clown | |||
BBE433 638 | 1963 | "Marty" | |
Don't Run Away/Jezebel/Ever Since You Said Goodbye/Send Me The Pillow You Dream On |