Born To Rock N Roll Tour

Singer, songwriter, legend – Marty Wilde, will celebrate his 50th anniversary in the music business, with the release of Born To Rock N’ Roll – The Greatest Hits – a sublime collection of all Marty’s best known tracks, with the addition of a brand new recording of the title track and an exclusive duet with his daughter Kim.

Born To Rock And Roll - The Greatest Hits. It included a duet with Kim Wilde of Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", which was released as a promotional only single. The tour culminated in a concert recorded at the London Palladium and was most notable for reuniting all the remaining Shadows, Hank,Bruce, Jet, Brian Locking and Brian Bennett.

Marty Wilde will celebrate anniversary with a concert which includes Marty Wilde, Eden Kane and Jet Harris and special guests: Roxanne Wilde and the Wildcats. The concert will be in Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone on November 18, 2010. Born to Rock N Roll Tickets re available on Sold Out Ticket Market at nominal rates.

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Career of Marty Wilde

From mid 1958 to the end of 1959, Wilde was one of the leading British rock and roll singers, along with Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard. Wilde's backing group were called the Wildcats. At various times they featured Big Jim Sullivan on lead guitar; Bobbie Clarke on drums; plus Brian Locking on bass guitar and Brian Bennett on drums who both later joined The Shadows.

He appeared regularly on the BBC Television show 6.5 Special and was the main regular artiste on the Saturday ITV popular music shows Oh Boy! and Boy Meets Girl. There he met and married Joyce Baker, one of The Vernons Girls who were also show regulars. The courtship was highly public but, after the marriage, Wilde's popularity as a teen idol declined.

He moved partly into all-round entertainment, appearing in musicals such as Conrad Birdie in the original West End production of Bye Bye Birdie and several films. He enjoyed success as a songwriter in the late 1960s and early 1970s. With Ronnie Scott, he co-wrote the virtual one-hit wonders The Casuals' "Jesamine" under the pseudonyms of Frere Manston and Jack Gellar. The pair also wrote Lulu's "I'm a Tiger" and the early Status Quo hit, "Ice in the Sun".

In the early 1970s, Wilde changed his music style to glam rock and became 'Zappo'. He released only a few singles which never charted and reverted back to Marty Wilde shortly after. Later on, as songwriter and/or record producer, he masterminded a string of 1980s hits for his daughter
Kim Wilde.

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Singer, songwriter, legend – Marty Wilde, will celebrate his 50th anniversary in the music business, with the release of Born To Rock N’ Roll – The Greatest Hits – a sublime collection of all Marty’s best known tracks, with the addition of a brand new recording of the title track and an exclusive duet with his daughter Kim. Marty Wilde will celebrate anniversary with a concert which includes Marty Wilde, Eden Kane and Jet Harris and special guests: Roxanne Wilde and the Wildcats. The concert will be in Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone on November 18, 2010.

Born in Blackheath, he grew up in Greenwich, in South East 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 living in London.

He was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London's Condor Club in 1957 when he was spotted by impresario Larry Parnes. Parnes gave his protégées stage names like Billy Fury, Duffy Power and Dickie Pride etc., hence the change to Wilde.The 'Marty' came from the commended 1955 film, Marty.

Wilde was signed to the British recording arm of Philips Records, with U.S. releases appearing on the Epic label via Philips' reciprocal licensing agreement with Columbia Records Stateside. (Philips had yet to acquire the Mercury group as its U.S. division).

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