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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:	The UK Music Conference
Notice:	Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:	RDGENG::CROOK

Created:	Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1381
Total number of notes:	39269

1139.0. "Marilyn (who he?)" by ARRODS::WHITEHEADJ (Squadron Leader Squidgy) Thu Apr 15 1993 14:40

    Who remembers the singer Marilyn - a male whose real name was Pete
    Robinson (I think).  He was around at the same time as Boy George 
    (early eighties) and dressed much the same, ie looked like a woman!
    The last time I saw him was at the Band Aid recording at Xmas 84 (no,
    I wasn't there but I've got the video!).

    Anyway, can anyone remember the name of his one and only hit single?

    Nostalgically yours,
    Goldy.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1139.1		NEWOA::BOYD		`Thu Apr 15 1993 15:26`	3
	'CALLING YOUR NAME' reached NR4 in charts in 1983
1139.2		ARRODS::WHITEHEADJ	Squadron Leader Squidgy	`Thu Apr 15 1993 15:27`	4
	That's the one! I thought the word 'name' featured in it somewhere. Thanks, Goldy.
1139.3		SAC::LETCHER_P	Scumbag: the last ten days	`Thu Apr 15 1993 15:52`	4
	There was a "Where are they now" feature on Marilyn in Q a couple of months back, as far as I remember. I didn't read it though... Piers
1139.4		ARRODS::WHITEHEADJ	Squadron Leader Squidgy	`Thu Apr 15 1993 15:57`	1
	Don't suppose you still have the mag, do you?
1139.5		FORTY2::BOYES	My karma ran over my dogma.	`Thu Apr 15 1993 16:28`	4
	I've still got it: it mentions the other mini-hit 'Cry and Be Free' and two(?) other non-hits before he gave up the ghost. +Mark+
1139.6		WELCLU::GREENB	I'm sick of parking cars.	`Thu Apr 15 1993 17:26`	5
	Just goes to show, dunnit - the early 80's really were cack. Not_nostalgically yours, Bob
1139.7		SAC::LETCHER_P	Scumbag: the last ten days	`Thu Apr 15 1993 18:55`	4
	Not only do I not still have it, I never did. I just happened to notice the piece while flicking through a "friend's" copy. Piers
1139.8	sure as hell looked like him ;^)	NEWOA::DALLISON	Toy Boy	`Thu Apr 15 1993 23:56`	4
	Didn't he play Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs ? -Tony
1139.9	Extracted from Q article	FORTY2::BOYES	My karma ran over my dogma.	`Fri Apr 16 1993 03:40`	17
	The hits and misses November 83 - No. 4 - Calling Your Name No. 31- Cry and Be Free No. 40- You Don't Love me April 85 - No. 70- Baby You Left Me (Out In The Cold) Got implicated in Boy Gorge's drug case, didn't work for four years. "I'm not the same as I was then, I'm not peddling the same old shit, the make-up and drag and all that fanciful rubbish. That's how I see it now. Is see some of the things I was doing, and I wonder what planet I was on the time". Did a one shot PA at Christmas 92, was offered two record deals in America so his manager is waiting for the 'right price'. Thinks rave music is no fun, "I'm not even sure that I could enjoy it if I was off my tits on Ecstacy. I like things if there's a melody"
1139.10		JURA::PELAZ::MACFADYEN	It should be illegal	`Sat Apr 17 1993 01:08`	8
	I think I saw him working as a shop assistant in a Miss Selfridge clothes shop in London circa 1982. Quite an eyeful, and very good for the shop's cred I'm sure. Sorry, what was the question? Rod