Yeah, I guess it must have been difficult over there acquiring Marc's records, he never quite ascended the heights like he did here and in turn the U.S. record companies didn't see it worthwhile releasing his music. The very first record I bought was Hot Love and the 70's was all about Marc & T. Rex, being a teenager and all the youthful freedom of growing up remains in your heart and, yes, 50 odd years later, Marc is still very much a part of me, and a part of you, and for many always will be.

I'll never forget seeing him on Midnight Special. Loved him so much.

we also lost jim croce.

@@catherinebronte3645 Sadly Jim Croce died in 1973

We also lost Victor the giraffe on the same day as Marc and Maria.

Not to mention Groucho Marx

Lynyrd skynyrd also

41 years on

@@ashleyhall8320 42 still got Marc in my heart.

Tree has been chopped down,it's a very eerie feeling standing where Marc died..

Tanx for this!

OH mein Gott! Bete für mich mit!

He didn't translate well in America. The timing had a lot to do with it. We were too bogged down in Vietnam and Nixon to be interested in what he was selling. There are so many reasons why he didn't crack the US market, this being the backdrop against it all. But overall, it wasn't just him. Glam didn't really take hold here in any mainstream way. Americans are a bit slow to accept dudes wearing eyeliner and prancing about. I discovered Bolan's music quite by accident in 1972 and took to it immediately. There being no internet or media exposure at the time, I didn't know anything about him though. I just assumed he was this wonderful indie freak artist, and I was his only fan. It's not like I had any evidence to the contrary.

this is a totally unfair and inaccurate statement. i am an american and i loved him and his music madly. you can't speak for a whole nation of people. you don't know what the fuck you are talking about. i loved him 50 years ago probibly before you were even born. stop talking shit about americans. we loved him too.

You might have loved Marc, but he never broke big in America apart from his one hit. That 's a fact.

@@annwhite2346, and that is important exactly why? America's seal of approval isn't everything, you know. Many great British and European artists never made the leap across the pond. It says nothing about their talent and appeal. But it might say something about their marketing and cultural fit for the US at that time. We were so deep in Vietnam, Nixon, and so much political turmoil during the early 70s. What Bolan was selling was beyond America's comprehension. Much of that would turn around in the late 90s as a whole new generation of Americans discovered Bolan's music thanks to the internet and several blockbuster films.

@@annwhite2346 His abums did chart on USA Billboard though: Electric Warrior no. 10 and Slider at no. 17.

Maria Calais

Is that beautiful person a boy or girl? Looks like a girl,,either way beautiful, and love the hat,hair and coat

@@annieh2900 Girl it is. DanielZ is also in video near the end though.

stewart Fox Ummm. Yes. That's what they said..

Charles wagner.i know it makes you wonder ,what with some of these deaths being put down to the illuminati

+stewart Fox You think it a coincidence that a ton of rock legends died at 27 years old? NO

Marc died juss before his 30th birthday the car crashed in to a concrete bollard then went in to the tree bollard would have killed him

How old are you if you don't mind me asking?