Gary Glitter

Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd on May 8, 1944) is an English rock and pop singer and songwriter who had a string of chart successes with a collection of 1970s glam rock hits, including "Rock and Roll parts 1 & 2", "I Love You Love Me Love", "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" and "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again". He spent nearly three years in jail in Vietnam for child sexual abuse until he was released and deported from Vietnam on August 19 2008.^[1][2]

Glitter first came to prominence in the glam rock era of the early 1970s. He had one of the longest chart runs of any solo singer in the UK during the 1970s. Between 1972 and 1995 Glitter charted 26 hit singles which spent a total of 180 weeks in the UK Top 100.^[3] His success as a live performer lasted well beyond the decade. He continued to record in the 1980s and 1990s, with his 1984 song "Another Rock N' Roll Christmas" being one of the Top 30 Christmas hits of all time.^[4] He released seven studio albums, and at least 15 greatest hits collections or live albums. In 1998, his recording of "Rock and Roll" was voted as one of the Top 1001 songs in music history.^[5]

In 1999, Glitter was convicted of downloading 4,000 child pornography pictures in the UK, and was afterwards listed as a sex offender.^[6] His reputation was greatly tarnished, and, though he continued releasing new music, Glitter's popularity declined sharply. He was permanently evicted from Cambodia in 2002 for suspected child sexual abuse offences.^[7] He afterwards relocated to Vũng Tàu in Vietnam, and in March 2005 applied for permanent resident status.^[8] Later that year, he was arrested by Vietnamese authorities while trying to leave the country, and was tried and convicted of child sexual abuse charges in 2005-06. On appeal in 2007 his three-year sentence was reduced by three months.

Biography

Early work

Paul Francis Gadd was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Although a Protestant, he was educated at a Roman Catholic school. In his mid-teens, during the late 1950s, he began performing in the British club scene, appearing at such British venues as the Two I's, in Soho, and the Laconda and Safari Clubs. At the time, his repertoire consisted of early rock standards and gentle ballads, and he got his first break when a film producer, Robert Hartford Davis, who was looking to make an impact on the music industry, discovered Gadd and financed a recording session for the British Decca label. Under the stage name, "Paul Raven," he released his first single, "Alone in the Night," in January 1960.

A year later, he had a new manager (Vic Billings), a new recording contract (with Parlophone), and a new producer – George Martin, who would begin making his name a year later when he signed and began producing The Beatles. The Martin sessions produced two singles, "Walk on By" and "Tower of Strength", but neither sold very well and Raven's recording career reached an impasse. By 1964, while Martin's work with The Beatles was conquering the world, Raven was reduced to playing the warm-up for the British television programme Ready Steady Go!. He did numerous TV commercials and film auditions, but in the course of that activity he met arranger-producer Mike Leander who eventually helped revive his career.

Gary Glitter

First, Raven joined the Mike Leander Show Band in early 1965. Then he was deputised to produce a few recording sessions by such artists as Thane Russell and a Scottish beat group, the Poets. Finally, after Leander's group disbanded, Raven formed Boston International with saxophonist John Rossall, and this group spent the following five years touring the UK and Germany and recording occasionally. By 1970 several singles, including "Musical Man", "Goodbye Seattle" and a version of George Harrison's Beatles song, "Here Comes the Sun", put Raven back into record stores. As the glam movement hit full swing in 1971, Gadd/Raven took the new name Gary Glitter, which he devised by playing alliteratively with letters of the alphabet, working backwards from 'Z'. The style that would come to define Gary Glitter had taken its basic shape.

The song that at last made Gary Glitter's name and career began as a fifteen-minute jam, whittled down to a pair of three-minute extracts released as the A and B sides of a single, which Glitter and Leander called "Rock and Roll, Parts One and Two". "Rock and Roll (Part Two)" would prove to be the more popular side in many countries, although it took about six months before it made its full impact, going to number two on the British pop charts and reaching the Top Ten in the United States, one of the few British glam rock records to do so (T. Rex's "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" was another). "Rock and Roll (Part One)", however, was also a hit; in France it made number one (in the UK both sides were listed together on the charts).

Mainstream success

"Rock and Roll" proved not to be a fluke. For the next three years, Glitter, backed by The Glitter Band on stage, challenged Sweet, Slade and T. Rex for domination of the charts. He took his image seriously enough to own a reported thirty glitter suits and fifty pairs of his trademark silver platform boots. He also released several British Top Ten hits, with "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" being his first single to reach number one in the summer of 1973, and "I Love You Love Me Love", its follow-up, his second. Even an atypical ballad, "Remember Me This Way", went to number three. He had twelve consecutive Top Ten singles, from 1972's "Rock and Roll (Parts One and Two)" to "Doing Alright With the Boys" in the summer of 1975.

"Rock and Roll (Part Two)" caught on as a popular sports anthem in North America. Often used as a goal song or celebration song, fans chanted out "Hey!" along with the chorus. In light of Glitter's court convictions (see below), some teams have stopped using the song, though it remains heavily played.

Despite his success in Britain, Glitter never made the same impact in the U.S., where, at best, glam rock was seen as a curiosity. Glitter had one more entry on the U.S charts with "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock 'n Roll)"; after that, however, the closest Glitter came to another U.S. hit was a cover recording of "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" by the punk/blues group Brownsville Station.

After "Doing Alright With the Boys", Glitter won the award for "Best male artist" at the Saturday Scene music awards hosted by LWT. His next release was a cover of the Rivingtons' rhythm and blues legend, "Papa Oom Mow Mow", but it got no higher than number 38 on the British charts. After subsequent releases stalled in similar fashion, Gary Glitter announced his retirement from music in early 1976. That same year, his first true hits package, simply titled Greatest Hits, was released. It entered the UK Top 40 best-sellers charts, although its sales may have been hurt due to a similar budget album, entitled I Love You Love Me Love, issued by Hallmark Entertainment the following year.

Comeback

Glitter's career took a downturn towards the end of the 1970s. He was said to have begun drinking heavily, even admitting later that he pondered suicide. Under financial pressure, not even a pair of Top 40 hit singles ("It Takes All Night" and "A Little Boogie Woogie in the Back of My Mind") could lift him all the way back. It took the post-punk audience, and some of its artists who still respected Glitter's work, to do that (he was an influence on post-punk, new wave, britpop and hair metal as well as early punk rock itself). This helped provide the opportunity for Glitter to cut a dance medley of his greatest hits, All That Glitters, which charted in 1981. Within three years, he was playing eighty shows a year at colleges and clubs, and had chart hits "Dance Me Up" (UK #25) and "Another Rock N' Roll Christmas" (#7).

Glitter's comeback was boosted in the 1980s by various guest spots and collaborations. In 1982 he appeared on the British Electric Foundation album Music of Quality and Distinction Volume One (UK #25) along with fellow pop/rock luminaries Sandie Shaw and Tina Turner. In 1988, The Timelords' "Doctoring the Tardis," a Doctor Who tribute that sampled "Rock and Roll (Part Two)", reached the number one spot. In due course, Glitter re-cut "Rock and Roll" with producer Trevor Horn and also "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" with Girlschool. In the late 1980s his hit singles were used to compile the Telstar-released C'mon, C'mon ... It's the Gary Glitter Party Album. In 1989, Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers put a large sample of "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" on their Number 1 UK hit "Let's Party".

Glitter spent the next decade mostly as an in-demand live performer, and his back catalogue of recordings proved durable enough that several compilations sold well. Glitter appeared in several humorous billboard and poster advertisements for British Rail, in one of which he was shown attempting to look younger (and quite clearly failing) in order to obtain a Young Persons Railcard. He also issued a new studio album Leader 2 in 1991 which sold reasonably well.

He was a surprise hit at the 1994 World Cup concert in Chicago which was telecast live to forty-six countries. He played the Godfather in a 1996 revival of The Who's Quadrophenia. He also cut a single, a new version of "The House of the Rising Sun". British rock group Oasis used a sample from Glitter's 1973 chart hit, "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" on their 1995 multi-million selling album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, one of a number of acts that borrowed from his song book.

"Rock and Roll (Part Two)" by this time was being used heavily as a crowd-rouser at numerous sporting events, and it was featured in the hit films The Full Monty, Happy Gilmore, Meet the Fockers and The Replacements with Keanu Reeves.

Business interests

Glitter's Snack Bar was a restaurant founded by Glitter in 1991. It was in the West End of London and was advertised with the slogan "Leader of the Snack". It was successful at first, but business eventually slowed and the restaurant closed in the late 1990s.

Glitter also launched his own record label in the early 1990s, Attitude Records, after he lost his deal with Virgin Records. Glitter had signed to Virgin after leaving Arista Records in 1984 after 12 years with the label. Attitude records was merged into Machmain LTD later in the 1990s, a music company owned by Glitter.

Child pornography arrest and conviction

In November 1997 Glitter was arrested after child pornography images were discovered on the hard drive of a Toshiba laptop that he had taken to the Bristol Cribbs Causeway branch of PC World for repair.

As a result, he was lampooned in both US and UK media over the allegations. Additionally, his appearance in the Spice Girls' film Spiceworld The Movie was cut. (Nevertheless, a truncated edit of the scene, featuring a version of Glitter's "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)", was still included in the movie).

The following years held further trouble for the singer. Glitter was convicted of possession of child pornography on 12 November 1999 and formally classified as a sex offender, serving two months of a four-month sentence. He was also charged with having sex with an underage girl, Alison Brown, when she was 14 years old. Glitter was acquitted of this charge after it emerged that Brown had sold her story to the News of the World and stood to earn more money from the newspaper on Glitter's conviction.^[9]

Career moves after 2000 jail release

After British press revealed his whereabouts in Spain, Glitter reportedly attempted to move to Cuba in 2000 but was thwarted after the Cuban Consulate in London was tipped off and his picture and real name sent to all Cuban ports. He then went to Cambodia where there was an uproar over his presence which led Cambodian authorities to expel him in 2002, determining that he was 'a threat to the security of a country and to the national image of Cambodia'. He had been jailed for three nights in that country on suspicion of sex offences, but was not convicted of any crime. In the same year, Snapper records repromoted The Ultimate Gary Glitter, a two-CD anthology of Glitter's music first issued in 1997 (days after his arrest), which covers his commercial breakthrough in 1972 through that point; again it was moderately successful.

In September 2001 he released a new album, On, that included material written before his 1999 British conviction. That material was to have been part of a project called Lost on Life Street until that album's release was cancelled following his arrest.

By December 2004, after releasing a new single, "Control", Glitter was in the news again concerning his behaviour; NGOs had been petitioning the government with their own evidence aimed at arresting Glitter. Glitter moved to Vietnam.

In 2005 Remember Me This Way, the documentary filmed at Glitter's career peak in 1973 (and originally released in 1974), was issued for the first time on DVD. Glitter's music itself still had an audience, further demonstrated by three new album releases, although all of them contained past recordings from the vaults, rather than new product. The first two new albums were issued at the same time, The Remixes and Live in Concert (the latter of which was a 1981 recording). These were only for sale on the Internet. A new collection of Glitter's chart hit singles followed, The Best of Gary Glitter.^[10] In 2006 his back catalogue was made available via the Internet from sites such as iTunes and eMusic.

Vietnam underage-sex arrest and conviction

In late 2005, Gary Glitter was arrested and charged with molesting two under-aged girls (aged 10 and 11). He originally faced possible child rape charges carrying the death penalty, but prosecutors did not find enough evidence for those charges. Early in 2006, he was convicted of committing obscene acts with minors and sentenced to three years imprisonment. On one of two appeals, in 2007 this was reduced by three months. He was released on 19 August 2008, and deported for Britain, although it was an indirect flight and no enforcement agency would have jurisdiction to prevent him re-booking to a different destination.^[11][12]

Arrest and trial

On November 12, 2005, Gary Glitter fled his home, despite having applied for permanent residence in Vietnam. Three days later, he was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City while trying to board a flight to Thailand. Six girls and women in Vietnam, aged 11 to 23, stated that Glitter had sex with them; the age of consent in Vietnam is eighteen.^[13]

After his arrest, Glitter was turned over to provincial police from Ba Ria-Vung Tau and returned to Vung Tau and held on suspicion of having sex with two underage girls. Glitter was held in jail throughout the criminal probe, which was completed on December 26, 2005. The charge of rape was dropped for "lack of evidence" (according to Glitter's lawyer), although the singer admitted that an eleven-year-old girl had slept in his bed. Glitter could have faced the death penalty by firing squad if convicted of child rape. After having received compensatory payments from Glitter, the families of the girls appealed to the courts for clemency for him.^[14][15][16]

Glitter was tried on charges of committing obscene acts with two girls, aged 11 and 12, and could have faced up to fourteen years in prison if convicted. The trial opened on March 2, 2006 and ended the next day, upon which Glitter was found guilty as charged and sentenced to three years' imprisonment.^{[17][18][14][19][20]} Prosecutions for sex with minors are not unusual in Vietnam, but the intense media interest in the Glitter case made a lengthy custodial sentence inevitable.

The sentence included mandatory deportation after serving his sentence and payment of 5 million Vietnamese dong (US$315) to his victims' families.^[21]. Glitter continued to deny any wrongdoing, saying he believes he was framed by British tabloid newspapers.^[22] He announced he planned to spend part of his sentence writing an autobiography, which he began during his pre-trial detention.

BBC interview

In May 2006, Gary Glitter gave his first interview in more than 8 years to BBC News. He denied doing anything wrong saying "to my knowledge I have not had sex with anyone under 18". He also said "I know the line to cross". When asked what he thought of adults having sex with children he said "It certainly is a crime ... I don't have the words, I would be very angry about that." He said he did not think too much about the future for now, other than winning his appeal. Glitter was criticised about his comments: Christine Beddoe, director of End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking, said that Glitter was trying to "minimise what he has done" and added "We must allow children to tell their story and not just have the words of Gadd."

In his interview Glitter said he was "not a paedophile" and as far as his music was concerned said "I felt after I left prison in England that maybe there was a slim chance I could put my life back on track and have a career, but after some time, the people that surrounded me, lawyers etc and managers, said: 'We don't think so, as the media have already made such a big deal about this'." He continued to blame the press for his downfall and called them "the worst enemy in the world", alleging press payment of local girls in a bar to arrange a photo-scoop 'entrapment'. Glitter did not comment about his previous conviction for possession of child pornography several years earlier.^[23]

In the week following the broadcast of the interview, the BBC received hundreds of complaints from viewers, but the network pointed out they had made it quite clear during the broadcast that Glitter had been convicted of the crimes and that "he was strongly challenged on his protestations of innocence."^[24]

Appeal

On 15 June 2006, in a closed hearing, the People's Supreme Court of Appeals heard Glitter's appeal for a reduced sentence, after a four-week delay for unspecified reasons. The ruling by the three-judge panel was announced at around 10 am that day, with the appeal being rejected.^{[25][26][27][28]}

Although he remained calm throughout the 40-minute reading of the verdict, upon leaving the courthouse, he shouted angrily to reporters that there was "no justice here in Vietnam. They did not listen to the defence at all."^[29]

On 7 February 2007 it was announced that his sentence had been reduced by three months.^[30] In anticipation of his release, the Philippines barred Glitter from entering that country as of 16 May 2008.^[31]

Release and plans for the future

Glitter was released from Thu Duc prison in southern Binh Thuan province on 19 August 2008. He was escorted under police guard to Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and put on board a flight. Although his ticket was to London, in fact he would be free to change flights during a transit stop, and on the day of his scheduled return he arrived in Bangkok in Thailand and then claiming that he was having a heart attack, he refused to board a plane to London, despite the efforts of British police accompanying him and demanded to be allowed to stay in Thailand or another Asian country. He has been refused entry to Thailand, but remains at Bangkok airport.^[11][32]

Glitter's lawyer, Le Thanh Kinh, said that his client intended to return to Britain, although in an interview with a Vietnamese newspaper, shortly before his release, he said that he would likely move to either Hong Kong or Singapore^[33].

Cardiovascular disorder

On 20 January 2008 the News of the World reported that the singer had suffered a severe heart attack. These reports were denied, although it was confirmed that he had been diagnosed with heart problems.

"Glitter was admitted to our hospital with acute diarrhoea," said Nguyen Huu Quang, the director of the hospital in Binh Thuan Province, near the prison where the 63-year-old English singer is serving out his sentence. "While we were treating him, we found out that he also has a cardiovascular disorder."^[34]

New album after prison release

On 25 June 2008 the Telegraph reported that Gary Glitter plans to record a new album on his prison release. He is quoted as saying "I have an incomplete album that I want to finish. I have been thinking about the plan during my days in jail, I have sung rock'n'roll for 40 years. After jail, I will continue to rock'n'roll."^[35]

Selected discography

Singles

1970s

• 1972 "Rock and Roll (Parts 1 and 2)" #2 UK;^[36] #7 U.S.;^[37] #1 France; #1 Aus #4 Ireland #7 Netherlands #4 Germany^[38] #3 Canada #4 Switz^[39]
• 1972 "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Til I Saw You Rock 'n' Roll)" #4 UK; #35 U.S. #5 Ireland #19 Netherlands #12 Germany #3 France
• 1973 "Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah)" #2 UK #3 Aus #9 Ireland #4 Netherlands #16 Germany #7 France
• 1973 "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" #2 UK #6 Aus #2 Ireland #22 Netherlands #10 Germany #8 France
• 1973 "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" #1 UK #2 Aus #2 Ireland #12 Netherlands #6 Germany #9 France #6 Norway
• 1973 "I Love You Love Me Love" #1 UK #2 Aus #2 Ireland #10 Netherlands #8 Germany #9 France #4 Norway #6 Austria
• 1974 "Remember Me This Way" #3 UK #9 Ireland #50 Germany #31 Aus
• 1974 "Always Yours" #1 UK #11 Aus #1 Ireland #14 Germany
• 1974 "Oh Yes! You're Beautiful" #2 UK #10 Aus #1 Ireland #28 Germany
• 1975 "Love Like You and Me" #10 UK #11 Ireland
• 1975 "Doing Alright with the Boys" #6 UK #3 Ireland
• 1975 "Papa Oom Mow Mow" #38 UK #20 Ireland #9 France
• 1976 "You Belong To Me" #40 UK
• 1977 "It Takes All Night Long" #25 UK #24 Netherlands
• 1977 "A Little Boogie Woogie in the Back of Mind" #31 UK
• 1978 "Oh What a Fool I've Been" / "365 Days (Hurry On Home)"
• 1979 "Superhero"

1980s

• 1980 "Gary Glitter EP" #57 UK
• 1980 "When I'm On, I'm On"
• 1980 "What Your Mama Don't See"
• 1981 "All That Glitters" #48 UK
• 1981 "And Then She Kissed Me" #39 UK
• 1982 "Dedicated Man" (Australia only)
• 1984 "Dance Me Up" #25 UK #25 Ireland
• 1984 "Another Rock N' Roll Christmas" #7 UK #14 Ireland
• 1985 "Love Comes" #91 UK (Charted for 3 weeks)
• 1987 "Rock & Roll Part 3" #107 UK
• 1987 "Gary Glitter & Girlschool - I'm The Leader Of The Gang" #12 Aus
• 1988 "Frontiers of Style"

1990s

• 1990 "Red Hot (Reputation) UK #87 (Charted for 1 month)
• 1991 "Ready to Rock"
• 1992 "Rock On" #58 UK
• 1992 "Through The Years" #49 UK
• 1995 "Hello, Hello I'm Back Again (Again!) #50 UK
• 1996 "House of the Rising Sun" #15 NZ #81 UK

2000s

• 2001 "You" Fan Club Single - Mail Order Only
• 2004 "Control" Fan Club Single - Mail Order Only
• 2005 "Field of Dreams" Fan Club Single - Mail Order Only

Covers/samples

• 1974 "I'm the Leader of the Gang" by Brownsville Station #48 U.S.
• 1980 Holiday 80 EP by The Human League (includes cover of "Rock and Roll" as part of a medley with Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing")
• 1983 "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Til I Saw You Rock 'n' Roll)" by Rock Goddess
• 1983 "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Til I Saw You Rock 'n' Roll)" by Planet Patrol R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Chart #62 U.S
• 1984 "Do You Wanna Touch Me" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts #20 U.S.
• 1987 "A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind)" Shakin' Stevens UK #12
• 1988 "KLF - Doctorin' the Tardis" by The Timelords Featuring Gary Glitter #1 UK (features samples of "Rock and Roll (Parts 1 and 2)")
• 1989 "Let's Party" Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers UK #1 (features a sample of Glitter's "Another Rock 'N Roll Christmas")
• 1993 "I'm the Leader of the Gang" Hulk Hogan with Green Jelly UK #25
• 1995 "Hello" by Oasis (is partly copied from "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again")

Studio albums

• (1972) Glitter #8 UK; #2 Aus
• (1973) Touch Me #2 UK; #2 Aus
• (1975) G.G
• (1977) Silver Star
• (1984) Boys Will Be Boys
• (1991) Leader 2
• (2001) ON

Live albums

• (1974) Remember Me This Way #5 UK (live/soundtrack); #8 Aus
• (1988) The Gang, the Band, the Leader
• (1990) Live and Alive
• (2005) Live in Concert

Compilations

• (1976) Greatest Hits #33 UK
• (1977) I Love You Love Me Love
• (1979) Always Yours
• (1980) Leader
• (1981) Golden Greats
• (1987) C'mon, C'mon ... It's the Gary Glitter Party Album
• (1992) Many Happy Returns #35 UK
• (1995) 20 Greatest Hits
• (1997) The Ultimate Gary Glitter (AKA 25 Years of Hits) #112 UK
• (1998) Rock and Roll - Gary Glitters Greatest Hits
• (2003) The Early Years
• (2005) The Remixes
• (2006) The Best of Gary Glitter

Partial filmography

• (1973) Russell Harty: Featuring Gary Glitter, Edna O'Brien, Miss World
• (1974) Remember Me This Way cinema film, documenting Glitter's 1973 Christmas tour, issued on DVD in 2005.
• (1974) Russell Harty: Featuring Lauren Bacall, Gary Glitter, Michael Aspel
• (1975) Supersonic: Featuring Alvin Stardust, Mud, Gary Glitter
• (1976) Russell Harty: Featuring Gary Glitter, Georgie Fame, Diana Ross
• (1977) Pop at the Mill: Featuring Gary Glitter, Joe Brown
• (1977) "Tiswas" Fifth show of the fourth series, with guests Gary Glitter and Eddie Kidd.
• (1980) Live at The Rainbow VHS release of Glitter performing his greatest hits and new songs in concert, issued on DVD in 2006.
• (1981) BBC Radio's Desert Island discs hosted by the late Roy Plumley .... Himself
• (1982) "The Tube" .... Himself.... Performer (1 episode)
• (1983) Heinz Soup Commercial Glitter in a humorous commercial for Heinz lentil soup. Features a voice-over by Alan Freeman.
• (1983) Russell Harty: Featuring Gary Glitter, Irene Handl, Professor Keith Simpson
• (1983–1984) "Pop Quiz" .... Himself (2 episodes)
• (1984) "Surprise Surprise!" .... Himself.... Performer (1 episode)
• (1986) "Roland Rat: The Series" .... Himself
• (1986) "Saturday Scene"... with Girlschool Leader of the Gang
• (1987) Alas Smith and Jones Comedy sketch show featuring Glitter as a special guest star.
• (1987) "Supergran" .... Newcasle Brown (1 episode)
• (1987) "Old Grey Whistle Test" ....Himself.... Performer
• (1987) "The Last Resort"... Jonathan Ross (Host), episode 12....Himself.... Performer
• (1988) "Wogan Show" ....Himself.... Performer
• (1988) "That was when... This is Now" Featuring Gary Glitter
• (1988) "How To Be Cool"... kids TV show Larry Larkin, a seedy tv producer.
• (1988) "The Timelords" with Gary Glitter "Top of the Pops"
• (1989) "Children in Need" [2 Parts] ....Himself.... Performer
• (1989) "Gary Glitter's Gang Show" VHS filmed live at Manchester's Apollo Theatre in December, 1988, during his sell-out UK tour.
• (1990) "Jim'll Fix It" ....Himself.... Performer
• (1991) "Pebble Mill" episode 4 ....Himself
• (1992) "Wogan Show" ....Himself.... Performer
• (1992) "Trading Places" ....Himself.... Performer
• (1992) "The Gary Glitter Story" VHS ~ featuring interviews and live footage.
• (1992) "Gary Glitter - Live" - Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Show VHS recorded live in Sheffield.
• (1992) This Is Your Life Glitter is presented the big red book by Michael Aspel in this show which honours him after 30 years in showbusiness. When Aspel approached him Gary ran away and had to be persuaded to take part.
• (1990s) The Leader Talks Glitter hosts his own chat show.
• (1994) "Top Ten Glam Rock Stars" channel 4 UK ....Himself.... Performer
• (1994) "Children in Need" [2 Parts] ....Himself.... Performer
• (1994) "Top of the Pops" Special Guest Presenter....Performer.... December 22
• (1995) "Top of the Pops" Special Guest Presenter....Performer.... December 7
• (1996) "Top of the Pops" Special Guest Presenter....Performer.... December 6
• (1996) Clive Anderson All Talk Chat show with Glitter as a guest.
• (1996) MasterCard Masters of Music Concert for the Prince's Trust Live performance.
• (1997) "Spice world" Spice Girls film Gary Glitter was supposed to have a cameo, but that was quickly cut from the film when he was arrested. (But they kept in the song "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)")

Glitter also made regular appearances on many other TV shows, including, but not restricted to, Top of the Pops (1970s - 1990s), Supersonic (1970s), TV-am (1980s) and GMTV (1990s). His music has also been used in many commercials, TV shows and movies. A very incomplete list of this can be found at www.imdb.com.

See also

• List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK)

Further reading

• Glitter, Gary Leader: The Autobiography of Gary Glitter (Ebury Press, 1991). ISBN 0-85223-977-7.

Notes

External links

• Gary Glitter at IMDb
• Glitter Jailed Over Child Porn - BBC News, 12 November 1999
• Gary Glitter Facing Child-Sex Rap — E! Online, 21 November 1999
• Police Search for Gary Glitter in Viet Nam — AP News 17 November 2005
• loses appeal against conviction
• I am the Leader of the Gary Glitter Gang, actually … by John Battles

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