Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd, May 8, 1944 in Banbury, Oxfordshire) … Read Full Bio ↴Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd, May 8, 1944 in Banbury, Oxfordshire) is a rock & pop singer who came to prominence in the glam rock era of the early 1970s. His reputation was greatly tarnished and his popularity quickly declined following a child pornography conviction, although he continued to record and release new work until his arrest and conviction on child abuse charges in 2006.
He had one of the longest chart runs of any solo singer during the 1970s. His success as a live performer lasted well beyond the 1970s, and the chant from his hit "Rock and Roll (Part 2)" is a perennially popular stadium anthem at sports events, particularly in the United States. Glitter's 1973 number 1 "I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!)" also remains one of the better-known songs of its era. He continued to record in the 1980s and 1990s, with his 1984 song "Another Rock And Roll Christmas" being one of the top 30 Christmas hits of all-time. In the UK alone Glitter scored more than 20 hit singles in the UK Top 75, and released more than twenty albums.
In 1999, Glitter was convicted of child pornography offences classifying him as a sex offender under UK law. He went to live in VΕ©ng TΓ u in Vietnam in March 2005 and applied for permanent resident status. Glitter then served three years in prison in Vietnam, convicted (in a highly controversial case) of sexually abusing two girls of 10 and 11 years of age, after being arrested on November 19, 2005.
In February 2015, he was jailed for 16 years for pedophilia in the 1970s.
He had one of the longest chart runs of any solo singer during the 1970s. His success as a live performer lasted well beyond the 1970s, and the chant from his hit "Rock and Roll (Part 2)" is a perennially popular stadium anthem at sports events, particularly in the United States. Glitter's 1973 number 1 "I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!)" also remains one of the better-known songs of its era. He continued to record in the 1980s and 1990s, with his 1984 song "Another Rock And Roll Christmas" being one of the top 30 Christmas hits of all-time. In the UK alone Glitter scored more than 20 hit singles in the UK Top 75, and released more than twenty albums.
In 1999, Glitter was convicted of child pornography offences classifying him as a sex offender under UK law. He went to live in VΕ©ng TΓ u in Vietnam in March 2005 and applied for permanent resident status. Glitter then served three years in prison in Vietnam, convicted (in a highly controversial case) of sexually abusing two girls of 10 and 11 years of age, after being arrested on November 19, 2005.
In February 2015, he was jailed for 16 years for pedophilia in the 1970s.
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20 Greatest Hits
Gary Glitter Lyrics
Always Yours I know, you know,I'll never, never let you go Oh, you…
Baby Please DonΒ΄t Go Baby please don't go Baby please don't go Baby please…
Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) We've been here too long tryin' to get along Pretending that…
Doing Alright With the Boys Alright with the boys, alright with the boys Hey you, wha…
Hard on Me Hard Headed Woman Hard Headed Man Never stopped fighting sin…
I Love You Love Me Love We still together after all that we've been through They…
Love Like You and Me Hey, sunshine In the clouds above your head Words don't co…
Remember Me This Way I can't conceal The way I feel It's time for me to…
Rock And Roll Part I Rock and roll, rock, rock and roll Rock and roll, rock,…
Rock On There's a new Vibration Spreading through the Nation Get up …
The Clapping Song Three six nine, the goose drank wine. The monkey chew tobacc…
The Wanderer Well, Iβm the type of guy who will never settle…
You Belong to Me You can't keep us apart No, no, no, no, no, no,…