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English glam rock singer Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd) released seven studio albums, four live albums, 13 compilation albums, one extended play (EP) and 42 singles, including three UK number-one singles. He became known for his energetic live performances and extremely glam rock image of glitter suits, make-up, and platform boots.
| Gary Glitter discography | |
|---|---|
 Glitter on TopPop, 1974 | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| Singles | 42 |
In the early 1970s, Glitter had a sustained solo UK chart run of hits including "Rock and Roll (Parts 1 and 2)", "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll)", "Do You Wanna Touch Me", "I Love You Love Me Love", "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)", "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again", "Remember Me This Way", "Always Yours", "Oh Yes! You're Beautiful", and "Doing Alright with the Boys". During his long career as a singer, Glitter undertook many tours to various venues around the world.
Glitter's popularity waned in the late 1970s, followed by a successful comeback as a solo artist from the 1980s; his 1984 song "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" became one of the most played Christmas songs of all time. Glitter spent the next decade mostly as an in-demand live performer, and mainly toured Britain.
Glitter sold over 20 million records and had 26 hit singles which spent a total of 180 weeks in the UK Singles Chart, with 12 reaching the top 10 and three of those charting at number one. Touch Me (1973) is Glitter's bestselling album, peaking at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart. Glitter was an influence on a number of musicians and genres from the 1970s onwards, especially British punk, post-punk, new wave, gothic rock, Britpop and glam metal.
Glitter's music career ended after he was imprisoned for downloading child pornography in 1999, and was later also convicted of child sexual abuse in 2006 and a series of sexual offences (including attempted rape) in 2015. In 2006 his back catalogue was made available via the Internet from sites such as iTunes and eMusic.
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
AUS [3] |
FIN | GER [4] |
US [5] | |||||
| Glitter | 8 | 8 | 23 | 36 | 186 | ||||
| Touch Me |
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2 | 11 | 1 | 21 | — | |||
| G. G. |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Silver Star | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Boys Will Be Boys |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Leader II |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| On |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] | ||||||||
| Remember Me This Way |
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5 | 12 | ||||||
| Live and Kicking |
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— | — | ||||||
| Live and Alive |
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— | — | ||||||
| Gary Glitter's Gangshow: The Gang, the Band, the Leader |
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— | — | ||||||
| Live in Concert |
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— | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
NZ [8] | ||||||||
| Always Yours |
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— | — | ||||||
| Greatest Hits |
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33 | 4 | ||||||
| I Love You Love Me Love | — | — | |||||||
| Golden Greats |
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— | — | ||||||
| Leader |
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— | — | ||||||
| C'mon... C'mon – The Gary Glitter Party Album |
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— | — | ||||||
| Rock and Roll: Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits |
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— | — | ||||||
| Many Happy Returns – The Hits |
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35 | — | ||||||
| 20 Greatest Hits |
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— | — | ||||||
| The Ultimate Gary Glitter – 25 Years of Hits |
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112 | — | ||||||
| All That Glitters: The Best of Gary Glitter |
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— | — | ||||||
| The Hey Song (Rock & Roll Part 2): The Greatest Hits |
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— | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||
Singles
edit1970s
edit| Year | A-side | B-side | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
FRA | GER [9] |
AUT [10] |
NLD [11] |
IRE [12] |
BEL [13] |
SPA | US | ||||
| 1972 | "Rock and Roll Part 1" |
"Rock and Roll Part 2" | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
| "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll)" | "Hard on Me" (UK) "Shakey Sue" (US) |
4 | 27 | 3 | 12 | — | 15 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 35 | ||
| 1973 | "Do You Wanna Touch Me" | "I Would If I Could But I Can't" | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | — | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | — | |
| "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" | "I.O.U" | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | — | 19 | 2 | 13 | 16 | — |
| |
| "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" | "Just Fancy That" | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 12 | — |
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| "I Love You Love Me Love" | "Hands Up! It's a Stick Up" | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 11 | — |
| |
| 1974 | "Remember Me This Way" | "It's Not a Lot (But It's All I Got)" | 3 | 31 | — | 50 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — |
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| "Always Yours" | "I'm Right, You're Wrong, I Win!" | 1 | 11 | — | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| |
| "Oh Yes! You're Beautiful" | "Thank You, Baby, For Myself" | 2 | 10 | — | 28 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| |
| 1975 | "Love Like You and Me" | "I'll Carry Your Picture (Everywhere)" | 10 | 99 | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | |
| "Doing Alright with the Boys" | "Good for No Good" | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | ||
| "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" | "She-cat, Alley Cat" | 38 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "You Belong to Me" | "Rock and Roll (Part 1)" | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "It Takes All Night Long (Part I)" | "It Takes All Night Long (Part II)" | 25 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 28 | — | — | — | ||
| 1977 | "A Little Boogie Woogie in the Back of My Mind" | "The Treat of 42nd Street" | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I Dare You to Lay One on Me" | "Hooked on Hollywood" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978 | "Oh What a Fool I've Been" | "365 Days (Hurry on Home)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1979 | "Superhero" | "Sleeping Beauty" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1980s
edit| Year | A-side | B-side | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [14] |
IRE [12] | ||||
| 1980 | "I'm the Leader of the Gang" (EP) | "Rock and Roll" | 57 | — | — | |
| 1980 | "What Your Mama Don't See (Your Mama Don't Know)" | "I'm Not Just a Pretty Face" | UK/indie 23 | — | — | |
| 1981 | "All That Glitters" | "Reach for the Sky" | 48 | — | — | |
| "When I'm On, I'm On" | "Wild Horses" | 76 | — | — | ||
| "And Then She Kissed Me" | "I Love How You Love Me" | 39 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "Be My Baby" | "Is This What Dreams Are Made For?" | — | — | — | |
| "Suspicious Minds" | "Ball of Confusion" (by Tina Turner) | — | — | — | ||
| 1984 | "Dance Me Up" | "Too Young to Dance" | 25 | — | 25 | |
| "Shout, Shout, Shout" | "Hair of the Dog" | 108 | — | — | ||
| "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" | "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" (Instrumental Remix) | 7 | — | 14 |
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| 1985 | "Love Comes" | "Boys Will Be Boys" | 91 | — | — | |
| "Rock 'n' Roll" (Live Rock 'n' Roll) |
"Oh No" "I'm Not Just a Pretty Face" |
UK/indie 31 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" (with Girlschool) |
"Never Too Late" (by Girlschool) |
102 | — | — | |
| 1987 | "Rock and Roll (Part 3)" | "Rock and Roll (Part 4)" (Instrumental) | 107 | — | — | |
| "Rock and Roll (Part 5)" | "Rock and Roll (Part 3)" "Rock and Roll (Part 6)" (Instrumental) |
— | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "Frontiers of Style" | "The Only Way To Survive" | 160 | — | — | |
| 1988 | "Doctorin' the Tardis" (The Timelords featuring Gary Glitter) | "Doctorin' the Tardis (Minimal / Instrumental)" | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
1990s
edit| Year | A-side | B-side | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
SCO | |||
| 1990 | "Red Hot (Reputation)" | "Beats Being by Yourself" | 87 | — |
| 1991 | "Ready to Rock" | "The Only Way to Survive" | — | — |
| 1992 | "Through the Years" | "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" | 49 | — |
| "And the Leader Rocks On" (Megamix/Medley 12" Version) | "Let's Go Party" "And the Leader Rocks On" (Megamix/Medley 7" Version) |
58 | — | |
| 1995 | "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again (Again!)" (Extended Re-Mix) by Public Demand |
"Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again (Again!)" (Single Mix) | 50 | — |
| "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again (Again!)" "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" ('95) "I'm The Leader of the Gang (I Am!)" ('95) "Lover Man" |
— | 50 | ||
| 1996 | "House of the Rising Sun" | "Rock Hard Men (Need The Power) - 1996 mix" "Rock and Roll Part 2" |
77 | 78 |
2000s
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "You" | mail order only (recorded 1996–97, included on the On studio album) |
| 2004 | "Control" | mail order only (recorded 1996–97, outtakes from the Lost on Life Street sessions) |
| 2005 | "Field of Dreams" |
2010s
edit| Year | A-side | B-side | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Down. |
US Rock |
SCO | |||
| 2019 | "Rock and Roll Part 2" | "Rock and Roll Part 1" | 51 | 16 | 42 |
Covers/samples
edit- 1974 "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" by Brownsville Station – No. 48 US
- 1980 Holiday '80 EP by the Human League (includes cover of "Rock and Roll" as part of a medley with Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing")
- 1980 "Doing Alright with the Boys" by Joan Jett
- 1980 "Do You Wanna Touch Me" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – No. 20 US
- 1982 "Rock and Roll Part 2" covered by hardcore punk band D.I.
- 1983 "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll)" by Rock Goddess – No. 57 UK
- 1983 "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll)" by Planet Patrol – R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Chart No. 62 US
- 1984 "I Love You Love Me Love" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – No. 105 US
- 1987 "A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind)" Shakin' Stevens – No. 12 UK
- 1988 "KLF – Doctorin' the Tardis" by The Timelords featuring Gary Glitter – No. 1 UK (features samples of "Rock and Roll (Parts 1 and 2)")
- 1989 "Let's Party" Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers – UK No. 1 (features a sample of Glitter's "Another Rock and Roll Christmas")
- 1989 "Rock and Roll" by the Undertones, cover of "Rock and' Roll (Part 1)", The Peel Sessions Album (Undertones)
- 1993 "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" Green Jellÿ featuring Hulk Hogan – No. 25 UK
- 1995 "Hello" by Oasis (uses elements of and quotes the chorus of "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again")
- 2021 "Boris Johnson Is Still a Fucking Cunt" by The Kunts samples "Rock And Roll (Part 2)" for its instrumental – No. 5 UK
References
edit- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. p. 11. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b c d e f "Gary Glitter". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 126. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Gary Glitter". germancharts.de. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Gary Glitter". Billboard. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "British certifications – Gary Glitter". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 October 2022. Type Gary Glitter in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ a b "Cash Box Magazine" (PDF). Billboard. 15 December 1973. p. 41. Retrieved 15 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Gary Glitter – Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Discographie von Gary Glitter". offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Discographie Gary Glitter". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Discografie Gary Glitter". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search for Gary Glitter in Artist". irish-charts.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Gary Glitter – Rock and Roll Part 2!" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "The Timelords – Doctorin' the Tardis". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
External links
edit- Gary Glitter discography at AllMusic
- Gary Glitter discography discography at Discogs