Marty Wilde

Blackheath, London, UK. [=Reginald Smith] b. 1939; discovered at the Condor Club in 1957 by Larry Parnes; father of Ricky and Kim Wilde.
Label: Philips
Musicians: Marty Wilde (vcls)
Writers: Jody Reynolds/Dolores Nance
PB 835 Endless Sleep 5 Jul 1958 23-12-9-8-7-6-5-4-6-6-10-10-16-23 Pts: 351
    Original: Jody Reynolds (1958)  
Writers: Ritchie Valens
PB 902 Donna 28 Feb 1959 30-29-29-21-15-10-5-5-5-4-3-5-7-9-12-23-xx-25-27 Pts: 409
    Original: Richie Valens (Dec 1958)  
Musicians: Marty Wilde (vcls); Big Jim Sullivan (ld gtr); Tony Belcher (rhy gtr); Licorice Locking (bs); Brian Bennett (drms)
Writers: Jerome 'Doc' Pomus/Mort Shuman
PB 926 A Teenager In Love 30 May 1959 26-8-4-3-3-2-2-4-4-5-6-10-12-13-24-28-28 Pts: 518
    Original: Dion & The Belmonts (1959)  
Writers: G. Khoury/P. Baptiste
PB 959 Sea Of Love 19 Sep 1959 21-16-13-5-4-3-3-5-6-9-11-20 Pts: 335
    Original: Phil Phillips (1959); sales: 250000  
Writers: Marty Wilde
PB 972 Bad Boy 5 Dec 1959 18-20-18-14-7 Pts: 91
    16 Jan 1960 13-29 Pts: 30
PB 1002 Johnny Rocco 5 Mar 1960 36-30-34-30 Pts: 36
PB 1022 The Fight 14 May 1960 47 Pts: 6
Writers: Madeline Hyde/Francis Henry
PB 1078 Little Girl 17 Dec 1960 31-26-29 Pts: 30
    Original: Joe Venuit's Blue Four (1931)  
    14 Jan 1961 16-17-29-24-32 Pts: 64
Musicians: Marty Wilde (vcls)
Writers: Anne Orlowski/Aaron Schroeder
PB 1101 Rubber Ball 21 Jan 1961 16-11-11-9-13-19-34-41-49 Pts: 139
    Original: Bobby Vee (Feb 1961)  
PB 1240 Hide And Seek 22 Jul 1961 47-47 Pts: 12
PB 1191 Tomorrow's Clown 4 Nov 1961 45-40-36-33-38 Pts: 37
Musicians: Marty Wilde (vcls)
Writers: Wayne Shanklin
BF 1240 Jezebel 19 May 1962 36-30-23-19-20-25-23-33-41-42-48 Pts: 109
    Original: Frankie Laine (1951)  

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