David Bowie helped Marc Bolan's son survive' after the rocker's death. Rolan Bolan was just two years old when his T-Red frontman father was killed in a car accident, and with legal problems surrounding the late star's estate, Rolan and his mother Gloria Jones would have been left penniless if his famous godfather hadn't stepped in to pay for the youngster's education and other expenses as he grew up. Rolan, now 35, recalled: 'This allowed me to go to a good private school and meet children of other celebrities. The people who knew I didn't have money of my own said, 'Keep...
- 8/12/2011
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Chris Clor Imelda May
To mark the honor of sharing a bill with rockabilly pioneer Wanda Jackson, Irish singer Imelda May asked a friend to make her a white, fringed dress identical to the kind that the 73-year-old icon shimmies inside on stage. The younger singer says, “I asked Wanda if I could be her mini me for a day.”
Ms. May is carving out her own identity in a genre whose history is studded with charismatic men–Elvis Presley,...
To mark the honor of sharing a bill with rockabilly pioneer Wanda Jackson, Irish singer Imelda May asked a friend to make her a white, fringed dress identical to the kind that the 73-year-old icon shimmies inside on stage. The younger singer says, “I asked Wanda if I could be her mini me for a day.”
Ms. May is carving out her own identity in a genre whose history is studded with charismatic men–Elvis Presley,...
- 7/18/2011
- by John Jurgensen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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