The shortcoming was underlined by his artistic rivalry with Marc Bolan, who was at the time acting as his session guitarist.

* Tony Visconti, Arranger / producer, before he worked with David Bowie, Marc Bolan, the Moody Blues and U2, among others

Psychedelic music also contributed to the origins of glam rock, with Marc Bolan changing his psychedelic folk duo into rock band T. Rex and becoming the first glam rock star from 1970.

* 1947 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet ( T. Rex and John's Children ) ( d. 1977 )

* September 16 – Glam rock pioneer Marc Bolan dies in a car crash in Barnes, London.

Its origins are associated with Marc Bolan, who had renamed his folk duo T. Rex and taken up electric instruments by the end of the 1960s.

* Marc Bolan ( singer, musician, born in Hackney )

He also wore costumes and openly proclaimed his influences: David Bowie, Marc Bolan, and contemporary electronic acts such as John Foxx's Ultravox.

Marr's other favourite guitarists are James Williamson of The Stooges, Pete Townshend of The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan, Keith Richards and John McGeoch of Magazine and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

The Gliderdrome was famous in the 1960s for attracting top Motown acts as well as various other artists including, in the 1970s, Elton John and Marc Bolan & T. Rex and in the early 1980s " Yam Hologram ".

Marc Bolan & T. Rex recorded a live album at the Gliderdrome named ' Live at the Boston Gliderdrome ' in 1972 which was released on CD in 2001.

Famous people whose cremations have taken place include Kingsley Amis, Stanley Baldwin, Marc Bolan ( born, Mark Feld ), Neville Chamberlain, T. S. Eliot, Sigmund Freud, Hugh Gaitskell, John Inman, Keith Moon, Ivor Novello, Anna Pavlova, Frank Rutter, Peter Sellers, Ghisha Tuckman ( born, Ghisha Koenig ) Amy Winehouse, Michael Foot and Wendy Richard.

* Marc Bolan, musician, poet and writer ( founder of T. Rex )

1970s glam rock singer Marc Bolan and actor Ray Winstone were born in Hackney Hospital, on Homerton High Street.

* Marc Bolan, singer and leader of the band T. Rex lived at 6 Schubert Road, Putney and died in a car crash in Queens Ride, Barnes on the border of Putney

* Marc Bolan ( born, Mark Feld ), musician – lived on Stoke Newington Common until age 15.

The band was influenced by vintage rhythm and blues, the early Rolling Stones, classic American girl group songs, and protopunk bands such as the MC5 and The Stooges, as well as glam rockers such as Marc Bolan.

Inspired by the emerging glam rock sounds and styles of Marc Bolan and David Bowie, the group adapted a more flamboyant image.

* September 16 – T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan is killed in an automobile accident.

The band was managed by Simon Napier-Bell who has also managed The Yardbirds, Marc Bolan, London and Wham !.

Jeff Beck, Duff McKagan, Jack Rose, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Cub Koda, Marc Bolan, Neil Young and Bob Dylan have all cited Wray as an influence ; Dylan's song " Sign Language ", which he sang with Eric Clapton on Clapton's No Reason to Cry album, mentions Link Wray.

The influential band John's Children, which included sometime frontman Marc Bolan, was formed in Leatherhead in 1963 by Andy Ellison and Chris Townson, former pupils of Box Hill School.

The band opted to record a radically reworked cover version of " Tainted Love ", an obscure 1964 northern soul track sung originally by Gloria Jones ( the girlfriend of Marc Bolan at the time of his death ) and written by Ed Cobb of The Four Preps.

It was also the venue for several early performances by the influential band John's Children, which included sometime frontman Marc Bolan.

* Marc Kern ( ice hockey ) ( born 1989 ), Swiss ice hockey goaltender

Marc Gagnon ( born May 24, 1975 in Chicoutimi, Quebec ) is a French Canadian short track speed skater.

Ski mountaineer Marc Solà Pastoret was born there.

Marc Chagall, born Moishe Shagal (; ; ), was born in Liozna, near the city of Vitebsk ( Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire ) in 1887.

The scientific pioneer Marc Seguin, whose inventions played a key role in the development of early locomotives, was born in the department.

Jean Charles was a prosperous farmer in Hacqueville, Normandy, and Marc was born on the family farm.

Marc Okrand (; born 1948 ) is an American linguist and is most notable as the creator of the Klingon language, which he speaks.

* Marc Ecko ( born 1972 ), clothing designer.

* Marc Pisciotta ( born ( 1970 ), former Major League Baseball pitcher.

* Marc Ecko ( born 1972 ), founder and CEO of * eckō unltd.

* Marc Ecko ( born 1972 ), fashion designer and entrepreneur.

* Marc Shaiman ( born 1959 ), composer and arranger who has worked on the musical Hairspray and the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.

* Marc Rizzo ( born 1977 ), lead guitarist of Brazilian Metal band Soulfly.

* Marc Levy ( born 16 October 1961 ), international best-sellers writer

Marc Dutroux ( born 6 November 1956 ) is a Belgian serial killer and child molester, convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls during 1995 to 1996, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom he murdered.

Lamberg was born in New York City, the son of Suzanne, a public high school teacher, and Marc Lamberg.

Marc Riboud ( born 24 June 1923 in Lyon, France ) is a French photographer, best known for his extensive reports on the East: The Three Banners of China, Face of North Vietnam, Visions of China, and In China.