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Wilde, Marty

LC control no.no 98027189
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Personal name headingWilde, Marty
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Variant(s)Wilde, M. (Marty)
Smith, Reginald Leonard, 1939-
Patterson, Reg, 1939-
Associated countryEngland
Birth date1936-04-15
Place of birthBlackheath (London, England)
Field of activityRock music
Profession or occupationRock musicians
Singers Composers
Special noteMachine-derived authority record.
Found inLCCN 93-726605: Bad boy, 1960?
Encyc. of popular music, 1998 (Wilde, Marty; b. Apr. 15, 1936)
Love in the natural way, c1988: t.p. (M. Wilde)
Oxford reference online, October 1, 2019: Encyclopedia of popular music, 4th edition (Wilde, Marty; born Reginald Leonard Smith, April 15, 1936, London, England; UK rock 'n' roll singer; performed at London's Condor Club under the name Reg Patterson; later adopted the stage name Marty Wilde; during the 1960s he recorded with his wife and vocalist Justin Hayward as the Wilde Three [no entries in catalog])
Wikipedia, October 1, 2019 (Marty Wilde, MBE; born Reginald Leonard Smith, April 15, 1936, Blackheath, South London, England; English singer and songwriter; among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll; father of pop singers, Ricky, Kim, and Roxanne Wilde; appeared on television and in musicals and films and enjoyed success as a songwriter in the late 1960s and early 1970s)