Marty Wilde

Marty Wilde, born Reginald Leonard Smith, ( born April 15, 1939 in London, England ) is a British rock ' n' roll singer who was known in the second half of the 1950s, mainly through cover versions of American hits, such as Endless Sleep ( Jody Reynolds of original ), Donna ( by Ritchie Valens ), A teenager In Love ( Dion and the Belmonts from ) and Sea of ​​Love ( Phil Phillips). Between 1958 and 1961, managed six of his singles made ​​it into the British Top 10

Marty Wilde was one of the stars in the stable of music manager Larry Parnes. In the early 1960s eased his popularity as a singer, but he still scored significant sales with Rubber Ball (originally by Bobby Vee ) and Frankie Laine's Jezebel. For Wilde himself wrote several hits for other artists, such as Jesamine for The Casuals, I'm A Tiger for Lulu and Ice In The Sun Status Quo.

In the 1980s, he wrote and produced with his son Ricky Wilde hits his daughter Kim Wilde.