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Gary Glitter Autograph
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- Artist: GARY GLITTER
- Autographed By: GARY GLITTER
- Product: 10″ x 8″ BLACK AND WHITE PROMO PHOTO HAND SIGNED BY GARY GLITTER, WITH MANAGEMENT COMPANY COMPLIMENTS SLIP DETAILING UPCOMING TOUR INFORMATION
- Genre: MUSIC
- Product Attributes: EXCELLENT CONDITION
- Service Attributes: From the Graydon Wall collection. Market leading unconditional 90-day money back guarantee and lifetime COA. Worldwide shipping is available
Gary Glitter, born Paul Francis Gadd, is an English former singer who achieved fame and success during the 1970s and 1980s. His career ended after he was convicted for downloading child pornography in 1999. He was also convicted of child sexual abuse in 2006 and a series of sexual offences (including attempted rape) in 2015.
After performing under the name Paul Raven during the 1960s, Gadd changed his stage name to Gary Glitter in the early 1970s and had a sustained solo career with his hits “Rock and Roll (Parts 1 and 2)”, “Do You Wanna Touch Me”, “I Love You Love Me Love”, “I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am)”, and “Hello, Hello, I’m Back Again”.
He became known for his energetic live performances and glam rock persona of glitter suits, make-up, and platform boots. He has sold over 20 million records and had 26 hit singles, which spent a total of 180 weeks in the UK Singles Chart, with 12 reaching the top 10 and three of those charting at number one 1. “Touch Me” (1973) is Glitter’s best-selling album, peaking at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart. As of 2001, he was listed in the top 100 most successful UK chart acts.
His popularity waned during the late 1970s, and was followed by a successful comeback as a solo artist in the 1980s; his 1984 song “Another Rock and Roll Christmas” is one of the most played Christmas songs of all time. In 1998, his recording of “Rock and Roll” was listed as one of the top 1,001 songs in music history. He also released seven studio albums and at least 15 albums of compilations and live performances.
BBC News described Glitter’s fall from grace as “dramatic” and “spectacular”. His image became irreparably tarnished following his 1997 arrest and 1999 conviction and imprisonment for downloading thousands of child pornography images and videos. At the same time, he was also charged with sexual activity with an underage girl in the 1970s, but was acquitted. He later faced criminal charges and deportation from several countries in connection with both actual and suspected child sexual abuse. He was deported from Cambodia on suspected child sexual abuse charges in 2002 and settled in Vietnam, where a court found him guilty of obscene acts with minors in 2006. After serving his sentence, he was deported to the UK and was placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.
Gary Glitter Autograph