Ī year later, with a new manager, Vic Billings, he signed a new recording contract with Parlophone and worked with record producer George Martin, before Martin's association with the Beatles.
In January 1960, at 15, under the stage name Paul Raven, he released his first single, "Alone in the Night". Gadd gained his first break when film producer Robert Hartford-Davis discovered him and financed a recording session for Decca Records. His repertoire consisted of early rock and roll standards and gentle ballads. His career grew as he appeared at such venues as the Two I's, in Soho, and the Laconda and Safari Clubs. Career Early work as Paul Ravenīy the time he was 16, Gadd was already performing at London clubs. Gadd frequently ran away to London, visiting the clubs that were to be the launching ground of his career. Although nominally a Protestant, he was educated at a Roman Catholic school. Gadd was hard to control and at the age of 10, along with his brother, was taken into local authority care. His mother, a cleaner, was unmarried, and initially brought him up with the help of her mother he never knew his father. Paul Francis Gadd was born on in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. 6.2 2012 allegations and 2015 conviction.He was described by Alexis Petridis of The Guardian as a "public hate figure" his performances on the BBC's Top of the Pops are not repeated. On 27 February 2015, he was sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison. On 5 February 2015 he was found guilty of one count of attempted rape, one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 between 19, and four counts of indecent assault. He was released on bail, but was eventually charged, in June 2014, with historical child sex offences. In October 2012, he was arrested again as part of Operation Yewtree. After serving his sentence, Glitter was deported back to the UK where he was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life. After he settled in Vietnam, a Vietnamese court found him guilty of obscene acts with minors in 2006. He was deported from Cambodia on suspected child sexual abuse charges in 2002. Later, Glitter faced criminal charges and deportation from several countries in connection with actual and suspected child sexual abuse. He was also charged at the same time, but acquitted, of sexual activity with an underage girl in the 1970s.
The late 1990s saw his image become irreparably tarnished, following his 1997 arrest and 1999 conviction and imprisonment in the United Kingdom for downloading thousands of items of child pornography.
The BBC described Glitter's fall from grace as "dramatic" and "spectacular". Glitter also released seven studio albums, and at least fifteen compilation or live albums. In 1998, his recording of "Rock and Roll" was listed as one of the top 1,001 songs in music history. His 1984 song " Another Rock and Roll Christmas" is one of the most played Christmas hits of all time. Glitter's popularity waned in the late 1970s, followed by a successful comeback as a solo artist again from the 1980s. He is listed in the Top 100 UK most successful chart acts. He sold over 20 million records, had 26 hit singles which spent a total of 180 weeks in the UK Singles Chart twelve reaching the Top 10, with three charting at number-one. He became known for his extreme glam image of glitter suits, make-up and platform boots, and his energetic live performances. His career ended after he was imprisoned for downloading child pornography in 1999, and was subsequently convicted of child sexual abuse and attempted rape, in 20, respectively.Īfter performing under the name Paul Raven in the 1960s, he changed his stage name to Gary Glitter in the glam rock era of the early 1970s, with a sustained solo UK chart run of hits including " 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". Paul Francis Gadd (born ), known professionally as Gary Glitter, is an English former glam rock singer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s.
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