English musician and singer-songwriter Marc Bolan was BOTD in 1947. Born Mark Feld in London to a working class family, he began playing music at his school until he was expelled aged 15. He worked briefly as a catalogue model, and signed his first recording contract in 1964, performing as a Bob Dylan-esque folk singer. He formed the band Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1967, gradually moving towards a harder rock and roll sound. Re-formed in 1970 as T.Rex, they achieved global success with their 1971 album Electric Warrior, spawning the hit single Get It On. The album is credited with launching the Glam Rock movement, bolstered by Bolan’s famous appearance on TV music show Top of the Pops wearing Glam Rocker platform heels and glitter make-up. His other hits include the singles Children of the Revolution and 20th Century Boy. Bolan identified variously as gay and bisexual, dropping inflammatory hints to journalists about his early experiences of homosexuality, though his adult relationships were exclusively with women. was married to June Child, to whom he was relentlessly unfaithful, eventually having two children with long-term girlfriend Gloria Jones. He died in a car accident in 1977, aged 29. Now considered one of the greatest rock stars of the 20th century, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. He earns Honorary SuperGay Status for embracing sexual ambiguity and camp spectacle, inspiring the careers of David Bowie, Elton John, Freddie Mercury and Siouxsie Sioux.