Marty Wilde (April 2026)

About this episode

Marty Wilde discusses his new single, album, and UK tour in this episode of the Chatterbox Redux Podcast.

In this edition of the Chatterbox Redux Podcast, Sue and Nick are joined by Marty Wilde, who talks about his new single, album and his 2026 UK tour. Marty first shot to fame in July 1958 with his Elvis-esque, ‘Endless Sleep’. His song-writing career began with his first self-penned chart hit 'Bad Boy' which was a Top 5 hit in 1959, since then Marty has penned chart hits for daughter Kim, (all her early original hits were written by Marty and Ricky). Marty was also involved with writing hits for Status Quo 'Ice In The Sun', ‘Jesamine' by the Casuals, Lulu 'I'm A Tiger', Hot Chocolate 'You'll Never Be So Wrong' and additional recordings by such artistes as Tom Jones, Sandie Shaw, Adam Faith, Snow Patrol and many more. Hits such as the No2 ‘Teenager In Love’, No3 ‘Sea of Love’, ‘Donna’ and No4 ‘Endless Sleep’, catapulted Marty Wilde into the UK charts as the teenage heart-throb that took the nation by storm. Since then, Marty Wilde has been a proactive force within our chart industry as a performer, singer, songwriter, and dad to Brit Award winning, Kim Wilde (who in her own right has over 30 chart hits internationally to date, including ‘Kids In America’ & ‘You Keep Me Hanging…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sue, Nick

Guest: Marty Wilde

Topics covered

• music
• interviews
• songwriting
• UK tour
• rock and roll

Keywords

• Marty Wilde
• new single
• UK tour
• rock and roll
• Kim Wilde

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Status Quo, Casuals, Lulu, Hot Chocolate, Tom Jones, Sandie Shaw, Adam Faith, Snow Patrol

Books & works: Let's Rock This Place, Endless Sleep, Bad Boy, Teenager In Love, Sea of Love, Donna, Kids In America, You Keep Me Hanging On

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