Children of the Revolution - Marc Bolan & ft. Ringo Starr & Elton John (1972)

On 18 March 1972, T. Rex played two shows at the Empire Pool, Wembley which were filmed by Ringo Starr and his crew for Apple Films. A large part of the second show was included on Bolan’s own rock film Born to Boogie, while bits and pieces of the first show can be seen throughout the film’s end-credits. Along with T. Rex and Starr, Born to Boogie also features Elton John, who jammed with the friends to create rocking studio versions of “Children of the Revolution“ and “Tutti Frutti“; Elton John had appeared on TV with Bolan before, miming the piano part of “Get it On“ on the 1971 Christmas edition of Top of the Pops. [from (band)] Auf dem Höhepunkt des Erfolgs, als T. Rex bisweilen schon als die Nachfolger der Beatles angesehen wurden, drehte Ringo Starr den Film Born to Boogie über die Gruppe, der unter anderem aus Mitschnitten eines Konzerts vom 18. März 1972 im Empire Pool in Wembley sowie einiger Jam-Sessions besteht, an denen neben Starr und T. Rex auch Elton