Telegram Sam

Album

Slider, The

Label

Reprise Records

Genre

Glam metal

Media Type

CD

Composer(s)

Marc Bolan

Entered Chart

Apr 22, 1972

Peak Date

May 13, 1972

Released

21 January 1972

Recorded

1971

Catalog #

1078

B-Side

Cadillac

"Telegram Sam" is a song written by Marc Bolan for the British rock group T. Rex, appearing on their 1972 album The Slider. The song was their third UK number one single, remaining at the top o"Telegram Sam" is a song written by Marc Bolan for the British rock group T. Rex, appearing on their 1972 album The Slider. The song was theiT-Rex leader Marc Bolan wrote this as an ode to his manager, Tony Secunda. "Telegram Sam" was Bolan's affectionate nickname for his Secunda. Other people who show up in the song: "Jungle-face Jake" was Sid Walker, Secunda's black assistant, and "Bobby" is Bob Dylan. When Bolan referred to Secunda as his "Main Man," it brought the phrase into popular culture. This was the first single released on Marc Bolan's own T Rex Wax Co label. The goth-rock group Bauhaus covered this song In 1980. >> In 1977, on the "Dandy in the Underworld" tour, Marc Bolan sang "Third vision and the David Bowie blues" instead of "3D vision and the California blues" - hinting at David Bowie's depressive tendencies.r third UK number one single, remaining at the top of the charts for two weeksf the charts for two weeks

Telegram Sam Telegram Sam
You're my main man

Golden Nose Slim Golden Nose Slim
I know's where you've been
Purple Pie Pete Purple Pie Pete
Your lips are like lightning
Girls melt in the heat

Telegram Sam
You're my main man
Telegram Sam
You're my main man

Bobby's alright Bobby's alright
He's a natural born poet
He's just outta sight
Jungle faced Jake
Jungle faced Jake
I say make no mistake
About Jungle faced Jake

Automatic shoes

Automatic shoes
Give me three D vision
And the California blues
Me I funk but I don't care
I ain't no square with my corkscrew hair

Telegram Sam, Telegram Sam

I'm a howlin' wolf