There are at least 2 musicians going by the name Marilyn. Peter Robinson (born November 3, 1962), better known as Marilyn, is a cross-dressing singer who reached fame with his song "Calling Your Name" in the 1980s. Marilyn was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He grew up in Hertfordshire, England as part of a musical family and was influenced by the songs of Barbra Streisand, Motown and gospel. During his teenage years he began experimenting with his sexuality and image Read more on Last.fm
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23/02/1984 |
Cry & Be Free Mimed Performance |
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24/11/1983 |
Calling Your Name Mimed Performance |
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10/11/1983 |
Calling Your Name Mimed Performance |
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Interview date: Circa 2002
Known as the '80s Queen of lipstick, powder and paint, Marilyn is on the comeback trail. We talk high heels, cross-dressing...
Well, yeah, it's a reggae tune, a cover of Dennis Brown's How Could I Live. I figured since I was born in Jamaica I should go back to my roots. But we can't find a label to release it. We need to find someone who doesn't think I'm a washed up old trannie! I could do with an appearance on Top of the Pops actually. Have you got the producer's number?
Actually, I was supposed to be singing at Home House the other night (trendy London members club) and Madonna came along because she wanted to talk about signing me to her label, Maverick but I never got to do the show.
Because I have a stalker at the moment, a woman. She sent the club an e-mail saying that I owed money to a lot of people and that they were all going to come down to the club if I performed. I'm actually waiting for the CID to come around right now and get some more details on her because she keeps posting evil messages on my website.
With stupidity. I think George manipulated our relationship for publicity. I used to be really good friends with him, we were close, I'd known him for ages. Then we came back from a holiday in Egypt and I wondered why George was dressed up to the nines. Then when we came out of customs there were 150 photographers waiting for us. He organised the whole thing without telling me. He used me for publicity not vice-versa. I don't talk to George much now. If I see him out I'll say hello but we're not close.
No, I love singing and performing. I make my money out of personal appearances and club gigs. I am NOT on the dole if thats what you think!
I did but I ended up rowing with a person sitting next to me. This guy kept grabbing my arm because I laughed at the bit where Philip Salon gets stabbed. I walked out after five minutes so I couldn't tell you what the play is like.
I didn't. I don't celebrate birthdays. I think you should celebrate the day that the sperm actually penetrates the egg, not the day that you "fall out" of your mum. I don't see that there's anything to celebrate there.
Yeah, of course people's attitudes have changed but I don't think I ever shocked anyone really. I just think my image was very sexual and that straight men fancied me. They always have. And then their girlfriends would get jealous. My image was about sex whereas George tended to temper his sexuality. He made it all cuddly by going on Terry Wogan and talking about curling up with a teddy bear and preferring a cup of tea to sex. Whereas I always had that just f***** look.
Not as much as everyone thought, no. I wasn't into one night stands. I was looking for a relationship. Infact I haven't had sex since 1988 when a love affair ended. I haven't missed sex up to now but lately I've had the urge to shag. I might see if I can go clubbing tonight and get lucky!
Oh, God no. Those shows are s***. The whole thing is so fake. They're not making a Pop Idol, they're creating a very successful show that brings in high ratings so they can sell merchandise. It's just about making money not creating stars. Those singers have a shelf life of 18 months at the most.
Kiss my batty! No way. I'd never do it. I don't want to sound pretentious but I'm an artist. My last album was all about a break up with a former lover. I don't want to be singing insipid "I love, you love" songs.
Toni Braxton, reggae and I love opera - Verdi and Maria Callas.
Like everyone I have good and bad. I don't sit at home watching my old videos over and over again like that dizzy old tart in Sunset Boulevard. It was great to meet Diana Ross because she was my idol but some people were arseholes - like Luther Vandross. He's very bitchy and nasty. He was very rude to George once after performing on a Motown tribute show in New York. I went off him after that.
Yes. I'd tried everying, screaming at him, bullying him but nothing worked. I was 16-years-old and I'd never touched drugs before. But I wanted to show him that I would do this for him. It worked. He came off it. I'd like to fall in love again. And I look really good at the moment!