About

Marilyn (aka Peter Robinson) was born in Kingston, Jamaica in / on the year of the islands independence from colonial England. He grew up in jamaica, Nassau, the states & 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, adopting the blonde hair, makeup and movements of his idol Marilyn Monroe, hence his stage name Marilyn. Coincidentally Monroe died the same year Maz was born. Together with Boy George and Steve Strange, Marilyn was part of the Blitz / new romantic scene of the 1980’s. He teamed up with songwriter and pop entrepreneur Paul Caplin, to manage him and secured a recording deal with Phonogram Records in 1983. Marilyn released Calling Your Name in November, 1983 and it became one of the biggest selling singles of the 1980s, reaching number 4 on the UK charts, number 3 on the Australian charts, and number 1 in Japan. . A successful recording career followed with such such hits as Cry And Be Free & You Don’t Love Me. His cult debute album Despite Straight Lines was released in 1985. In November, 1984, Marilyn recorded with other musicians in Band Aid, for the song and video to “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”. Following a number of years out of the mnusic industry Marilyn made a much long awaited comeback in 2001 performing his first gig in over 15 years at Sound On Sunday Winning him the Boyz PA award of the year. In 2002 the smash hit 80’s musical Taboo set around the early 80’s blitz/ new romantic era hit the West End stage. Marilyn was one of the central characters depicted in the musical . The success of the show ment it was later transfered to Broad Way in New York by Rosie O’Donnell. Marilyn still continues to work and is in demand for interviews in the media and on tv.

In the summer of 2010, Nick Cabrera announced that Desilu Records, America would formally release Marilyn’s recording of “How Could I Live” and its Jamaican and UK remixes by Andrew Griffiths and “Kinky” Roland with an additional new 2011 US Remix. The tracks will be released as downloads on the US iTunes site.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_(singer)