20th Century Boy by T. Rex

Old description:

Not an error, but the starting riff from this cover version seems to be the origin of the hook.

Rita Chao - Hanky Panky (1967)

I have no proof, but it seems T Rex had a week long concert in Japan in 1972.

Maaaybe Marc Bolan picked or heard some songs by Rita Chao (a Singaporean-Chinese singer born Ling Yun 凌雲).

https://concerts.fandom.com/wiki/T-Rex

Realistically, I'd be amazed they'd even find such a record (given the date), but who knows...

The had another week long tour in Japan in October 1973, but the single was released on March 2, 1973.

https://www.45cat.com/record/marc4

Thanks.

New description:

Not an error, but the starting riff from this cover version seems to be the origin of the hook.

Rita Chao - Hanky Panky (1967)

I have no proof, but it seems T Rex had a week long concert in Japan in 1972.

Maaaybe Marc Bolan picked or heard some songs by Rita Chao (a Singaporean-Chinese singer born Ling Yun 凌雲).

https://concerts.fandom.com/wiki/T-Rex

Realistically, I'd be amazed they'd even find such a record (given the date), but who knows...

Rita Chao's back up band The Quests (with guitarist Reggie Verghese) was on EMI, as was T Rex, so maybe they heard it from an EMI representative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quests

I would find that far fetched that Marc Bolan would scour records world-wide for the next riff...

The had another week long tour in Japan in October 1973, but the single was released on March 2, 1973.

https://www.45cat.com/record/marc4

Thanks.

Old description:

Not an error, but the starting riff from this cover version seems to be the origin of the hook.

Rita Chao - Hanky Panky (1967)

I have no proof, but it seems T Rex had a week long concert in Japan in 1972.

Maaaybe Marc Bolan picked or heard some songs by Rita Chao (a Singaporean-Chinese singer born Ling Yun 凌雲).

https://concerts.fandom.com/wiki/T-Rex

Realistically, I'd be amazed they'd even find such a record (given the date), but who knows...

Rita Chao's back up band The Quests (with guitarist Reggie Verghese) was on EMI, as was T Rex, so maybe they heard it from an EMI representative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quests

I would find that far fetched that Marc Bolan would scour records world-wide for the next riff...

The had another week long tour in Japan in October 1973, but the single was released on March 2, 1973.

https://www.45cat.com/record/marc4

Thanks.

New description:

Not an error, but the starting riff from this cover version seems to be the origin of the hook.

Rita Chao - Hanky Panky (1967)

I have no proof, but it seems T Rex had a week long concert in Japan in between November 28, 1972 and December 4, 1972

'20th Century Boy' was recorded on December 3, 1972 in Toshiba Recording Studios in Tokyo, Japan -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Boy

Maaaybe Marc Bolan picked or heard some songs by Rita Chao (a Singaporean-Chinese singer born Ling Yun 凌雲).

https://concerts.fandom.com/wiki/T-Rex

Realistically, I'd be amazed they'd even find such a record (given the date), but who knows...

Rita Chao's back up band The Quests (with guitarist Reggie Verghese) was on EMI, as was T Rex, so maybe they heard it from an EMI representative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quests

I would find that far fetched that Marc Bolan would scour records world-wide for the next riff...

The had another week long tour in Japan in October 1973, but the single was released on March 2, 1973.

https://www.45cat.com/record/marc4

Thanks.