Kim Wilde: Wilde Life
Johnny Black, Smash Hits, 28 May 1981
WHEN MARTY Wilde shot to fame in 1959 (look it up in a history book), the only questions anybody ever asked pop singers were about their height, their favourite kind of girl and the colour of their eyes.
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