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| 1965 | Bolan, Marc |  |
| Releases, "The Wizard/Beyond The Rising Sun" |
| 1966 | Bolan, Marc | |
| Releases, "The Third Degree" |
| 1967 | Bolan, Marc | |
| A John's Children single written by Marc Bolan called Desdemona might have had some chart success but was banned by the BBC for its line "lift up your skirt and fly" |
| Releases, "Come And Play With Me In The Garden/Sara Crazy Child" |
| Releases, "Desdemona/Remember Thomas A Beckett" |
| Releases, "Hippy Gumbo" |
| Releases, "Midsummer's Night Scene/Sara Crazy Child", withdrawn but promo/test pressing copies in pic sleeves do exist |
| 1968 | Bolan, Marc | |
| Releases, "Debora/Child Star" |
| Releases, "One Inch Rock/Salamada Palaganda" |
| 1969 | Bolan, Marc | |
| Releases, "King Of The Rumbling Spires/Do You Remember" |
| Releases, "Pewtor Suitor/Warlord Of The Royal Crocodiles" |
| 1970 | Bolan, Marc | |
| Buys a vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar that is featured on the cover of the album T. Rex in 1970, the musical direction is set |
| Releases, "By The Light Of A Magical Moon/Find A Little Wood" |
| Releases, "Debora/One Inch Rock/Woodland Bop/Seal Of Seasons" |
| Releases, "Oh Baby/Universal Love", as Dib Cochran And The Earwigs |
| Releases, "Ride A White Song/Is It Love/Summertime Blues ", as T.Rex |
| 1st July "Ride A White Swan" is recorded and released that autumn, making slow progress in the UK Top 40 and finally peaking in early 1971 at No.2 |
| 1971 | Bolan, Marc | |
| Releases, "Get It On/There Was A Time/Raw Ramp" |
| Releases, "Hot Love/Woodland Rock/King Of The Mountain Cometh" |
| Releases, "Jeepster/Life's A Gas" |
| 1972 | Bolan, Marc | |
| Bolan achieves two more No.1s with "Telegram Sam" and "Metal Guru" - the latter of which stopped Elton John getting to the top with "Rocket Man" - and two more No.2s in "Children Of The Revolution" and "Solid Gold Easy Action". |
| Releases, "Children Of The Revolution/Jitterbug Love/Sunken Rags" |
| Releases, "Metal Guru/Thunderwing/Lady" |
| Releases, "Solid Gold Easy Action/Born To Boogie" |
| Releases, "Telegram Sam/Cadillac/Baby Strange" |
| 1973 | Bolan, Marc | |
| Bolan's star gradually begins to wane, even though he achieved a Number 3 hit with arguably his most famous tune to the next generation, "20th Century Boy", "The Groover" follows it to No.4, to become Bolan's last major hit |
| Releases, "20th Century Boy/Free Angel" |
| Releases, "Blackjack/Squint Eyed Mangle", as Big Carrot |
| Releases, "The Groover/Midnight" |
| 1980 | Bolan, Marc | |
| The Bongos are the first American group to cover a T.Rex tune, "Mambo Sun," and enter the Billboard charts |
| 1985 | Bolan, Marc | |
| Duran Duran splinter band Power Station, with Robert Palmer as vocalist, take a version of "Get It On" into the UK Top 40, the first cover of a Bolan song to enter the charts since his death |
| 1985 | Palmer, Robert | |
| Duran Duran splinter band Power Station, with Robert Palmer as vocalist, take a version of "Get It On" into the UK Top 40, the first cover of a Bolan song to enter the charts since his death |
| 1991 | Bolan, Marc | |
| "20th Century Boy" introduced a new generation of devotees to Bolan's work in 1991 when it is featured on a Levi's jeans TV commercial and is re-released, reaching the UK Top 20 |
| 2005 | Bolan, Marc | |
| Bolan returns to the top of the UK charts in when the remastered, expanded Born to Boogie DVD hits No.1 in the Music DVD charts |
