T-Rex leader Marc Bolan wrote this as an ode to his manager, Tony Secunda. "Telegram Sam" was Bolan's affectionate nickname for his Secunda. Other people who show up in the song: "Jungle-face Jake" was Sid Walker, Secunda's black assistant, and "Bobby" is Bob Dylan.
When Bolan referred to Secunda as his "Main Man," it brought the phrase into popular culture.
This was the first single released on Marc Bolan's own T Rex Wax Co label.
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