British glam rocker Gary Glitter (real name: Paul Francis Gadd) was freed from Thu Duc prison in the Binh Thuan province of Vietnam today after serving almost three years on child molestation charges.  In November 2005, he was arrested at Ho Chi Minh airport as he tried to leave the country on a flight to Bangkok, China, and sentenced to three years in jail following a one-day trial where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he molested two girls, ages 10 and 11, from the southern coastal city of Vung Tau.  On appeal, his sentence was shortened by three months on good behavior.  Glitter hasn’t been overly successful on this side of the pond, but in the UK, he is a legend who had a string of hits from 1972 to 1996.  I’m just going to concentrate on his achievements on the American Billboard charts though. (more…)