"The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll" is a single released by Mott the Hoople, from their 1974 album The Hoople.
They were, however, in demand and provided backing vocals for Mott the Hoople on the single version of their hit, "Roll Away the Stone" (although De Paul delivered the spoken bridge on the later The Hoople album version).
He left Mott after their breakthrough 1972 album, All The Young Dudes, because Hunter was reluctant to record most of the songs he had written ("Second Love" on Brain Capers and "Soft Ground" on Dudes are the only songs in the Mott the Hoople canon written entirely by Allen).