American Songwriter

On This Day in 1975, David Bowie Landed His First US No. 1 With a Little Help From This Beatles Legend

Two years later, Bowie ushered in a brand-new persona: The Thin White Duke, an impassive, often controversial figure described as “dry ice masquerading as fire.” In the space between Ziggy Stardust ...
American Songwriter

The Meaning Behind “Fame,” David Bowie’s First No. 1 Hit; It Followed John Lennon’s One Secret to Songwriting (and Had Lennon as Co-Writer for Good Measure)

As Lennon told Bob Harris on The Old Grey Whistle Test, “I got to know David through Mick [Jagger], really. Although I’d met him once before. And next minute, he says, ‘Hello, John, I’m doing ‘Across ...

BBC Pop Music Television to explore David Bowie’s Berlin years as never before with Bowie in Berlin (w/t)

The film will explore when Bowie turned his back on fame and disappeared from sight into the streets of Cold War Berlin ...
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Carlos Alomar on making Fame, Heroes – and Bowie’s Berlin era

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Luciano Viti/Getty Images By the dawn of the ’70s, though he was only 19, Carlos Alomar, ...