B y March 1970, Major Tom was becoming something of an albatross to his 23-year old earthly counterpart David Bowie. The success of his single Space Oddity, which reached No.5 in the UK and sold ...

A Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic inspired David Bowie to create one of his greatest hits, showing how film shaped the sound ...

Tony Visconti enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership with David Bowie, producing 13 of the singer’s 26 studio albums. Still, the producer made the surprising choice to turn down Bowie’s classic song ...

The Man Who Sold The World arrived in the United States on November 4, 1970. Mercury Records would release it in the U.K. on ...

Mountain Stage recently announced the release of a compilation album due out April 19 from Old Boy Records, with “Space Oddity” as the first single. Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers is in ...

David Bowie's second LP Space Oddity will be reissued this October to mark the 40th anniversary of its release. The double CD will include the original LP on its first disc, with the recordings ...

Not every rock legend had the meteoric rise to fame of Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin. In the case of David Bowie, the great songwriter-performer started so young he was bound to need more time find his ...

As the follow-up to David Bowie’s first hit “Space Oddity,” the album known as “The Man Who Sold the World” is itself an oddity in the David Bowie canon. With dark, surreal lyrical themes and music ...

According to the book Bowie on Bowie: Interview and Encounters with David Bowie, the “Let’s Dance” singer discussed his music in a 1973 interview with NME. NME noted the use of puns in “Space Oddity.” ...

David Bowie’s third album — the follow-up to his breakout hit “Space Oddity” — was a commercial failure when it arrived in 1970. Its gothic, Nietzchean themes eluded the mainstream. But The Man Who ...

As the follow-up to David Bowie’s first hit “Space Oddity,” the album known as “The Man Who Sold the World” is itself an oddity in the David Bowie canon. With dark, surreal lyrical themes and music ...