Mott The Hoople were on their last legs. But then David Bowie stepped up as their benefactor with a hit single.

LONDON - JUNE 1972: Musician David Bowie poses for a portrait in his "Ziggy Stardust" guise in June 1972 in London, England. David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust returns to a pair of ...

In June 1972, David Bowie made his debut as Ziggy Stardust on British TV show Lift Off with Ayshea, but years later a technician accidentally wiped the only known footage of the performance instead of ...

“DAVID BOWIE IS ZIGGY STARDUST” the press release from RCA Records blasted out to the world on June 16, 1972. With the eventual breakout single “Starman” already percolating on the U.K. charts, and ...

When British recording engineer Ken Scott began working with David Bowie on what became the latter’s eponymous 1969 album (a.k.a., Space Oddity), he initially regarded the still-relatively unknown ...

The early 1970s were an experimental time for rock music. Fifty years later, one groundbreaking record from that era stands out as the definitive album that changed the genre forever. Bowie, who was ...

This article is an excerpt from the upcoming book "The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s," available July 31 from HarperCollins. On July 15, 1972, David Bowie and his band performed at ...

David Bowie‘s landmark 1972 album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, will be reissued in a special 40th anniversary edition on June 5th. The record, which was Bowie’s ...

When Ziggy Stardust landed in America in 1972, almost no one cared. I remember working at Waxie Maxies, a record store in Rockville, Maryland, where we got a whopping total of 3 copies for our store, ...

It’s safe to say that the modern musical scene would not be the same without David Bowie. In 1972, when he unveiled his Ziggy Stardust persona, the world changed. Ziggy was ambiguity and visibility ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even though David Bowie passed away a decade ago, his legacy still lives on. Inspired by the sounds and musical styles of Iggy Pop ...