A letter to a lost love allegedly inspired David Bowie to create one of the most heart-wrenching songs of his career.

RECORDING WEEK 2025: Nobody would deny that David Bowie was one of music’s most influential pioneers. Yet, while a commonly-held misconception would dub Bowie as pop’s trend-aware ‘chameleon’, some of ...

David Bowie's Golden Years was originally written for Elvis Presley. Bowie's version became a hit, with the persona of The Thin White Duke.

David Bowie and Mick Jagger turned an unlikely cover into a No. 1 hit that still stands as one of the decade’s most iconic ...

David Bowie was never one to stick to the status quo. If one could describe his modus operandi it might just boil down to "be yourself." This was true for much of Bowie's career but perhaps most of ...

It was a fragile psychological state. The result was that he had almost no recollection of having recorded the song or the album from which it came. “I have only flashes of making it,” Bowie said in ...