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On this Day in History
David Bowie’s ‘Fame’: John Lennon, Carlos Alomar and the Accidental Birth of a No.1
On this day in music history, 20 September 1975 On this day in music history David Bowie reached No.1 in the US for the first time with ‘Fame’ a groundbreaking funk-rock classic born from a studio jam involving Bowie, John Lennon and guitarist Carlos Alomar. But the story behind ‘Fame’ is every bit as fascinating as the record itself. It involves a killer guitar riff, a disco hit called ‘Shame, Shame, Shame’, John Lennon singing along in the studio and Bowie turning an unexp
Sep 20
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