Space Oddity reached number five in the Singles Chart in 1969, its relaunch five years later gave Bowie his first British chart-topping success. In 1980 Major Tom returned as a drug-addled space-traveller, and again voyaged to the number one spot.

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It’s my opinion that the ‘bow’ in Bowie should be pronounced as in bough of a tree, rather than bow and arrow….

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Let’s Dance reached number one in the UK Singles Charts, and most of the Western World, but was it….

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