Do you remember a guy, from such an early song…
David Bowie recorded his first ever TOTPs performance at the BBC in Shepherds Bush on October 2nd 1969. He was accompanied to the studio by manager Kenneth Pitt and he took his mother along for the experience too.
As producer of the single, Gus Dudgeon was on hand to oversee the recording of the backing track that David would sing his live vocal over.
The performance was broadcast the following week on October 9th, by which time the record had risen on the UK singles chart from #20 to #13.
The same appearance was rebroadcast on TOTPs on October 16th, helping the record climb even further up the chart to #8…and it didn’t stop there.
Stay tuned for more memories of Major Tom shortly.