![]() ![]() The album's impact was huge, recalls Dave Stewart of Eurythmics. The lyrics were rife with diverse imagery, including references to religion, philosophy, science-fiction and fame. Unlike Bowie's previous work, many of the songs on Hunky Dory were worked out on piano, which allowed him to bring in elements of classical, cabaret and other genres. Bowie also included tributes to Bob Dylan and Lou Reed. ![]() "Fill Your Heart" by neo-Vaudevillian musician Biff Rose received a loving cover treatment. In addition to several new compositions, Bowie laid down his own versions of "Andy Warhol," which was first recorded by Dana Gillespie, and "Oh! You Pretty Things," which Peter Noone had taken to No. ![]() They recorded the songs in the summer of 1971 at London's famed Trident studios. The album was co-produced by Ken Scott and Bowie himself. "He called me up and said would I like to go 'round to his house, Haddon Hall, in Beckenham, Kent, and I went up and he had a battered old 12-string guitar and he started playing me these songs, one after the other." Bowie recruited Wakeman, who'd played Mellotron on "Space Oddity," to back him, as well as Woody Woodmansey on drums, Trevor Bolder on bass and Mick Ronson on guitar. He returned to England with ideas to spare, recalls keyboardist Rick Wakeman. But Bowie nevertheless made his way to New York, and then on to California, where he did interviews and took in the sights. He also had the wrong kind of visa, which restricted his ability to perform. to promote his third studio album, The Man Who Sold the World, he was held in customs at Dulles airport owing to his long hair, maxi-coat, and chiffon scarf. When Mercury Records sent Bowie to the U.S. He tried side projects, collaborations and giving his songs away to other artists, such as Dana Gillespie and Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits. song "Space Oddity" would turn out to be a one-hit wonder. His first three albums were commercial flops, and he was worried that his 1969 U.K. Since 2009, Williams has been the president and chairman of the American songwriting society ASCAP.First came the Beatles, then the Stones - but by 1971, the British invasion was already starting to fade and David Bowie was at a crossroads. Williams had a variety of high-profile acting roles, such as Little Enos Burdette in the action-comedy Smokey and the Bandit and the villainous Swan in Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise, which Williams also co-scored, receiving an Oscar nomination in the process. He wrote the lyrics to the opening theme for the television show The Love Boat, with music previously composed by Charles Fox, which was originally sung by Jack Jones and, later, by Dionne Warwick. Williams is also known for writing the score and lyrics for Bugsy Malone and his musical contributions to other films, including the Oscar-nominated song “Rainbow Connection” from The Muppet Movie, and writing the lyrics to the #1 chart-topping song “Evergreen”, the love theme from the Barbra Streisand film A Star Is Born, for which he won a Grammy for Song of the Year and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Paul Williams is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and actor known for writing and co-writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night’s “An Old Fashioned Love Song” and “Out in the Country”, Helen Reddy’s “You and Me Against the World”, Biff Rose’s “Fill Your Heart”, and the Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Rainy Days and Mondays”. ![]()
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