David Bowie Wrote This Hit Song in Response to Frank Sinatra’s Public Criticism

Frank Sinatra dismissed modern music and David Bowie answered by transforming that criticism into a hit song with lasting ...

The David Bowie album he regretted most — calling it his own "worst creation"

David Bowie later criticized his 1984 album Tonight, calling it a foolish cash grab and one of the biggest regrets of his ...

10 years ago, David Bowie’s final and most poignant single saw him turn his own death into art

Bowie’s heartbreaking Lazarus was a rumination on the imminent end of a life lived to the full - and a lesson in how to ...
American Songwriter

4 of David Bowie’s Best Late-Career Songs

Nothing David Bowie has ever produced has been as gut-wrenching as “Lazarus” from Blackstar. We could only compare it to Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt”. Both songs were produced by dying men ...

When David Bowie Became David Bowie: Revisiting ‘Hunky Dory,’ His First Masterpiece

David Bowie was already four years and four albums into his career when he issued Hunky Dory, the first record to help secure ...
The Cheat Sheet

The David Bowie Song That Almost Became an Elvis Presley Classic

Elvis Presley and David Bowie are two of the most influential artists in music history, but few fans know that Bowie once wrote a song specifically for the King of Rock and Roll. That song was none ...
MusicRadar

“David was a nice guy, obviously with a certain amount of talent, but never a superstar”: 54 years on, how Hunky Dory rebooted Bowie’s career

Hunky Dory is the combination of Bowie’s newfound confidence, his ability to pick and surround himself with a brilliant band ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Hear David Bowie’s Unreleased Cover of the Who’s ‘I Can’t Explain’

A previously unreleased version of the Who's classic "I Can't Explain" by David Bowie has been unveiled ahead of the June 14 release of the upcoming Bowie box Rock 'n' Roll Star! The song, recorded in ...