{"id":99947,"date":"2016-01-11T12:28:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T11:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=99947"},"modified":"2016-01-11T12:28:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T11:28:32","slug":"dig-of-the-day-david-bowie-fame-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-david-bowie-fame-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig Of The Day: David Bowie &#8211; Fame  (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J-_30HA7rec\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We lost another great musician, who&#8217;s influence has been unique in popular culture as he altered many peoples lives. He was an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, painter and actor, who was a figure in popular music for over four decades and was known as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>With the <em>Young Americans<\/em> sessions mostly concluded by late 1974, the material was delayed while <strong>Bowie<\/strong> extricated himself from his contract with manager <strong>Tony Defries<\/strong>. During this time he was staying in New York where he met <strong>John Lennon<\/strong> , which led to a one-day jam session at <strong>Electric Lady Studios<\/strong> in January 1975 when the <em>Fame<\/em> was born.<\/p>\n<p>Backing Vocals \u2013 <strong>Jean Fineberg, Jean Millington, John Lennon<\/strong><br \/>\nGuitar \u2013 <strong>John Lennon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RIP David Bowie<\/strong> (8th January 1947 \u2013 10th January 2016)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/21_bowie3_g_w_zps19056419.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"99948\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-david-bowie-fame-1975\/david-bowie\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/21_bowie3_g_w_zps19056419.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1976:  David Bowie poses for an RCA publicity shot in 1976. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;David Bowie&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"David Bowie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;1976:  David Bowie poses for an RCA publicity shot in 1976. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/21_bowie3_g_w_zps19056419.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/21_bowie3_g_w_zps19056419.jpg?fit=640%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1976:  David Bowie poses for an RCA publicity shot in 1976. 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