While he rarely wrote tunes for other artists in the 1970s, John Lennon co-wrote David Bowie’s “Fame.” The tune’s other writer said that it was inspired by a 1960s doo-wop classic. Today, that doo-wop ...

Two classic rock stars helped write David Bowie’s “Fame”: Bowie himself and John Lennon. Looking back on the song, Bowie said it was inspired by John’s attitude toward art. Both rock stars were part ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

When David Bowie was a young star, John Lennon delivered him an invaluable piece of advice that he ignored, but years later it came in handy.

In 1974, David Bowie was fresh off his reign as the glam-rock’s biggest act. After his breakthrough success that began with Ziggy Stardust and continued through Diamond Dogs, he was about to make a ...

John Lennon and David Bowie share a lot of commonalities, but their relationship went far beyond the surface-level notions the public knows about. Both individuals were fans of each other, but they ...

David Bowie was in the closing stages of recording his Young Americans album when he decided to record a cover of The Beatles’ Across The Universe — primarily as a strategic move to entice John Lennon ...

Earl Slick’s "Guitar: Playing with David Bowie, John Lennon, and Rock-and-Roll’s Greatest Heroes" affords readers with a ringside seat for many of popular music’s most iconic moments. But it’s more ...

Tehuan Harris is a news and features journalist at Collider, reporting and writing about all things music and reality TV (sometimes). She is a talented journalist and a natural storyteller who writes ...