Whilst in prison in 1968, producer/manager (and future Clash soundman) Guy Stevens discovered Willard Manus novel Mott The Hoople and vowed to find a b.
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‘We went for a pizza after it came out, with Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit. He was suffering from malnutrition. Starman came on and he said, “Your song will be on soon”’
The story has passed into legend of Mott The Hoople, the road-weary band saved from breaking up by the gift of a song from David Bowie. It titles this,