Breakthrough Bowie
The performance that turned David Bowie into a star
Dolled up in Ziggy Stardust-style garb, David Bowie took the stage on the popular British music show Top of the Pops in July 1972 and performed the song “Starman.” The stellar performance included one particularly killer shot of Bowie staring directly into the camera, pointing his finger at viewers and singing the lyric, “I had to phone someone so I picked on you-hoo-oo.”The moment he pointed down the camera…was also the precise moment that Bowie became a major star,” wrote one British critic of the performance. Click to watch the early days of the artist who became an international legend.
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