The Scruffy Little Failure who became David Bowie
Steve Turner, NME, 18 April 1974
Ken Pitt, Bowie's former manager and the only man In the world who's lived with both Bowie and James Dean, reflects on the days before Ziggy grabbed the stardust.
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