Something clicked as Mick Ronson was idly riffing on the bus after he and David Bowie left the Cleveland opening date of the Ziggy Stardust Tour in September 1972. By the time they got to Memphis, ...

In July 1972, David Bowie made a legendary appearance on the British music show Top of the Pops, doing a version of “Starman” that took glam rock mainstream and inspired a generation of U.K. teenagers ...

The city of Detroit fascinated David Bowie and inspired one of the defining songs of his glam rock period, “The Jean Genie.” While touring in the United States, Bowie became struck by the stark ...

Bowie described The Jean Genie – the lead single from his 1973 album Aladdin Sane – as 'a smorgasbord of imagined Americana'. It references three people. Bowie wrote the song for Andy Warhol's muse ...

If you're willing to "let yourself go" of tens of thousands of dollars, you could be the proud owner of David Bowie's handwritten lyrics to his 1972 hit, "The Jean Genie." Sarah Goulet, who works for ...

Epic. Icon. Outlier. Rebel. Genius. Encompassing all that was David Bowie is a challenge to put into words, but every now and again we are allowed to revel in him through more than just his music. At ...

Some ‘lost’ archive footage of David Bowie performing The Jean Genie in 1973 on the BBC’s seminal pop programme Top of the Pops is to be broadcast on TV for the first time in almost 40 years. Top of ...

Five songs into “Welcome to the Blackout,” David Bowie uncorks “The Jean Genie” amid a setlist devoted largely to the icy reserve of his “Low” and “Heroes” albums. Though his vocals sound slightly ...