David Bowie: Influences

David Bowie: Influences

It takes a special kind of artist to be equally influenced by original Pink Floyd leader Syd Barrett, light entertainment crooner Anthony Newley, and pioneering blues-rockers The Pretty Things. David Bowie was just that artist, and these songs by his influences and contemporaries sketch out the roots of his classic run of hits.

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