Top singles from the past…
20 September 2025
Musical genius DAVID BOWIE (8 Jan 1947 – 10 Jan 2016) scored
his first No. 1 single in the US with FAME. It topped the charts on
20 September 1975, today 50 years ago.
The song was written by Bowie, Carlos Alomar and John Lennon.
It featured on his LP Young Americans.
Fame, what you like is in the limo
Fame, what you get is no tomorrow
Fame, what you need you have to borrow Fame
Fame, it’s mine, it’s mine, it’s just his line
To bind your time, it drives you to crime…
