GLAM ROCK - made in UK!

Elton John on stage at the Sundown Theatre, Edmonton, London, 1973

elton john Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

Mick Ronson

Guitarist, arranger, songwriter, producer, and perennial sideman Mick Ronson made his mark during glam rock's early-'70s heyday but worked consistently with frequent collaborators David Bowie and Ian Hunter until his death in 1993. From 1967-1968 he played with a hometown garage rock group, The Rats, in Hull. In 1969, he was discovered by fledgling folksinger and producer Mike Chapman, who asked him to join his recording band. From there he was on to a collaboration with Bowie beginning with Space Oddity in 1969 and lasting through 1973's Pin-Ups. He arranged "Changes," among other songs on Hunky Dory (1972), and was Bowie's flamboyant guitarist in the Spiders from Mars during the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (1972) album and tours. It has remained a mystery as to how much of Bowie's material Ronson wrote in exchange for "arrangement" credits, but his stamp is on some important records of the era: he co-produced Lou Reed's Transformer (RCA, 1972) with Bowie and briefly joined Mott the Hoople after working as an arranger on All the Young Dudes (1972). As glam rock faded, Ronson continued to work with Hunter in the Hunter Ronson Band, and as a songwriter, guitarist, and producer on Hunter's solo work.
Slaughter on 10th Avenue He recorded two solo albums for Main Man, Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1974) and Play Don't Worry (1975). His identifiable wah-wah sound straddled genres outside his beloved glam and hard rock, from Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue to Morrissey's Your Arsenal (1992). Ronson consistently worked with divergent artists from Roger McGuinn and David Johansen to John Mellencamp ("Jack and Diane"). He and Hunter recorded YUI Orta in 1989 for Mercury, and in 1990 Ronson was diagnosed with cancer. He was reunited with Bowie for Black Tie White Noise (1993) and that same year appeared at a Freddie Mercury tribute concert with Hunter and Bowie. He made one final record with some help from his friends Hunter, Bowie, Chrissie Hynde, and Mellencamp, Heaven 'n Hull (Epic), which was released posthumously in 1994. Just Like This, a two-disc collection of unreleased material, followed in 1999, and Showtime, a collection of live material, arrived the next year.

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mick-ronson-mn0000467853/biography

Tribute to Mick Ronson -- glam rock guitar instrumental glitter

David Bowie & Mick Ronson

MICK RONSON & DAVID BOWIE-Moonage Daydream

Mick Ronson & Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter Band Featuring Mick Ronson Live Rockpalast

26 января 1974,
Mud were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman song 'Tiger Feet', the group's first of three UK No.1's.

26 января 1974
Ровно 41 год назад в чартах самых популярных синглов Британии полное превосходство глэм-рокеров
(легче пересчитать остальных...):

1 10up
TIGER FEET - MUD
2 6up
TEENAGE RAMPAGE - SWEET
3 2down
THE SHOW MUST GO ON - LEO SAYER
4 4no change
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - COZY POWELL
5 1down
YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - NEW SEEKERS FEAT. LYN PAUL
6 5down
MY COO CA CHOO - ALVIN STARDUST
7 7no change
RADAR LOVE - GOLDEN EARRING
8 9up
FOREVER - ROY WOOD
9 14up
SOLITAIRE - ANDY WILLIAMS
10 12up
LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - ROBERT KNIGHT
11 11no change
POOL HALL RICHARD/I WISH IT WOULD RAIN - FACES
12 3down
MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE
13 13no change
I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - GARY GLITTER
14 8down
PAPER ROSES - MARIE OSMOND
15 15no change
LAMPLIGHT - DAVID ESSEX

15th February 1974
David Bowie in an eye-patch on “TopPop”

15th February 1974
David Bowie in an eye-patch on “TopPop”

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David Bowie

T. Rex

November 23, 1974

Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel

Brian Connolly

Roxy Music perform live at the Montreux Festival, Switzerland in May 1973.
Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot

Brian Eno, 1973