Artist: David Bowie & John Hutchinson
Author: David Bowie
Label: Deram
Year: 1969
In film Love You Till Tuesday, with original Bowie music (released in '84). David & John were the remaining part of trio Feathers after Hermione Farthingale left. John is Ground Control, David is Major Tom.
Covers:
David Bowie [hit version, a few months later, coinciding with the Apollo 11 mission; also in Italian as Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola]
Obviously inspired by Kubrick film 2001 - A Space Odyssey ('68). Also a bit by Bee Gees hit New York Mining Disaster 1941. In both cases the next of kin are not forgotten: "Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones" vs "Tell my wife I love her very much. She knows".
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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