David Bowie and the Spires for Mars, Star Man on Top of the Pops

David Bowie and his dudes go on top of the pops, which is the British show that's been around forever. It was not like the beginning of a consistent career where he had hits every month. The performance of David of Ziggy Stardust and the Spires for Mars, doing star man ontop of the pops "is to English kids kind of equivalent to American kids seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan"