David Bowie “Aladdin Sane” 1973. I’m spinning Bowie’s sixth album today, May 26th, in honor of what would have been Mick Ronson’s 75th birthday (b. Michael Ronson, 1946, d. 1993). Ronson, considered one of the greatest guitar players ever, was one of Bowie’s Spiders From Mars and plays guitar, piano and sings on Aladdin Sane. The LP went to #1 in the UK and #17 in the US. Bowie released four singles: “The Jean Genie” (#2 UK, #71 US), “Drive-In Saturday” (UK-only, #3), “Time” (I think a US-only release) and his cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Let’s Spend the Night Together” (released in the US and other countries, not the UK). Also great are the title track “Aladdin Sane” (Bowie’s “Ziggy goes to America” character) and the Bo Diddley-beat “Panic in Detroit” (supposedly influenced by Iggy Pop; Bowie mixed The Stooges’ Raw Power in ‘72 in between touring, recording, producing and starting a brutal cocaine addiction).