"Sorry about knocking you off of the top of the UK singles chart with 'Space Oddity', Art."
"What are you talking about David? That doesn't happen until September, and we're only
in March." - David Bowie and Art Garfunkel at the 1975 Grammy Awards, at which David
presented an astonished Aretha Franklin with the award for Best Female Soul Singer.
There's a sailor who sings...
A nice little early birthday present for DB is the news that he has been nominated for a GRAMMY Award. The announcement was made at a press conference today at Madison Square Garden. David has been nominated for 'Slow Burn' in the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance category. These are the five nominations:
Field 4 - Rock - Category 15 - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only)
? Slow Burn
David Bowie
Track from: Heathen
[Columbia Records Group]
? 45
Elvis Costello
Track from: When I Was Cruel
[Island Records]
? The Barry Williams Show
Peter Gabriel
Track from: Up
[Geffen/DGC]
? Darkness, Darkness
Robert Plant
Track from: Dreamland
[Universal Records]
? The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: The Rising
[Columbia Records]
The GRAMMY Awards 45th annual ceremony telecast will be staged at Madison Square Garden in New York City on February 23rd, 2003. The ceremony is telecast annually to an international audience of over 2 billion in 180 countries. Good luck David.