[DOC] [TLE] David Bowie: 69 facts - BBC News - BBC.com [PAR] Bowie's first hit in the UK - 1969's Space Oddity - was used by the BBC in its ... 
Bowie's first US number one was his single Fame in 1975. It was co-written by 
John Lennon and features the former Beatle on backing vocals. ... In 1970 when 
Bowie briefly formed The Hype, everyone in the band dressed up as super 
heroes. [DOC] [TLE] concerning John Lennon's contribution to David Bowie's Fame [PAR] Sep 18, 2014 ... Thanks for ALL the great Beatles Rarity insights. ... I know this song was a huge 
hit around 1974. ... it's come up in the past, I've just emailed back an answer 
without fully ... David wrote lyrics that reflected the anger he was feeling towards 
... In the U.S., Fame was not only Bowie's first #1, but his first time in... [DOC] [TLE] Ava Cherry, Former David Bowie Back-Up Singer & Girlfriend ... [PAR] Singer/model Ava Cherry spent four years as a back-up singer for ... Moby, 
Young the Giant and a Former Co-Owner Say Goodbye to Irvine Meadows ... 1/
13/2016 by Ava Cherry ... David Bowie Headed for First Billboard No. 1 ... David, 
John and Carlos [Alomar] wrote this really cool song ["Fame"], and I got to be a 
part of it. [DOC] [TLE] David Bowie - Wikipedia [PAR] David Robert Jones (8 January 1947  10 January 2016), known professionally 
as David .... His April 1967 solo single, "The Laughing Gnome", using speeded-
up thus .... Characterised by the heavy rock sound of his new backing band, it 
was a .... Young Americans yielded Bowie's first US number one, "Fame", co-
written... [DOC] [TLE] Boy George - Wikipedia [PAR] George Alan O'Dowd (born 14 June 1961), known professionally as Boy George, 
is an English ... It hit No. 1 in the US where it stayed for three weeks. It was the 
best-selling ... The band's third album Waking Up with the House on Fire (UK No. 
..... Mikey Craig, former band mate in Culture Club, co-wrote the song with 
George. [DOC] [TLE] Carl Perkins - Wikipedia [PAR] Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932  January 19, 1998) was an American singer-
songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennessee
, beginning in 1954. His best-known song is "Blue Suede Shoes". According to 
Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly ... They could not 
afford a real guitar, so Buck Perkins fashioned one from a... [DOC] [TLE] Peter Frampton - Wikipedia [PAR] Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English-American rock 
musician, singer, ... He first became interested in music when he was seven 
years old. ... The Little Ravens played on the same bill at school as Bowie's band, 
George and ... Frampton's following album, I'm in You (1977) contained the hit 
title single... [DOC] [TLE] John Lennon - Wikipedia [PAR] John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English singer and songwriter who co-
founded the ..... While there, they composed most of the songs for The Beatles 
and Abbey .... Lennon co-wrote "Fame", David Bowie's first US number one, and 
provided ..... During his five-year career break he was content to sit back so long 
as... [DOC] [TLE] 9 Great David Bowie Collaborations | Nerdist [PAR] Jan 15, 2016 ... David Bowie was a true original who had a style, voice, and point of view all ... 
Back in the mid-'70s, Bowie threw a party to celebrate firing his manager (like ya 
do when you're a rock star), and the former Beatle just happened to show up. ... 
song Fame, which was to be his first number one hit in the U.S.... [DOC] [TLE] Little Richard - Wikipedia [PAR] Little Richard is an American musician,

Question: This ex-Beatle co-wrote & sang back-up on "Fame", Bowie's first song to hit No. 1 in the U.S.
Answer: John Lennon