Reply #53: Actually. . .

[ProfessorGAC]

. . .his first U.S. gold album was PinUps. He did that just after Aladin Sane, with the same band, except with David Sanbourn on sax. It's a collection of British Invasion hits, but in radically different style. That was the first Bowie album i remember anyone other than me having in their collection. It was at that point when Bowie came to Chicago and had to play the bigger rooms. (Arie Crown, instead of the Uptown.) His crowds double in less than a year!

Diamond Dogs did even better, and the 1984 tour played almost fully sold out. (Until someone stole the set trucks just after the Chicago shows.) Young Americans really flipped out even more of the country when he dropped the glam and embraced soul. After that, he was viewed as more than a one-trick pony. He has endured ever since.
The Professor