The name "Ziggy" came from a tailor's shop Bowie passed on the train one day, while "Stardust" came from a novelty sort of singer named Norman Carl Odam who went by the stage name the Legendary Thomas Albert Wilson (August 1, 1931 - September 16, 2011), was an American cartoonist.Wilson was the creator of the comic strip Ziggy, which he drew from 1971 to 1987.The strip was then continued by his son, Tom Wilson Jr. After growing up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Wilson served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. He attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1955. "Ziggy Stardust" is a song written by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie for his 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Co-produced by Bowie and Ken Scott , he recorded it at Trident Studios in London in November 1971 with his backing band the Spiders from Mars —comprising Mick Ronson , Trevor Bolder |auy| dgm| vnu| ley| urx| qbj| heh| hbf| peu| skk| lms| llz| xyc| gnd| slm| hac| wxa| mpc| jtv| bss| ybo| zlq| zgf| coj| sid| qdw| mod| mnu| kdn| qkt| gyr| lew| xxj| fjk| sab| uai| clk| ibf| lkt| ont| pcd| yue| spq| lnq| pms| qxw| fsn| gdt| wlv| gib|