David Bowie’s handwritten lyric sheet of two of his favorite songs is supposed to be fetching 100,000 euros when it is sold at the auction. The double-sided lyric sheet by David includes the drafts, notes, and corrections done for the Rock n Roll Suicide and Suffragette City by the late actor.
The song was featured on his 1972 classics, The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars.
The lyric sheet dates to the final recording sessions of the album and was given to the original owners by the Life On Mars hitmaker at Trident Studio in Soho, Central London.
David’s lyric sheet has an estimated price tag of approximately 100,000 euros. The Omegas auction sale will be on Tuesday, 28 November 2023. The lyric sheet will be accompanied by a letter of provenance from the seller that states that the page was created during the album’s final recording session.
David Bowie – The Iconic Star of 90’s
David Robert Jones changed his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion since his original name had a resemblance to another British musician at that time, Davy Jones.
The musician started his music career when he was 15 years old and formed his first band with some other musicians named Konrads. But later, he left the band as he felt the other members had a limited aspiration for music. He needed a band where everyone wished to pursue a position in pop culture.
Later joined another band, and the singer’s first debut was not a commercial hit at the time. Bowie did not have many hits till his first entry on the UK Singles Chart with the release of Space Oddity in 1969. The album was a huge hit in the year and bloomed to fame and success.
Bowie reemerged with a few hits in 1972, which was known as the glam era. Bowie was seen with a fictional character, Ziggy Stardust. The character was from the song Ziggy Stardust and the parent album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
The character was retained throughout the concert tours Bowie had conducted for some years. Bowie has also acted in some movies, including some television films and dramas. Some of the movies by the actor are Into The Night, The Hunger, The Last Temptation of Christ, and many more.
He died from liver cancer on 10 January 2016, aged 69, and was crowned as Britain’s most influential artist of the past 50 years for his ability to transcend music, film and fashion.
The showcase of the music memorabilia
David Bowie’s lyric sheet will be the main attraction of the auction. His lyric sheet will be among a stellar showcase of the musical memorabilia in the Omega Auctions.
Bowie’s lyric sheet has been described as “an incredible artifact” by auction manager Dan Muscatelli-Hampson. Omega Auctions have also sold another lyric sheet by David, which was a handwritten lyric sheet for the famous song, Starman. The lyric sheet was sold for more than 200,000 euros.
The sheet contains the lyrics of the songs Rock N Roll Suicide and Suffragette City. On the page that contains the lyrics for the Suffragette City is a note which was left for the publisher to inform that there are two more songs he was considering for the album. The two songs were It Ain’t Easy and Round And Round
In the auction, a lyric book owned by Oasis Noel Gallagher, which features the lyrics to She’s Electric, Going Nowhere, Step Out Tonight, Rockin’ Chair, and Champagne Supernova, is also available. A page containing lyrics by The Doors frontman Jim Morrison, along with guitars, amps, and musical scores from various musicians, is also up for auction.
