2006-08-08 17:28:05 · 21 answers · asked by Annick H 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
David Bowie wrote it Mott the Hoople sang it
2006-08-08 17:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"All the Young Dudes" was written by David Bowie (real name David Robert Jones).
After four critically acclaimed, but poorly selling albums, numerous sell out shows all across Europe and early forays into the United States, the group of five musicians collectively known as Mott the Hoople decided to call it a day after a particularly disastrous concert in Switzerland.
Upon hearing this, David Bowie a huge Mott the Hoople fan, persuaded them to keep at it, gave them the song "All The Young Dudes", offered to produce their next album, persuaded Tony Defines to take the band onto his management label Mainman, buy them out of their contract with Island, and got them re-signed on a new contract to C.B.S.
Although all this brought Mott the Hoople, and particularly Ian Hunter, international success, it also hastened the departure of keyboard player Verden Allen, never to be heard of again on the international rock scene; and guitar player/second vocalist Mick Ralphs, who went off to form "Bad Company" with Paul Rodgers and we all know what's happened to them.
2006-08-09 01:12:25 · answer #2 · answered by browneyedgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ian Hunter wrote All the Young Dudes. Mott the Hoople was the first to record it but many others have recorded it since
OK... I was wrong up there. It WAS David Bowie. It is listed on the Mott the Hoople album as Ian Hunter but further research shows it was not Hunter. My apologies.
2006-08-09 00:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by merrymoon58 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are both (kinda) right it was written by David Bowie, originally recorded and released as a single by Mott The Hoople in 1972
2006-08-09 00:33:13 · answer #4 · answered by roscoedeadbeat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Bowie
2006-08-09 00:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by CaRo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
David Bowie wrote it. Mott the Hoople had a hit with it.
2006-08-09 00:31:28 · answer #6 · answered by © 2007. Sammy Z. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mott the Hoople I stand corrected. It was David Bowie.
2006-08-09 00:31:12 · answer #7 · answered by perplexed 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably All The Young Babes
2006-08-09 00:31:34 · answer #8 · answered by I am Sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just checked it and I was wrong. David Bowie did write it!!
It was performed by Mott The Hoople, and their performance is better.
2006-08-09 00:32:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mott the Hoople. Ian Hunter was the frontman.
2006-08-09 00:32:39 · answer #10 · answered by paul67337 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋