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Mick Ronson

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Biography

Guitarist, arranger, songwriter, producer, and perennial sideman Mick Ronson made his mark during glam rock's early-'70s heyday but worked consistently with frequent collaborators David Bowie and Ian Hunter until his death in 1993. From 1967-1968 he played with a hometown garage rock group, The Rats, in Hull. In 1969, he was discovered by fledgling folksinger and producer Mike Chapman, who asked him to join his recording band. From there he was on to a collaboration with David Bowie beginning with Space Oddity in 1969 and lasting through 1973's Pin Ups. He arranged "Changes," among other songs on Hunky Dory (1972), and was David Bowie's flamboyant guitarist in The Spiders from Mars during the The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972) album and tours. It has remained a mystery as to how much of David Bowie's material Ronson wrote in exchange for "arrangement" credits, but his stamp is on some important records of the era: he co-produced Lou Reed's Transformer (RCA, 1972) with David Bowie and briefly joined Mott The Hoople after working as an arranger on All The Young Dudes (1972). As glam rock faded, Ronson continued to work with Hunter in The Hunter Ronson Band, and as a songwriter, guitarist, and producer on Hunter's solo work.

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Top Tracks

Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months
  1. Only After Dark - (3:30)  -  340 plays
  2. Growing Up and I'm Fine - (3:11)  -  304 plays
  3. Love Me Tender - (4:42)  -  227 plays
  4. Music Is Lethal - (5:07)  -  201 plays
  5. Billy Porter - (3:34)  -  204 plays
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