"Love Letters'' by Ketty Lester Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting Editions Bowie's re-emergance in 1972 as

Bowie's re-emergance in 1972 as his androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust

In the United States the single was a No

" The song reached No

And by the short story "The Rocket Man" in The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

The song was inspired by Taupin's sighting of either a shooting star or a distant aeroplane

"Love Letters'' by Ketty Lester Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting Editions Bowie's re-emergance in 1972 asKetty Lester was born in Hope, Arkansas, one of a family of 15 children, and first sang in her church and school choirs. In the early 1950s she began performing at San Francisco's Purple Onion club. She later toured Europe as a singer with Cab Calloway's orchestra and with the Everly Brothers. Lester's recording of Love Letters, which featured Lincoln Mayorga's sparse piano arrangement and Earl Palmer on drums, rose to #5 in the Billboard Hot 100