I Feel Like Buddy Holly I Feel Like Buddy Holly "I Feel Like Buddy Holly" is a song recorded by Alvin Stardust in 1984, written and produced by Mike Batt. The song spent 11 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 7 in 1984. The single was released on Chrysalis Records, and included the song "Luxury" on the B-side, which was written and produced by Alvin Stardust. The song appears on numerous compilation albums, including "The Very Best of Alvin Stardust" (1996), "Alvin Stardust: New Recordings of His Greatest Hits" (2001), "Best of Alvin Stardust" (2006), "The Alvin Stardust Story" (2007), and "My Coo
Ziggy Stardust (song) British rock 'n' roll singer Vince Taylor, whom David Bowie met after Taylor had a breakdown and believed himself to be a cross between a god and an alien, though Taylor was only part of the blueprint for the character. Other influences included the Legendary Stardust Cowboy and Kansai Yamamoto, who designed the costumes Bowie wore during the tour. The Ziggy Stardust name came partly from the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, and partly, as Bowie told "Rolling Stone", because Ziggy was "one of the few Christian names I could find beginning with the letter 'Z'". He later explained in a 1990