“Win”, the second track on Young Americans, epitomizes Bowie’s transition from glam rocker to soul crooner. After disbanding the Spiders from Mars in 1973, Bowie gradually moved to a more Philadelphia-inspired soul sound with 1974’s Diamond Dogs. By the time he released 1974’s David Live and Young Americans the following year, he’d fully transformed into the originator of the “blue-eyed soul” sound. He even had a band of seasoned Philly players like Carlos Alomar, David Sanborn, Luther Vandross.

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