It’s strange to think these both came out on the same day

July 11, 1969
The Rolling Stones released Honky Tonk Women on this date.

The Stones started recording this as a country song based on Hank Williams’ Honky Tonk Blues. They made it into a rocker for release as a single and released the country version, Country Honk, a few months later on Let It Bleed.

July 11, 1969
Co-incidentally, David Bowie, released his single Space Oddity, supposedly in conjunction with the July 20th Apollo 11 moon landing, on this date.

In 1980, Bowie released a follow-up to this called Ashes To Ashes, where Major Tom once again makes contact with Earth. He says he is happy in space, but Ground Control comes to the conclusion that he is a junkie.

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