David Bowie Instagram – SORROW SINGLE IS FIFTY TODAY “You’re out there playing your high class games of sorrow…” As you know, next week marks the 50th anniversary of Bowie’s #1 album Pin Ups, originally released 19th October 1973. Just one single was issued from the album in the UK, a version of The McCoys’ Sorrow, which later enjoyed wider recognition via The Mersey’s rendition. Bowie’s superb stab at the song reached #3 in the UK and it also gave him his first #1 anywhere in the world when it hit the top spot in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Following mono adverts of the Pin Ups sleeve advertising Sorrow in this week’s music press fifty years ago, variations of our main image (taken by @therealmickrock) were used in the promotion of Sorrow, as you can see from the second slide, including three UK versions of the sheet music. The sweet surprise all those years ago was another cover, Bowie’s sublime version of Amsterdam on the B side of Sorrow…more of which soon. #BowiePinUps50 #BowieSorrow50