Heard he did; What do you know?

John Lennon was in the studio helping david with his version of Across The Universe and they wrote Fame at the same time.

Yea Lennon was credited as a writer

With the Young Americans sessions mostly concluded in late 1974, the material was delayed while Bowie extricated himself from his contract with manager Tony DeFries. During this time he was staying in New York, and met John Lennon. The pair socialised and jammed together, which led to a one-day session at The Power Plant studio in January 1975. There, Bowie contacted several members of his tour band. Firstly a cover of The Beatles’ "Across the Universe" was recorded. Then a new song called "Fame," inspired by a guitar riff written by Carlos Alomar and with the title from Lennon, was then hurriedly developed by Bowie, and recorded. Both tracks were then added to the Young Americans album. Despite having only a minor contribution, Lennon was given a co-writing credit due to the lyrics (bemoaning the nature of celebrity) being inspired by conversations he had with Bowie on the subject, and because Bowie acknowledged that Lennon singing "Fame!" over Alomar’s guitar riff was the catalyst for the song. Lennon's voice was heard at the ending of the song, repeating the word: "FAME, FAME, FAME", from a fast track to a slow track of his voice, as it started from a high voice, culminating in his regular voice, and ending in a lower deep voice, before Bowie finished the song with the words: "Fame, What's your name, what's your name, what's your name, what's your name, what's your name".

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Lennon did some of the backup voices.....but hard to recognize

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Youre kidding, I presume. That repeated shout of 'Fame' by him is unmistakable!

I especially like how the "Fame" word is going down-down-down just before the it ends - like if "fame" will eventually turn you into a buired corpse.
Terrific song - and I bet Lennon was shocked by meeting Bowie in his coked up 75 wierdness

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No i'm not kidding Gazza, I know Lennon's voice .... but I don't get it in this song

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Sure, co-creditd as a songwriter (nice rhythm guitar too).

"No Anchovies, Please"

Lennon on "Fame?".....what next? Elton John on "Whatever Gets You Through The Night?"

Stray Cat Blues is da....m good song don't you think ???

Who the f-u-c-k is Lennon

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If she's so wild, she can join in too!

Not my sister Edith I hope..........

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Yeah but Elton didnt co write WGYTTN, Lennon wrote the song himself, listen to the demos (that are superior to the released track).

Also great harmonies from Harry Nillson on Old Dirt Road...he also co-wrote with Lennon. Great song!

the main riff from Fame was nicked from James Brown in the first place.

On Lennon's Rock n Roll album, released around the same time frame of Young Americans, he does a cover version of Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home To Me."

Sam's original had a call and response with Lou Rawls...and on Lennon's take you hear a voice doing a similar thing singing "Yeah!"

That voice sounds a lot like David Bowie to me, but I've never heard it mentioned before.

Anyone have any information on this?

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When Bowie sings the word 'Fame', the high pitched voice that sings it back to him is Lennon.

Yeah Gazza I know when he join in but his voice is far way out

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