David Bowie with Marianne Faithfull – I Got You Babe (1973)

Here’s a wonderful performance by David Bowie in his last appearance as Ziggy Stardust, and Marianne Faithfull as a wayward nun, singing the Sonny & Cher tune, “I Got You Babe.”

The duet was recorded for American television on October 19, 1973 at the Marquee Club in London. The producer Burt Sugarman had approached Bowie about appearing on his late-night NBC program The Midnight Special. According to the Ziggy Stardust Companion, Bowie agreed to appear on the show after being granted complete artistic control for a one-hour special. He put together a cabaret-style show featuring himself and a couple of acts from the 1960s, performing on a futuristic set. Bowie called it “The 1980 Floor Show,” as a pun on the title of his song “1984,” which was played during the opening title sequence.