''All The Young Dudes'' by Mott The Hoople Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting 80s It become Diamond's breakthrough single

It become Diamond's breakthrough single on the UK Singles Chart in 1970

but when he sang that song — that was the sign we had hit on something

Composed in early 1966

it was issued on Atlantic in the U

The song is notable for its gender-bending lyrics ("You got your mother in a whirl / She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl") as well as its distinctive riff

''All The Young Dudes'' by Mott The Hoople Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting 80s It become Diamond's breakthrough singleRegarded as one of glam rock's anthems, All The Young Dudes originated after Bowie came into contact with Mott the Hoople's bassist Peter Watts and learned that the band was ready to split due to continued lack of commercial success. When the band rejected his first offer of a composition, Suffragette City (which later appeared on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars), Bowie wrote All the Young Dudes in short order especially