David Bowie became the biggest seller since the Beatles after shifting eight million records in Britain.
He celebrated by releasing one of the worst singles of all time - ‘The Laughing Gnome’ - in September. It reached number six.
Another big seller was ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ which won Album of the Year. It was a charity event with George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton and Klaus Voormann.
