Norman Carl Odam

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American singer known as the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, an outsider performer who is considered one of the pioneers of the genre that came to be known as psychobilly in the 1960s. He reputedly recorded "the worst song of all time," a vocal and guitar rendition of "Paralyzed," cut by Mercury Records in 1968. A full length movie was made about his life in 1996 and shown at the Sundance Festival, "Life and Times." Odam has continued recording intermittently since "Paralyzed" and released several albums and singles. "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship"—a strange and celestial LSD trip of an homage to the Van Heusen/Mercer tune "I Thought About You"—was covered by longtime fan David Bowie on his Heathen album. Odam returned the compliment by recording his version of "Space Oddity". Bowie himself said that the term "stardust" in "Ziggy Stardust" is taken from The Legendary Stardust Cowboy. In late 2011, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy released an anthology of his life's work, a double CD on Cherry Red Records from England, titled "For Sarah, Raquel, and David: An Anthology". The first names refer to Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, Raquel Welch, actress, and performing artist David Bowie, all longtime fans of The Ledge's work. Link to Wikipedia biography