David Bowie's "Space Oddity" became a huge hit in this year, being released at the time that American astronauts first landed on the moon.The song, the story of an astronaut named Major Tom who goes into space and is entranced by the beauty of seeing Earth from such a great distance and consequently lets himself float off into space, never again to return,was chosen by the BBC as the theme song for the television coverage of the moon landing.Perhaps the most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts as the Woodstock, which consisted of dozens of the most famous performers in the world at the time, playing together in an atmosphere of peace with nature and love,with many thousands of concert goers.The Wendy Carlos album Switched-On Bach was one of the first classical albums to sell 500,000 copies.Elvis Presley enjoyed great success with his songs "In the Ghetto" and "Suspicious Minds".The Stooges' eponymous debut,, was also released this year to little critical or popular acceptance.
