In September of 1967, aged 20 and yet to make much of an impression on the music scene, David Bowie was so enthused to receive his first American fan letter that he immediately typed out a reply from the office of his manager, Kenneth Pitt.
This is so adorable I can’t deal — transcript and more information here. Also, sort of makes me nostalgic for a time in which 14 year old fans couldn’t just Wikipedia how tall their favorite rockstars are, even though, you know, that’s totally contradictory to my source of income and a lot of my interests and the fact that this is even available to me now.
