After dabbling in folk and cabaret, English singer David Bowie made the wise transition into rock and roll by teaming up with electric guitarist Mick Ronson and bassist/producer Tony Visconti. The resulting album, The Man Who Sold The World, shows the emergence of a unique force in British popular music, with hard-edged claustrophobic rock married to words that purvey both enigma and dread. Ronson leads the attack, already showing why he remains one of the all-time greatest pop-rock guitarists. Bowie faltered with his next album, but he and Ronson would then enter their classic glam-rock phase and ignite the world in a 2-year blitz.