Mind I'm not so sure Bolan could have saved anyone's recording career in rock music at that time. His own was starting on the slide by then. If his appearance on Cilla was the end of Jan73 then he'd just released Tanx which was a bit of a turkey compared with his previous two albums . He was on the verge of releasing his last real classic single "20th Century Boy" and after that he would only visit the UK singles Top 10 one more time and apart from greatest hits was never again to visit the Album Top 10.

By the time Lulu recorded with Bowie he had long eclipsed his former rival but even at that apart from the single itself it doesn't seem to have helped her recording career commercially. She didn't hit the Top 30 again for another 12 years and even when she did it was a re-release of Shout that made it for her. She later had another No 1 but that was with Take That! I think Lulu is a real wasted talent though. Great singer who went down the light entertainment road the same as Cilla.