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p>The irony of singer-songwriter Ian Hunter's career began when his band Mott the Hoople scored their most enduring hit with a 1972 glam anthem penned by a generous outsider — David Bowie's "All the Young Dudes." Leaving the group two years later, this English rocker eventually achieved America...

2008 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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Mott the Hoople started out as an uneven, hard-rock Dylanesque curiosity but ended as a glitter-age group. Mott also gave rise to the solo career of songwriter Ian Hunter [see entry]. The group began in the late '60s, when Mick Ralphs, Verden Allen, Overend Pete Watts, and Dale Griffin began playing around Hereford, England, in a group called Silence. They got a record contract in early 1969 and w...

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