Bowie, who was never shy to discuss his admiration for Elvis, also remarkably shares the same January 8th birthday as if the superstars of contemporary culture had aligned almost perfectly. “[Elvis] was a major hero of mine,” Bowie once commented. “And I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.” (Faroutmagazine)
According to the story, in 1976 Elvis had approached Bowie to produce his upcoming album. At that time Bowie had just released "Golden Years," a song he'd originally intended to ask Elvis to record. It just so happened that Bowie’s then-wife Angie was supposed to deliver the request to Elvis, but the poor thing got so nervous about meeting the legend that she chickened out. So, apparently, Angie was the reason the message never got delivered.(Guitaworld)
Later discussing how he once met Elvis, Bowie added: “I came over for a long weekend. I remember coming straight from the airport and walking into Madison Square Garden very late. I was wearing all my clobber from the Ziggy period and had great seats near the front. The whole place just turned to look at me and I felt like a right idiot. I had brilliant red hair, some huge padded space suit and those red boots with big black soles. I wished I’d gone for something quiet, because I must have registered with him. He was well into his set.”
So when the time came for Bowie to put on his best Elvis voice in order to get into the festive spirit, the Starman was more than ready. “Hello everybody, this is David Bowie making a telephone call from the US of A,” he begins in his message.