Question: It was this day in Rock History in 1972, at the point of the band splitting up this guy offered Mott The Hoople two of his new songs. Who was it?

Answer: It was David Bowie! Bowie offered ‘Suffragette City’, which they turned down and ‘All The Young Dudes’, which they recorded. The song gave the group a No.3 UK and US Top 40 hit.