BBC on David Bowie in 1965: "Singer not particularly exciting. Routines dull"

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Well, the report by the studio’s talent scout of Fred Astaire’s first screen test read:
Can’t act. Can’t sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.

(Source: Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s and Video Viewer’s Companion, Ninth edition, 1989)