Ava Cherry

Ava Cherry is an American singer and model best known for her relationship and collaboration with David Bowie between 1972 and 1975. The two met in New York City when she was a nightclub waitress and Bowie was touring for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars; afterwards, they began a period of personal and artistic collaboration that heavily influenced the Young Americans "blue-eyed soul" era. Intending to sing with him on a tour of Japan in the early 1970s, the tour's cancellation almost ended their relationship, but they reunited and continued working together.