Rosalyn

Jimmy Duncan, who co-managed the band with Bryan Morrison, and Bill Farley, who owned the studio where they were recording, wrote "Rosalyn". It was Fontana TF 469 with "Big Boss Man" on the B-side. Toppermost's David Tanner describes a driving Bo Diddley beat and an aggressive May vocal, a blueprint for later garage bands, and liner notes quoted on a review blog call May's vocal screaming yet sensual. We found no artist quote about the song's subject.

David Bowie recorded it as the opener of Pin Ups (RCA, October 19, 1973, 2:27), made over about three weeks in July and August 1973 at the Chateau d'Herouville and produced by Bowie and Ken Scott, with Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, Aynsley Dunbar and Mike Garson. Bowie said some tracks don't even need any working on, naming this one. Stack Waddy covered it in 1972. The Live at the BBC box has versions from Top Gear on August 15, 1972, the Mark Lamarr Show on March 28, 2009 and Marc Riley's BBC 6 Music show on July 17, 2018. At the farewell show on December 13, 2018 it was the encore opener, followed by "Road Runner" with Gilmour and Van Morrison. We could not get a setlist.fm play count and cannot say whether our upload is the studio single or a live take.