In 1967, Mr. David Bowie (nee Jones) got his first fan letter from an American, in this case a 14-year-old girl in New Mexico whose father received a copy of Bowie’s first album from the radio station that employed him.

Mr. Bowie’s response to the girl is very sweet, and reminds us that behind the iconoclastic rock god we’ve come to know for four decades lurks the 20-year-old striver who was excited to discover a new fan on a distant continent.

Here’s the letter, which was recently discovered.

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