#1980 may

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September 28, 1980 - John Belushi and May Pang during David Bowie Opens In "The Elephant Man" at Booth Theatre in New York City, New York, United States.

(Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

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1980 - May Pang in "Jet Set Superstar with Ménage à Trois, including actor Gabriel Byrne (& pt 5).

In 1980 the actor Gabriel Byrne joined by New Yorkers May Pang and Pandora Moore release the single ‘Jet Set Superstar’ under the name Ménage à Trois.

‘Jet Set Superstar’ is written by Barry Devlin of Horslips fame and co-produced and arranged by his bandmate Jim Lockhart. Gabriel Byrne, best known for his role in the RTÉ television drama ’Bracken’ supplies the male vocals. May Pang and Pandora Moore do not sing on the record and the female vocals are recorded by Twink.

The song features in the short film ‘I Wish That I Could Boogie’. This funny spoof film looks at Barry Devlin’s song from the time of its conception until it is recorded onto disc. Casting Gabriel Byrne as a French jet-setter alongside May Pang and Pandora Moore, the film also involves choreographer Mavis Ascott and photographer Tony Higgins. ‘I Wish That I Could Boogie’ was broadcast on 29 September 1980. The producer and director is Michael Murphy.

You can watch the video here (youtube) or RTÉ Archives website (here).

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1980 - May Pang in David Bowie's "Fashion" videoclip.

The single was released on 24 October 1980.

May had been a long term friend of David Bowie, since at least 1973/74. Tony Visconti, who later would be May's husband, was Bowie's producer and he produced this song/album too. Did May and Tony met here or through David Bowie in any case and then became lovers?

You can watch it on youtube here.

Some behind the scenes (we guess), from 2022 May's documentary "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story":