A recent documentary about Bowie, "Five Years" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/22/david-bowie-five-years.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/p

A recent documentary about Bowie, "Five Years" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/22/david-bowie-five-years.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/22/david-bowi...) covers some of his work with Rodgers. Basically it was Bowie looking to get a mainstream hit. Which he did, and the Serious Moonlight tour ended up far larger than expected.