Ava Cherry was a young cat walk model working the Paris fashion shows when she bumped into David Bowie in 1973 at the tail end of his Ziggy Stardust period. Ava sang backing vocals at Bowie's 1980 Floor Show TV broadcast and was the inspiration behind the song Rebel Rebel. Ava continued to sing with Bowie as she appeared on the Young Americans album before joining fellow backing singer Luther Vandross to tour the world for ten very successful years Initially these recordings were never finished.