When Wakeman finally left school and started taking on more session work, he soon became known as someone who knew their way around a Mellotron. READ MORE: The Best Song From Each David Bowie Album"'I'm at Trident Studios with [producer] Gus Dudgeon and David Bowie,'" Wakeman later recalled being told on the phone. "It was before David was famous, so I wasn't nervous about meeting him – it was just another bit of session work," Wakeman explained to The Guardian in 2017. About a year after that first session, Bowie asked Wakeman if he'd come to his house in Beckenham, Kent and play piano on some new songs. READ MORE: All 207 Yes Songs RankedIn the end, Wakeman still felt good about the work he'd contributed to Bowie's catalog.