Editing Mott the Hoople (section)

===Glam years===
[[David Bowie]] had long been a fan of the band. After learning from Watts that they were about to split,<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> he persuaded them to stay together and offered them "[[Suffragette City]]" which later appeared on his ''[[The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars|Ziggy Stardust]]'' album.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> They turned it down. Bowie also penned "[[All the Young Dudes]]" for them and it became their biggest hit.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> Released as a single in July 1972,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{Cite book
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| page= 381}}</ref> it was a success in the UK, with the band using Tippins – who by this time was their tour manager – to sing backing vocals during concerts. Bowie produced an album, also called ''[[All the Young Dudes (album)|All the Young Dudes]]'', which included a [[Mick Ronson]] strings and brass arrangement for "Sea Diver". It sold well, but stalled at No.&nbsp;21 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> A casualty in the wake of ''All the Young Dudes'' was Verden Allen, who departed before the release of their next album, ''[[Mott (album)|Mott]]''.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/>

''Mott'' climbed into the [[Top 40|Top 10]] of the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and became the band's best-seller to date in the US. It yielded two UK hits, "[[Honaloochie Boogie]]" and "[[All the Way from Memphis]]",<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> both featuring [[Andy Mackay]] of [[Roxy Music]] on saxophone. "All the Way from Memphis" is also featured in the movie ''[[Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]''.

In May 1973, following Verden Allen's departure, the band were augmented by two keyboard players. Former [[Love Affair (band)|Love Affair]] and [[Morgan (band)|Morgan]] member [[Morgan Fisher]] joined as keyboardist<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> and Mick Bolton joined on [[Hammond Organ]]. Bolton left at the end of 1973 and was replaced on tour by [[Blue Weaver]], while Fisher stayed on to become Allen's official replacement in the band. Ralphs left in August 1973 to form [[Bad Company]] and was replaced by former [[Spooky Tooth]] guitarist [[Luther Grosvenor]].<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> For contractual reasons, he changed his name to Ariel Bender at the suggestion of singer-songwriter [[Lynsey de Paul]] for his stint with the band.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> According to Ian Hunter, interviewed in the documentary ''Ballad of Mott the Hoople'', the band were in Germany with de Paul for a TV show when Mick Ralphs walked down a street bending a succession of car aerials in frustration. De Paul came out with the phrase "aerial bender" which Hunter later suggested to Grosvenor as a stage name.<ref>''Ballad of Mott the Hoople'' documentary, c. 39:30</ref>

At the end of 1973, the band had a chart success in the UK with "[[Roll Away the Stone]]" recorded before [[Mick Ralphs]] left the band. Ralphs played lead guitar and the [[Thunderthighs]] provided female vocal backing and a bridge. It reached No.8 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|last=Roberts|first=David|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited.|year=2006|isbn=1904994105|edition=19|location=London|pages=381}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/mott-the-hoople-roll-away-the-stone/|title=Roll Away the Stone|date=24 November 1973|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=30 January 2025}}</ref> In 1974, the album version of "Roll Away the Stone" credited to Mott the Hoople and [[Lynsey de Paul]] with the vocal bridge from de Paul and guitar from Ariel Bender was released in Japan, backed with a live version of "All The Young Dudes" as the B-side.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6515308-Mott-The-Hoople-%E5%9C%9F%E6%9B%9C%E6%97%A5%E3%81%AE%E8%AA%98%E6%83%91-Roll-Away-The-Stone|title=Mott The Hoople - 土曜日の誘惑 = Roll Away The Stone|date=30 January 1974|access-date=30 January 2025|website=Discogs.com}}</ref>

In 1974, Mott the Hoople toured America with [[Luther Grosvenor|Ariel Bender]] playing lead guitar. In one of Bender's earliest performances with the band they played the [[Masonic Temple]] in [[Detroit]] on 12 October 1973 with a young [[Aerosmith]] opening the show. They were primarily supported on the 1974 tour by the band [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. This tour later provided the inspiration for Queen's 1975 single "[[Now I'm Here]]", which contains the [[lyrics]] "''Down in the city, just Hoople and me.''" The song became a live favourite of Queen fans and reached No.&nbsp;11 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{Cite book
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| page= 444}}</ref> The tour resulted in a lifelong friendship between the two bands, with Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson and David Bowie performing "All the Young Dudes" at the [[Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]] in 1992. Morgan Fisher went on to play piano on Queen's 'Hot Space' tour in 1982, and [[Brian May]], [[Freddie Mercury]] and [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]] performed backing vocals on the Ian Hunter solo song, "You Nearly Did Me In". May would later cover Mott's "All the Way from Memphis" on his solo album, ''[[Another World (Brian May album)|Another World]]'', with Hunter making a guest appearance. Mott the Hoople are name-checked on two other hit singles. [[Reunion (band)|Reunion]]'s 1974 single "[[Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)]]" begins with the [[lyrics]] 'B Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, [[Ray Charles]] Singers...'.;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lyrics007.com/Reunion%20Lyrics/Life%20Is%20A%20Rock%20Lyrics.html |title=Lyrics for "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" @ |website=Lyrics007.com |date=3 June 2010 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> and [[R.E.M.]]'s "[[Man on the Moon (R.E.M. song)|Man on the Moon]]" begins with 'Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...'

In the afterglow of ''[[The Hoople]]'' (1974), a live album ''Live'' was quickly released, after which [[Mick Ronson]] replaced Bender.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> The end was near when both Hunter and Ronson left the group to form a [[Musical ensemble#Two parts|duo]], following which the band abbreviated its name to 'Mott'.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>

Hunter's book ''[[Diary of a Rock'n'Roll Star]]'' about the day-to-day life on the band's 1972 winter tour of the US, covering the ups and downs of life on the road,<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> was published in June 1974. It was out of print for many years but was reissued in 1996.<ref>''Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star'', Ian Hunter: (Independent Music Press; {{ISBN|978-1897783092}}). Retrieved 24 March 2013.</ref>