Communism and socialism are umbrella terms referring to left-wing schools of economic thought that oppose capitalism. Communism and socialism are umbrella terms referring to left-wing schools of economic thought that oppose capitalism.
On October 27, 2006, when Johnny Mathis decided to celebrate his 50th anniversary in the music business, he gathered 2,000 of his closest friends in the music business, at the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City and regaled them with an amazing concert called Johnny Mathis: Wonderful! that was filmed for PBS.
General CommentThe song was indeed originally recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1956, for a films also called Wild Is The Wind, but it was made *most* famous by Nina Simone. Bowie was reportedly a big admirer of Simone's singing style, and after meeting her in person he was inspired to record it.