A hand-written list purporting to show David Bowie's favourite songs has been discovered while organisers were amassing the huge collection of Bowie belongings, memorabilia and souvenirs that are on show at the V&A museum in London.

The exhibition, which opens to the public this month, features tens of thousands of items including personal possessions, Bowie's own notes and drawings, some of his most famous stage costumes and the iconic Union Jack coat that was designed by Bowie and famed fashion designer Alexander McQueen for the cover of Bowie's 1997 album, Earthling.

Now, it has been revealed that a list of Bowie's personal favourite songs, seemingly jotted down by the man himself for a radio show he was due to appear on, has been unearthed for the exhibition. Titled Memo for radio show - list of favourite records, it features cuts from the likes of Miles Davis, Jeff Beck, Little Richard, The Beatles, Ronnie Spector, Roxy Music and Sonic Youth.

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David Bowie's favourite song list
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs
Alan Freed and His Rock ’N’ Roll Band – Right Now Right Now
Little Richard – True Fine Mama
The Hollywood Argyles – Sho Know a Lot About Love
Miles Davis – Some Day My Prince Will Come
Charles Mingus – Ecclusiastics
Jeff Beck – Beck’s Bolero
Legendary Stardust Cowboy – I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship
The Beatles – Across the Universe
Ronnie Spector – Try Some, Buy Some
Roxy Music – Mother of Pearl
Edgar Froese – Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
The Walker Brothers – The Electrician
Sonic Youth – Tom Violence

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