Mozart's funeral was attended by a handful of people -- does that mean he wasn't a "genuinely great popular" composer?
Dalrymple also criticizes Bowie's lyrics. But what songwriting credits does Kulthum have? The writer's apples and oranges comparisons are silly.
It wasn’t Bowie’s lyrics, it was the way Bowie sang them, he had a very unique style of phrasing, which is difficult to imitate.