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David Bowie
David Bowie’s chameleonic persona and tireless musical adventurism made him one of the most influential rock stars of all time. He was born David Jones in London in 1947, taking up the saxophone at age 13. He began his career in mod bands like the King Bees and David Jones and the Buzz, but found his first commercial success playing a space-age androgyne on the 1969 hit “Space Odyssey.” It would be the first of his many guises, including the arch glam-rock messiah of his 1972 classic The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, the “plastic-soul” crooner of 1975’s Young Americans, the disco-era Thin White Duke of 1976’s Station to Station. In the late Seventies, he worked with producer Brian Eno on his experimental “Berlin trilogy” of albums. In the Eighties, Bowie crossed over to pop with hits like “Modern Love” and “Let’s Dance.”
Bowie pushed social conventions as well. In 1972, he told the UK music weekly Melody Maker that he was gay. In a 1976 Playboy interview he said he was bixsexual. He was married twice, to Angie Bo
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David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
For other uses, see David Bowie (disambiguation).
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (BOH-ee),[1] was an English singer, songwriter, musician and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft has had a significant impact on popular music.
Bowie developed an interest in music from an early age. He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. He released a string of unsuccessful singles with local bands and a self-titled solo album (1967) before achieving his first top-five entry on the UK singles chart with "Space Oddity" (1969). After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant and androgynous alter egoZiggy Stardust.
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David Bowie
David Robert JonesOAL (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally by his stage nameDavid Bowie, was an Englishrock music musician and actor.
Early life
[change | change source]David Robert Jones was born on 8 January 1947 in 40 Stansfield Road, Brixton, London.[1]He grew up in Bromley, Kent. He played the saxophone. He was a singer in London blues bands. He used the aliasDavid Bowie because David Jones sounded too much like Davy Jones (of The Monkees). He took the name Bowie from Jim Bowie, who invented the Bowie knife.
Bowie became known to the public with the 1969 song "Space Oddity". This single was released when man first landed on the moon. The song's title is based on the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick. In 1970, Bowie won an Ivor Novello Award for "Space Oddity".
Career
[change | change source]Ziggy Stardust
[change | change source]Bowie's album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was released in 1972. It is one of his best-known albums. As a result of his performance
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