David Bowie
Born 8th Jan, 1947
Biography
David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8th January 1947) is an English Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer.
Active in five decades of rock and roll, and frequently re-inventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an influential innovator, particularly for his work through the 1970s. Bowie has taken cues from a wide range of fine art, philosophy and literature.
He is also a film and stage actor, music video director and visual artist...
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Artist Timeline
- 1969 'Space Oddity' released
- 1970 Begins collaborating with guitarist Mick Ronson and forms Hype
- 1972 'Ziggy Stardust' debuts
- 1972 Ziggy and Roxy at the Rainbow
- 1973 Bowie retires Ziggy and The Spiders
- 1976 Causes controversy with comments about Hitler
- 1977 Records in Berlin with Eno
- 1985 Bowie does Live Aid
- 1989 Forms Tin Machine
- 1997 Bowie releases the single 'Telling Lies' online
- 2006 Given Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Artist Videos
Key Releases
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Space Oddity
1969
Space Age easy listening; lush, whimsical and a little bit edgy.
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Hunky Dory
1971
Bowie tips his hat to the Velvets and Andy Warhol among others and paves the way for Ziggy.
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Ziggy Stardust
1972
Glam, futuristic and a lot of fun. Mick Ronson's finest hour.
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Low
1977
Bowie, Eno and Visconti's bleak and beautiful masterpiece. Incalculably influential.
Related Pages
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Top 10 Tracks
These are the tracks that are most listened to by users of Last.FM.
- 1 Ziggy Stardust played 4,652 times
- 2 Space Oddity played 3,759 times
- 3 Changes played 3,696 times
- 4 Starman played 3,252 times
- 5 Suffragette City played 3,104 times
- 6 Life On Mars? played 2,361 times
- 7 Rebel Rebel played 2,244 times
- 8 Heroes played 2,218 times
- 9 Let's Dance played 1,995 times
- 10 Ashes to Ashes played 1,974 times
Chart from Last.fm
This chart is not created by the BBC and is only reflective of the listening habits of users of Last.FM.
Influences
- Anthony Newley
- Pink Floyd
- The Velvet Underground
Related Artists
- Roxy Music
- Lou Reed
- Iggy Pop
- Brian Eno
