Singer
David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947, Brixton, London, England – 10 January 2016, New York, USA), better known by his stage name David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influen ... cing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born and raised in south London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie began a sporadic acting career, starring in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day and remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016). See more [+]

Space Oddity |||||

Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom Ta...

Starman |||||

Didn't know what time it was the lights were low-ow-ow. I l...

Heroes |||||

I - I wish you could swim Like the dolphins - like dolphins ...

Life On Mars? |||||

It's a god-awful small affair To the girl with the mousy ha...

Moonage Daydream |||||

I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa comin' for you I'm a spa...

The Man Who Sold The World |||||

We passed upon the stair We spoke of was and when Although I...

Rock'n Roll Suicide |||||

Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth You pull on yo...

Ziggy Stardust |||||

Now Ziggy played guitar, Jamming good with Weird and Gilly,...

Ashes To Ashes |||||

Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song I've...

Five Years |||||

Pushing through the market square, so many mothers sighing ...

Lets Dance |||||

(Let's dance) put on your red shoes and dance the blues (Let...

China girl |||||

I feel I'm tragic like I'm Marlon Brando When I look at my c...

All The Young Dudes |||||

Billy rapped all night about his suicide, how he kick it in ...

Modern Love |||||

I catch the paper boy But things don’t really change I...

Rebel Rebel |||||

You've got your mother in a whirl She's not sure if you're a...

Oh You Pretty Things |||||

Wake up you sleepy head Put on some clothes shake off your b...

Wild Is The Wind |||||

Love me, love me, love me, say you do Let me fly away with y...

Let´s Dance |||||

Let's dance! Put on your red shoes and dance the blues! Let'...

All The Madmen |||||

DAY AFTER DAY, THEY SEND MY FRIENDS AWAY TO MANSIONS COLD AN...

Under Pressure |||||

Pressure pushing down on me Pressing down on you no man ask ...

1984 |||||

Someday they won't let you, now you must agree The times the...

Soul Love |||||

Stone love, she kneels before the grave A brave son who gave...

After All |||||

Please trip them gently, they don't like to fall Oh by jingo...

As The World Falls Down |||||

There's such a sad love Deep in your eyes. A kind of pale je...

Big Brother |||||

don~t talk of dust and roses or should we powder our noses? ...

Starman |||||

Didn't know what time it was the lights were low-ow-ow, I le...

Diamond Dogs |||||

As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent You asked for the ...

Lazarus |||||

Look up here, I'm in heaven I've got scars that can't be se...

All the maden |||||

day after day i can fly silence while verse is read out da...

Rock Roll Suicide |||||

Time takes a You're too old to cigarette puts it in your m...

The Bewlay Brothers |||||

And so the story goes they wore the clothes They said the th...

Young American |||||

They pulled in just behind the fridge He lays her down-he fr...

Seven |||||

I forgot what my Father said I forgot what he said I forgot ...

Survive |||||

Oh my, naked eyes I should have kept you I should have tried...

Amsterdam |||||

In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who sings Of the d...

Valentine's Day |||||

Valentine told me who's to go Feelings he's treasured most ...

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