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David Bowie (born David Robert Jones) was an English musician, actor, and one of the most prominent¹ artists of the 20th and the early 21th centuries.

The American popular culture magazine Rolling Stone placed him as 39th in their list of ‘The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time’, right behind John Lennon, and, following Bowie’s death in 2016, they also called him ‘The Greatest Rock Star Ever’.

David Bowie was born 1947 in London to a working class family. As a child, he was very gifted, albeit² with a temper. When he was only 9 years old, he was already noticed by his music teachers for his highly imaginative³ and flashy dancing style. His childhood was spent under heavy influence of popular artists of the time, mainly Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Fats Domino.

What was his name after David Bowie's death?

David Bowie (born David Robert Jones) was an English musician, actor, and one of the most prominent¹ artists of the 20th and the early 21th centuries.

The American popular culture magazine Rolling Stone placed him as 39th in their list of ‘The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time’, right behind John Lennon, and, following Bowie’s death in 2016, they also called him ‘The Greatest Rock Star Ever’.

David Bowie was born 1947 in London to a working class family. As a child, he was very gifted, albeit² with a temper. When he was only 9 years old, he was already noticed by his music teachers for his highly imaginative³ and flashy dancing style. His childhood was spent under heavy influence of popular artists of the time, mainly Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Fats Domino.

Who is David Bowie?

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As a teenager, Bowie took many classes in various musical instruments, including ukulele, piano and saxophone. In his free time, he liked doing impressions⁴ of his favourite artists to his friends. Later on, when talking about it, his friends and biographers were noting that Bowie’s performances were ‘like something from another planet’.

After multiple unsuccessful tries joining with various local bands, David has tried to embark⁵ on a solo career. He’s taken his alias inspired by James Bowie, an american pioneer who has also invented a bowie knife. This try was not very successful as well. Nevertheless, Bowie persisted relentlessly⁶, recording his own music, building up his network of contacts in the music world, and educating himself in various theatrical arts.

The real fame came to him after his song Space Oddity that was released as a single on July, 11, 1969, a mere few days before the fateful Apollo 11 launch. The song was inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey which was released just a year before that. The single quickly climbed to the top five in the UK charts. The song became one of Bowie's signature songs, while it’s hero, Major Tom, eventually became a recurring⁷ character in his other songs.

Building on his newfound⁸ fame, Bowie again tried to build a team around himself. Fairly antagonistic by nature, he nevertheless managed to record another of his iconic albums, The Man Who Sold the World. Around this time he also started to develop many different colourful stage personas and build his stage appearances in-character according to those personas. Wearing provocative costumes and makeup, he and his projects swiftly came to the light of the media and he started gathering a cult following.

As a teenager, Bowie studied many musical instruments. Which ones?

David Bowie (born David Robert Jones) was an English musician, actor, and one of the most prominent¹ artists of the 20th and the early 21th centuries.

The American popular culture magazine Rolling Stone placed him as 39th in their list of ‘The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time’, right behind John Lennon, and, following Bowie’s death in 2016, they also called him ‘The Greatest Rock Star Ever’.

David Bowie was born 1947 in London to a working class family. As a child, he was very gifted, albeit² with a temper. When he was only 9 years old, he was already noticed by his music teachers for his highly imaginative³ and flashy dancing style. His childhood was spent under heavy influence of popular artists of the time, mainly Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Fats Domino.

Was he already noticed by his music teachers for his highly imaginative³ and flashy dancing style?

Which The American popular culture magazine placed him as 39th in their list of ‘The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time’ ?

The real fame came to him after his song . Which one ?

David Bowie was born 1947 in …….. to a working class family.