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David Bowie
Creating Ziggy Stardust and repeatedly reinventing his music.
Space Oddity · Heroes
- Born
- 8 January 1947
- Birthplace
- Brixton, London, England
- Died
- 10 January 2016
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David Bowie
An English singer, songwriter and actor whose changing characters connected music with fashion and theatrical performance.
Early life
South London
Born David Robert Jones and grew up around Brixton and Bromley.
Creative studies
Studied art, music and design before pursuing bands.
Career
- 1962
First band
Formed the Konrads as a teenager.
- 1969
Breakthrough single
Space Oddity brought his first major chart success.
- 1972
Glam-rock stardom
Introduced the Ziggy Stardust persona.
- 1980s
Global pop audience
Expanded his commercial reach while continuing screen work.
Selected work
Ziggy Stardust
Album built around a fictional rock star.
Heroes
Album from his experimental Berlin period.
Let’s Dance
Dance-oriented album reaching a broad pop audience.
Beyond work
Family
Married model Iman in 1992.
Visual art
Painted, collected art and exhibited his own work.
Sources & photo credit
Biographical reference ↗V&A: Bowie and Burretti ↗Photo: Adam Bielawski. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
