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| image = David-Bowie Chicago 2002-08-08 photoby Adam-Bielawski-cropped.jpg | |||
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| caption = Bowie in 2002 | |||
| birth_name = David Robert Jones | |||
| birth_date = 8 January 1947 | |||
| birth_place = London, England<!--Only city names (no boroughs or neighbourhoods).--> | |||
| death_date = 10 January 2016 (aged 69) | |||
| death_place = New York City, US<!-- Per [[MOS:U.S.]], "the use or non-use of periods (full stops) should also be consistent with other country abbreviations in the same article (thus 'the US, UK, and USSR', not 'the U.S., UK, and USSR')." --> | |||
| death_cause = <!-- Omission per Template:Infobox person instructions: "It should not be filled in for unremarkable deaths such as those from old age or routine illness" --> | |||
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* Singer | |||
* songwriter | |||
* musician | |||
* actor | |||
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| years_active = 1962–2016 | |||
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* {{marriage|Angie Barnett|19 March 1970|8 February 1980|end=divorced}} | |||
* {{marriage|Iman|24 April 1992|<!-- Omission per Template:Marriage instructions -->}} | |||
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| children = 2, including Duncan Jones | |||
| module = {{Infobox musical artist | |||
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| instruments = {{flatlist| | |||
* Vocals | |||
* guitar | |||
* keyboards | |||
* saxophone | |||
* harmonica | |||
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| genre = {{flatlist| | |||
* Art rock | |||
* glam rock | |||
* pop | |||
* electronic | |||
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* ISO | |||
* RCA | |||
* Virgin | |||
* EMI | |||
* Columbia | |||
* Deram | |||
* Mercury | |||
* BMG | |||
* Arista | |||
* Pye | |||
* Vocalion | |||
* Parlophone | |||
* Ryko | |||
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* The Konrads | |||
* The King Bees | |||
* The Manish Boys | |||
* The Lower Third | |||
* The Riot Squad | |||
* Hype | |||
* Arnold Corns | |||
* Tin Machine}} | |||
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| website = {{URL|davidbowie.com}} | |||
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David Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. | David Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. | ||
== Connections == | == Connections == | ||
* David Bowie has been a long time fan of [[Talking Heads]]' music, especially in the late 1970s where he would frequently play their songs when he guested on radio shows (most often the | * David Bowie has been a long time fan of [[Talking Heads]]' music, especially in the late 1970s where he would frequently play their songs when he guested on radio shows (most often the songs "Warning Sign" and "The Book I Read") | ||
* In the late 1970s Bowie wrote a letter to his assistant that included a shopping list of records, one of them being a single for "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" | |||
* For his lead single "D.J." on the 1979 album "Lodger" it is rumored that Bowie tried to mimic [[David Byrne]] in his vocal performance. | |||
* Bowie met with [[David Byrne]] in 1980 after one of his stage performances for The Elephant Man, where he gifted Byrne a book of the collected speeches of Fidel Castro.<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/david-byrne-on-the-music-that-made-him/#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20I%20went%20with,Castro%20could%20really%20ramble%20on. https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/david-byrne-on-the-music-that-made-him/#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20I%20went%20with,Castro%20could%20really%20ramble%20on.]</ref> | * Bowie met with [[David Byrne]] in 1980 after one of his stage performances for The Elephant Man, where he gifted Byrne a book of the collected speeches of Fidel Castro.<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/david-byrne-on-the-music-that-made-him/#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20I%20went%20with,Castro%20could%20really%20ramble%20on. https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/david-byrne-on-the-music-that-made-him/#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20I%20went%20with,Castro%20could%20really%20ramble%20on.]</ref> | ||
* [[David Byrne]] inducted Bowie into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1996. | * [[David Byrne]] inducted Bowie into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1996. | ||