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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')." --> | |||
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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. | ||
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| Born | David Robert Jones 8 January 1947 London, England |
| Died | 10 January 2016 (aged 69) New York City, US |
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| Years active | 1962–2016 |
| Spouses | Angie Barnett
(m. 1970; div. 1980)Iman (m. 1992) |
| Children | 2, including Duncan Jones |
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| Website | davidbowie |
David Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
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 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.[1]
- David Byrne inducted Bowie into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
- David Byrne was in attendance of Bowie's Madison Square Garden concert on December 15, 2003, where they met backstage.