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Latest revision as of 09:20, 18 May 2024
David Bowie | |
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 Bowie in 2002 | |
| 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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| Formerly of |
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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.