Song of the day
Boys Keep Swinging
The lead single from David Bowie's Lodger album, 'Boys Keep Swinging' was infamous for its promotional video, in which he appeared in drag as three backing singers.
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He speaks of senseless things
"I stumbled onto bliss. And I have no intention of finding my way back out." — David Bowie, 2002
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David Bowie Is - Boy George
Ten key dates
- 8 January 1947: David Bowie is born
- 1 January 1967: his debut album is released
- 20 March 1970: David marries Angela Barnett
- 22 January 1972: 'I'm gay and always have been'
- 6 June 1972: Ziggy Stardust album released
- 3 July 1973: Bowie breaks up the band
- 8 January 2013: Where Are We Now? single released
- 24 April 1992: David marries Iman
- 7 December 2015: Bowie's final public appearance, at the Lazarus musical premiere
- 10 January 2016: David Bowie dies
Did you know?
David Bowie's 1996 single Telling Lies was the first downloadable single released by a major artist.
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Album of the month
The Man Who Sold The World (1970)
David Bowie's third album featured future members of the Spiders From Mars, with a hard rock style and lyrical themes including paranoia, schizophrenia, hallucination, fantasy, lust, God and the devil.
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