Song of the day
Under Pressure
Credited to Queen and David Bowie, 'Under Pressure' was recorded and released in 1981. It was David Bowie's only release that year, and became Queen's second UK number one single.
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He speaks of senseless things
"I really had a hunger to experience everything that life had to offer, from the opium den to whatever... Anything that Western culture has to offer – I've put myself through most of it." — David Bowie, 1996
Watch that man
David Bowie - Starman (Top Of The Pops, 1972)
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
"Heroes" (1977)
David Bowie’s 12th studio album, “Heroes” was the second part of the so-called ‘Berlin trilogy’ made with Tony Visconti and Brian Eno, and the only one of the three to be fully recorded in the German city.
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