Day-in day-out: a David Bowie history

January 1965

• 09: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin (0)
• 14: The Manish Boys audition for Hamburg’s Star-Club (0)
• 15: Recording: I Pity The Fool, Take My Tip (0)
• 23: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Royal Star, Maidstone (0)
• 30: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Witch Doctor, St Leonards-on-Sea (0)

February 1965

• 06: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Bletchley (0)
• 08: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 13: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, California Ballroom, Dunstable (0)
• 17: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Medway County Youth Club, Chatham (0)
• 20: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Gliderdrome, Boston, England (1)

March 1965

• 03: David Bowie is interviewed by the Daily Mirror (0)
• 04: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire (0)
• 05: UK single release: I Pity The Fool (0)
• 08: Television: Gadzooks! It’s All Happening (0)
• 10: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley (0)
• 14: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Olympia Ballroom, Cromer (0)
• 16: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, South Parade Pier, Southsea (0)

April 1965

• 11: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Trent Bridge Rowing Club, Nottingham (0)
• 24: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Bletchley (0)

May 1965

• 05: David Bowie leaves the Manish Boys (0)
• 20: Radio: Turrie On The Go! (0)

June 1965

• 01: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Tower Ballroom, Birmingham (0)
• 04: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 11: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Starlight Rooms, Brighton (0)

July 1965

• 10: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 14: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Bata Clan Club, London (0)
• 17: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Witch Doctor, St Leonards-on-Sea (0)
• 23: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 24: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Winter Gardens, Isle of Wight (0)
• 25: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 30: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 31: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Winter Gardens, Isle of Wight (0)

August 1965

• 01: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 06: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 07: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Winter Gardens, Isle of Wight (0)
• 19: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, 100 Club, London (0)
• 20: UK single release: You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving (0)
• 20: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 26: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, 100 Club, London (0)
• 27: Radio: Friday Spectacular (0)
• 31: Recording: Silly Boy Blue, Baby That’s A Promise, Over The Wall We Go (0)

September 1965

• 01: Recording: Silly Boy Blue, Baby That’s A Promise, Over The Wall We Go (0)
• 04: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Blue Moon, Cheltenham (0)
• 05: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 07: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, 100 Club, London (0)
• 14: David Bowie signs a publishing deal with Sparta Music (0)
• 14: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, 100 Club, London (0)
• 16: Davie Jones changes his name to David Bowie (0)
• 21: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, 100 Club, London (0)

October 1965

• 08: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 31: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Birdcage, Portsmouth (0)

November 1965

• 05: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 13: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, New Barn Club, Brighton (0)
• 15: Raymond Cook agrees to fund David Bowie’s music (0)
• 19: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 25: David Bowie signs management contract with Ralph Horton (0)

December 1965

• 10: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 11: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 11: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Florida Rooms, Brighton (0)
• 18: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 31: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Golf-Drouot, Paris, France (0)

January 1966

• 01: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Golf-Drouot, Paris, France (0)
• 01: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Le Bus Palladium, Paris, France (0)
• 02: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Golf-Drouot, Paris, France (0)
• 06: Launch party for Can’t Help Thinking About Me (0)
• 07: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 08: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 14: UK single release: Can’t Help Thinking About Me (0)
• 15: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 19: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Cedar Club, Birmingham (0)
• 22: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 28: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Town Hall, Stevenage (0)
• 29: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 29: David Bowie leaves the Lower Third (0)

February 1966

• 03: David Bowie auditions musicians for The Buzz (0)
• 06: David Bowie auditions musicians for The Buzz (0)
• 10: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Mecca Ballroom, Leicester (0)
• 11: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 12: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 12: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage (0)
• 15: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (0)
• 19: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Boys’ Club, Crawley (0)
• 22: Recording: Do Anything You Say (0)
• 25: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Kasbah Club, Southampton (0)
• 26: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Corn Exchange, Chelmsford (0)
• 28: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Club Continental, Eastbourne (0)

March 1966

• 03: Rehearsal: Ready Steady Go! (0)
• 04: Television: Ready Steady Go! (0)
• 04: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Chislehurst Caves (0)
• 05: Record signing: Crane and Sons, Birmingham (0)
• 05: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Trent Bridge Rowing Club, Nottingham (0)
• 07: Recording: Do Anything You Say (0)
• 10: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Palais, Peterborough (0)
• 12: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Victoria Drill Hall, Newmarket (0)
• 12: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Club One-O-One, Brighton (0)
• 18: Live: Target Club, High Wycombe (0)
• 18: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 21: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Galaxy Club, Basingstoke (0)
• 25: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Railway Hotel, Wealdstone (0)

April 1966

• 01: UK single release: Do Anything You Say (0)
• 03: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Palais, Dundee (0)
• 04: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Hawick Town Hall, Hawick (0)
• 09: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 10: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 14: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 15: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Starlite Ballroom, Greenford (0)
• 17: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 23: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, California Ballroom, Dunstable (0)
• 24: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 25: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Wallaby Club, Chester (0)
• 30: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Victoria Drill Hall, Newmarket (0)

May 1966

• 01: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 07: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Refectory, University of Leeds (0)
• 08: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 14: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Ingram Avenue, London (0)
• 15: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 20: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, School Of Education, University of Birmingham (0)
• 22: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 23: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, California Ballroom, Dunstable (0)
• 29: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, South Pier, Blackpool (0)

June 1966

• 03: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Pleasurama, Ramsgate (0)
• 04: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (0)
• 05: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 06: Recording: I Dig Everything (0)
• 06: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, California Ballroom, Dunstable (0)
• 10: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Co-op Hall, Catford, London (0)
• 10: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Orford Arms, Norwich (0)
• 11: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, California Ballroom, Dunstable (0)
• 12: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 15: John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson leaves the Buzz (0)
• 16: The Buzz audition guitarists (0)
• 18: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Guildhall, Thetford (0)
• 19: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Brands Hatch, West Kingsdown (0)
• 20: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, California Ballroom, Dunstable (0)
• 25: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Royal Hotel, Lowestoft (2)
• 25: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 27: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, California Ballroom, Dunstable (0)

July 1966

• 02: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Lion Hotel, Warrington (0)
• 03: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 05: Recording: I Dig Everything, I’m Not Losing Sleep (0)
• 09: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Blue Moon, Cheltenham (0)
• 15: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Youth Centre, Loughton (0)
• 16: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Club One-O-One, Brighton (0)
• 17: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Playboy Club, London (0)
• 24: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Downs Hotel, Hassocks (0)
• 30: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Rhodes Centre, Bishops Stortford (0)
• 30: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 31: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Trent Bridge Rowing Club, Nottingham (0)

August 1966

• 04: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Adam & Eve Club, Southampton (0)
• 12: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Latin Quarter, Leicester (0)
• 13: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Coventry Air Display, Baginton (0)
• 18: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Adam & Eve Club, Southampton (0)
• 19: UK single release: I Dig Everything (0)
• 21: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 26: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Pleasurama, Ramsgate (0)
• 27: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Starlite Ballroom, Greenford (0)
• 28: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)

September 1966

• 03: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Witch Doctor, St Leonards-on-Sea (0)
• 04: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Britannia Pier Theatre, Great Yarmouth (0)
• 06: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Civic Hall, Grays (0)
• 11: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 11: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Central Hotel, Gillingham (0)
• 12: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Woodhall Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City (0)
• 15: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Adam & Eve Club, Southampton (0)
• 16: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, The Place, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (0)
• 17: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marine Ballroom, Lyme Regis (0)
• 22: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Adam & Eve Club, Southampton (0)
• 23: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 23: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Pleasurama, Ramsgate (0)
• 24: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, 2B’s Club, Ashford (0)
• 27: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Adam & Eve Club, Southampton (0)
• 30: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Southlands College, London (0)

October 1966

• 01: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Starlite Ballroom, Greenford (0)
• 06: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Adam & Eve Club, Southampton (0)
• 08: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Witch Doctor, London (0)
• 11: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, King’s Hall, Aberystwyth (0)
• 18: Recording: Rubber Band, The London Boys, Please Mr Gravedigger (0)
• 20: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Adam & Eve Club, Southampton (0)
• 21: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Victoria Drill Hall, Newmarket (0)
• 22: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, University of Sussex (0)
• 24: Decca agrees to record David Bowie’s debut album (0)
• 27: David Bowie signs to Decca Records (0)
• 28: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Catacomb, Eastbourne (0)
• 29: Live: Shoreline, Bognor Regis (0)

November 1966

• 06: Photo shoot: Clapham Common, London (0)
• 09: Photo shoot: Thames Embankment, London (0)
• 12: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Le Disco A Go Go, Bournemouth (0)
• 13: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London (0)
• 14: Recording: Uncle Arthur, She’s Got Medals (0)
• 19: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer (0)
• 24: Recording: Did You Ever Have A Dream, Join The Gang, There Is A Happy Land, We Are Hungry Men (0)
• 25: David Bowie ends his partnership with the Buzz (0)
• 26: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Community Centre, Gosport (0)
• 27: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Maid’s Head, King’s Lynn (0)

December 1966

• 02: UK single release: Rubber Band (0)
• 02: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Severn Club, Shrewsbury (0)
• 03: Live: Starlite Ballroom, Greenford (0)
• 08: Recording: Little Bombardier, Maid Of Bond Street, Sell Me A Coat, Silly Boy Blue (0)
• 09: Recording: Little Bombardier, Maid Of Bond Street, Sell Me A Coat, Silly Boy Blue (0)
• 10: Live: Espresso Club, Eastbourne (0)
• 12: Recording: Come And Buy My Toys, Bunny Thing (0)
• 13: Recording: Please Mr Gravedigger (0)
• 17: Live: Town Hall, Lewes (0)

January 1967

• 26: Recording: The Laughing Gnome, The Gospel According To Tony Day (0)

February 1967

• 07: Recording: The Laughing Gnome (0)
• 10: Recording: The Laughing Gnome (0)
• 22: David Bowie watches Cream (0)
• 25: Recording: Rubber Band, Love You Till Tuesday, When I Live My Dream (0)

March 1967

• 08: Recording, mixing: The Laughing Gnome (0)
• 13: David Bowie becomes a member of the Performing Rights Society (0)
• 13: Rehearsal: David Bowie and the Riot Squad (0)
• 14: Rehearsal: David Bowie and the Riot Squad (0)
• 15: Rehearsal: David Bowie and the Riot Squad (0)
• 16: Rehearsal: David Bowie and the Riot Squad (0)
• 17: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Woodlands Youth Centre, Basildon (0)
• 18: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage (0)
• 23: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, St Nicholas Hall, Hertford (0)
• 28: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Eastman Hall, Harrow, London (0)
• 29: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Battersea Arts Centre, London (0)
• 31: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Shakespeare Hotel, London (0)

April 1967

• 02: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Kettering Athletic Working Men’s Club, Kettering (0)
• 05: Recording: Silly Boy Blue, I’m Waiting For The Man, Little Toy Soldier (0)
• 06: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Tiles Club, London (0)
• 09: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Tabernacle Club, Stockport (0)
• 13: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Tiles Club, London (0)
• 14: UK single release: The Laughing Gnome (0)
• 14: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Ludwick Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City (0)
• 14: Live: Marquee Club, London (0)
• 15: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Trade Union Hall, Watford (0)
• 16: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Swan Hotel, Maldon (0)
• 22: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Assembly Hall, Framlingham (0)
• 25: Kenneth Pitt becomes David Bowie’s sole manager (0)
• 26: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Charde Guest House, Birmingham (0)
• 27: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Embassy Suite, Colchester (0)
• 28: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Shakespeare Hotel, London (0)
• 29: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Hatfield College of Technology, Hatfield (0)

May 1967

• 02: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Bossard Hall, Leighton Buzzard (0)

June 1967

• 01: UK album release: David Bowie (1967) (0)
• 03: Recording: Love You Till Tuesday, When I Live My Dream (0)

July 1969

• 11: Single release: Space Oddity (0)

August 1969

• 16: Live: Beckenham Free Festival (0)

November 1969

• 14: UK album release: David Bowie (Space Oddity) (0)