08/01/2025
The incomparable David Bowie was born David Robert Jones in London, England, on this day in 1947 ( January 8 )
Bowie has been one of the most creative, enduring forces in rock history, and a man who always seemed to be ahead of his time musically, constantly exploring, pushing the boundaries and re-inventing himself as an artist.
His career is littered with groundbreaking songs like “Space Oddity”, “Life on Mars”, “Starman”, “Ashes to Ashes”, “Changes”, “Ziggy Stardust”, “Fame”, “Heroes”, “Fashion”, “Young Americans”, “Cat People (Putting out Fire)”, and his collaboration with Queen, “Under Pressure”.
He stopped touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006.
During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at over 100 million records worldwide made him one of the best-selling music artists of all time, the best-selling vinyl artist of the 21st century, winning no less than six Grammy Awards.
Four of his songs are included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list includes five Bowie albums, and on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, Rolling Stone includes seven Bowie songs:
"Heroes” at #23, "Life on Mars?" at #105, "Space Oddity" at #189, "Changes" at #200, "Young Americans" at #204, "Station to Station" at #400, and "Under Pressure" at #429.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Rolling Stone named him among the greatest artists in history and – after his death – called him the "greatest rock star ever".
On 10 January 2016, Bowie passed away from liver cancer in his New York City apartment, aged 69.
Click on the link below to watch his classic “Starman”:
https://youtu.be/oOKWF3IHu0I
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