David Bowie

🎂 Data nașterii: 1947-01-08 (London, England, UK)

David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born and raised in South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. “Space Oddity” became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single “Starman” and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterized as “plastic soul,” initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single “Fame” and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the Berlin Trilogy. Heroes (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single “Ashes to Ashes,” its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and “Under Pressure,” a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).

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David Bowie

Filme în care a jucat

Bărbatul care a căzut pe Pământ

Prestigiul

Basquiat

David Bowie: An Earthling at 50

Der Reichstag

David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris

David Bowie: Live at Montreux

David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot

Ultima ispită a lui Iisus

Into the Night

The Velvet Underground

Yellowbeard

Trupa

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions

The Hunger

戦場のメリークリスマス

Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

Imagine: John Lennon

Zoolander

Arthur şi Minimoys

The Filth and the Fury

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

WBCN and the American Revolution

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Labirintul

August

Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style

David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

Absolute Beginners

Zappa

Il mio West

David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Live Aid

David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World

Nine Inch Nails: Closure

The Linguini Incident

Live Aid Against All Odds

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

Bowie: A Reality Tour

Mr. Rice's Secret

The Love We Make

Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour

Acoustic at the BBC

The Concert for New York City

David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six)

David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC

WHAM!

Moonage Daydream

David Bowie: Earthling On TV

David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean

Everybody Loves Sunshine

Baal

Rockthology 2

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

Lola

David Bowie: Cracked Actor

David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal

The Image

The Looking Glass Murders

David Bowie: Out of this World

Inside the Labyrinth

David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour

Burden

Night Flight: Born Again

David Bowie On Stage

Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso

Bowie at the BBC

David Bowie: Serious Moonlight

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2

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