"landed from Mars"". The ""Stardust"" surname was a tribute to the ""Legendary Stardust Cowboy"", whose record he was given during the tour. Bowie would later cover ""I Took a Trip on a Gemini Space Ship"" on 2002's ""Heathen"". ""Hunky Dory"" (1971) found Visconti, Bowie's producer and bassist, supplanted in both roles by Ken Scott and Trevor Bolder respectively. The album saw the partial return of the fey pop singer of ""Space Oddity"", with light fare such as ""Kooks"", a song written for his son, Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, born on 30 May. (His parents chose ""his kooky name""—he was known"
"from a decade-long recording hiatus with ""The Next Day."" He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, ""Blackstar"" (2016). Bowie was born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 in Brixton, London. His mother, Margaret Mary ""Peggy"" (née Burns; 1913–2001), was born at Shorncliffe Army Camp near Cheriton, Kent. Her paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants who had settled in Manchester. She worked as a waitress at a cinema in Royal Tunbridge Wells. His father, Haywood Stenton ""John"" Jones (1912–1969), was from Doncaster, and worked as a promotions officer for"
"were expecting a second child. Jones announced the birth of their daughter on 18 April 2018. Duncan Jones Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the science fiction film ""Moon"" (2009), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He has also directed ""Source Code"" (2011), ""Warcraft"" (2016) and ""Mute"" (2018). Duncan Zowie Jones was born in Bromley, London, on 30 May 1971, the only child of English singer-songwriter and musician David Bowie and his first"
"divorced in February 1980, his father was granted custody of eight-year-old Jones (who was then known as ""Zowie Bowie"" to rhyme with his father's stage name) and he visited his mother on school holidays until ending contact with her at age 13. At age 14, he enrolled in the Scottish boarding school Gordonstoun. At the age of 12, he decided that he preferred to be called ""Joey"", and used this nickname until shortening it to ""Joe"" in his later teen years. The press reported that he went by ""Joe"" in 1992 when attending his father's wedding to fashion model Iman,"
"other person with the same name. For example, the actor/writer/director Albert Brooks was born Albert Einstein and changed his surname so his name would not be a distraction which would evoke the renowned physicist with the same name. Singer Katy Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, released her self-titled album under the name Katy Hudson, but later used her mother's maiden name to avoid confusion with actress Kate Hudson. Singer-songwriter John Weldon Cale adopted JJ Cale to avoid confusion with John Cale of the Velvet Underground. Singer David Bowie, was born David Robert Jones, and changed his surname to avoid confusion"
"one daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, born 15 August 2000. Iman is also a stepmother to Bowie's son from a previous marriage, Duncan Jones. Both children bear Bowie's legal surname. Iman and her family resided primarily in Manhattan and London. When Bowie died on 10 January 2016, making her a widow, she wrote in tribute to him that ""the struggle is real, but so is God."" Iman (model) Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid (, ; born 25 July 1955), mononymously known as Iman (""faith"" in Arabic), is a Somali fashion model, actress and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the ethnic-cosmetics market, she is also"
"David Bowie and Margaret Sprigg Bowie. Captain William Bowie Captain William Bowie was an early colonist in the Province of Maryland and an American Revolutionary, a member of the Assembly of Freemen, a delegate to the Annapolis Convention (1774–1776). Captain William Bowie was the son of John Bowie, Sr. and Mary Mulliken. Bowie was born in 1721 at the home of his parents, Brookridge a few miles from Nottingham in Prince George's County, Maryland. His father purchased a large tract of land about two miles from Nottingham for him when he was twenty one years called ""Brooke's Reserve"" which later"
"David Zowie David Zowie Canada Batt (born 30 April 1981), known professionally as David Zowie, is an English DJ and record producer. He is best known for his song ""House Every Weekend"", which topped the UK Singles Chart in July 2015 and became the first song to do so on a Friday since Adam Faith's ""Poor Me"" in March 1960. Zowie was born in Chatham, Kent. He has stated that he was named after David Bowie, as his father was a huge fan, and was once called ""David Zowie Ziggy Stardust Aladdin Sane Thin White Duke Twig The Wonder Kid"""
"the children's charity Barnardo's. The family lived at 40 Stansfield Road, on the boundary between Brixton and Stockwell in the south London borough of Lambeth. Bowie attended Stockwell Infants School until he was six years old, acquiring a reputation as a gifted and single-minded child—and a defiant brawler. In 1953, Bowie moved with his family to Bromley. Two years later, he started attending Burnt Ash Junior School. His voice was considered ""adequate"" by the school choir, and he demonstrated above-average abilities in playing the recorder. At the age of nine, his dancing during the newly-introduced music and movement classes was"
"David Bowie discography The discography of English singer David Bowie (1947–2016) included 27 studio albums, 11 live albums, 51 compilation albums, eight extended plays (EPs), 128 singles, including five UK number-one singles, and four soundtracks. Bowie also released 14 video albums and 72 music videos. Bowie's debut release was the 1964 single ""Liza Jane"" by Davie Jones & the King Bees. He released two more singles in 1965 under the names of The Manish Boys and Davy Jones & the Lower Third. His first release using the name David Bowie was the 1966 single ""Can't Help Thinking About Me"", which"
"omitted ""Lize Jane"", ""Louie, Louie Go Home"", and ""Good Morning Girl"". Bowie began his recording career as Davie Jones, a variation of his birth name, David Robert Jones. His first single (tracks 1-2) was recorded with The King Bees. The B-side was also released by Paul Revere and the Raiders as ""Louie, Go Home"" in 1964. Bowie switched to The Manish Boys for his second single (tracks 3-4). In February 1965, he switched again to The Lower Third (tracks 5-13). For his third single, he also changed his name to Davy Jones. To avoid confusion with The Monkees band member,"
"left her husband, giving him the choice of alcohol or her. They would eventually reunite. On May 26, 1949, Williams gave birth to the couple's only child together, Randall Hank Williams. Hank Williams later nicknamed the boy ""Bocephus"", after country entertainer Rod Brasfield's ventriloquist dummy. After Williams's appearance at the Grand Ole Opry following the birth of her son, she officially renamed the child Hank Williams Jr. When her husband expressed a desire to adopt her daughter, Williams refused, fearing he would take her if they divorced. On December 31, 1951, after allegations of mutual infidelities and the resumption of"
"David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling"
"which is influenced by rhythm and blues and reggae. He was lead singer of Jesus Loves You during the period 1989–1992. His 1990s and 2000s-era solo music has glam influences, such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop. More recently, he has released fewer music recordings, splitting his time between songwriting, DJing, writing books, designing clothes, and photography. In 2015, Boy George received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Services to British Music. Boy George was born George Alan O'Dowd at Barnehurst Hospital, Kent, England, on 14 June 1961, to Irish parents,"
"his huge homage to David Bowie, the limited edition boxed set ""Ricochet : David Bowie 1983"", which covers their first world tour together, and includes five books, limited edition vinyl, and three limited edition prints with certificates. It is the first official Bowie product since David's passing to feature the official David Bowie estate stamp, designed by Jonathan Barnbrook, and based on the design of an 'ex libris' stamp that David attached to his private book collection. Denis O’Regan lives in west London with his son Rory, born in February 2006, and wife Audrone. Denis O'Regan Denis O'Regan (born 1953)"
"music artists. In the UK, he was awarded ten platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, and released eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born in Brixton, 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,"
"David Bowie (1969 album) David Bowie is the second studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released under that title by Philips in the UK, and as Man of Words/Man of Music by Mercury in the US, on 14 November 1969. It was reissued in 1972 by RCA Records as Space Oddity (the title of the opening track, which had reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart). ""Space Oddity"" was the name used for CD releases of the album in 1984, 1990 and 1999, but it reverted to the original, eponymous title for 2009 and 2015 reissues. Regarding"
"invited confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, Bowie renamed himself after the 19th-century American pioneer James Bowie and the knife he had popularised. His April 1967 solo single, ""The Laughing Gnome"", using speeded-up thus high-pitched vocals, failed to chart. Released six weeks later, his album debut, ""David Bowie"", an amalgam of pop, psychedelia, and music hall, met the same fate. It was his last release for two years. Bowie met dancer Lindsay Kemp in 1967 and enrolled in his dance class at the London Dance Centre. He commented in 1972 that meeting Kemp was when his interest in image"
"on sale represented about 65 percent of the collection. Exhibition of the works in the auction attracted 51,470 visitors, the auction itself was attended by 1,750 bidders, with over 1,000 more bidding online. The auctions has overall sale total £32.9 million (app. $41.5 million), while the highest-selling item, Jean-Michel Basquiat's graffiti-inspired painting ""Air Power"", sold for £7.09 million. Bowie married his first wife, Mary Angela Barnett on 19 March 1970 at Bromley Register Office in Bromley, London. Their son Duncan, born on 30 May 1971, was at first known as Zowie. Bowie and Angela divorced on 8 February 1980 in"
"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy ""Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"" (sometimes titled ""The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth"") is a Christmas song with an added counterpoint performed by David Bowie and Bing Crosby. ""The Little Drummer Boy"" is a Christmas song written in 1941, while the ""Peace on Earth"" tune and lyrics, written by Ian Fraser, Larry Grossman, and Alan Kohan, were added to the song specially for Bowie and Crosby's recording. The single saw commercial success upon its release in 1982 and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. The single became one of Bowie's best selling"
"original songs instead: the result of the sessions was the 2002 album ""Heathen"". On 25 June 2000, Bowie made his second appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in England, playing 30 years after his first. On 27 June, Bowie performed a concert at BBC Radio Theatre in London, which was released in the compilation album ""Bowie at the Beeb"", which also featured BBC recording sessions from 1968 to 1972. Bowie and Iman's daughter was born on 15 August. In October 2001, Bowie opened the Concert for New York City, a charity event to benefit the victims of the September 11 attacks,"
"cites as his inspiration such icons as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Donny Hathaway as his most influential musical icons. He dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music. In August 2009, his son Zachariah was born with 702 singer Kameelah Williams. Zach was diagnosed with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) With regard to his soubriquet he has exclaimed that ""there were people who knew of me but they didn't really know me; they just knew me as 'that music dude.' So after getting that so much, I was like 'Just call me Musiq.' It was so fresh"
"342843 Davidbowie 342843 Davidbowie, provisional designation , is a Henan asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 1.4 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 21 December 2008, by German astronomer Felix Hormuth from Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy at Calar Alto Observatory in Almería, southeastern Spain. It was named for British singer-songwriter David Bowie. ""Davidbowie"" is a member of the Henan family (), a large family of L-type asteroids in the intermediate main-belt, named after 2085 Henan. It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.5–3.0 AU once every 4 years and"
"25 December 2010 in California. Their younger, son, Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John, was born on 11 January 2013 to the same surrogate mother. John also has ten godchildren, including Sean Lennon, David and Victoria Beckham's sons Brooklyn and Romeo, Elizabeth Hurley's son Damian Hurley, and the daughter of Seymour Stein. In 2010, John was criticised by some Christian groups in the U.S. after describing Jesus as a ""compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems"". Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and opponent of gay marriage, responded: ""To call Jesus a homosexual is to"
"May 1935. Based on its absolute magnitude of 17.1, ""Davidbowie""s diameter can be estimated to measure approximately 1.4 kilometers, using an albedo of 0.13, derived from the family's parent body, 2085 Henan. As of 2017, ""Davidbowie""s effective size and shape, as well as its poles, albedo and rotation period remain unknown. In 2015, this minor planet was named after British singer, songwriter, producer and actor, David Bowie (1947–2016), just 3 days before Bowie's 68th birthday. Considered to be one of the most influential artists, Bowie released more than 25 albums including ""The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the"
"beards and ate only raw fruits and vegetables. During this period, he adopted the name ""eden ahbez"", choosing to spell his name with lower-case letters, claiming that only the words God and Infinity were worthy of capitalization. Some time in 1947, he married Anna Jacobsen a month after they met; the couple had a son, Tatha Om Ahbez, on October 9, 1948. In 1947, ahbez approached Nat ""King"" Cole's manager backstage at the Lincoln Theater in Los Angeles and handed him the music for his song, ""Nature Boy"". Cole began playing the song for live audiences to much acclaim, but"
"Bella Lewitzsky and Linda Gold. She then went to study at the Institute of Dance in Paris, at Le Loft in Switzerland and the Max Rivers School in London. In London, she met and married Anthony Hudson. In 1965, she gave birth to Saul Hudson (Slash from Guns n Roses) in England. Her marriage to Anthony was troubled and she moved to Los Angeles, working out of Hollywood. In 1972, she gave birth to Albion. Her family met back up with in Los Angeles around 1975. When Hudson worked with David Bowie in the mid 1970s, the relationship started out"
"the ""next chapter"" in the story. Pinkner further described the episode as ""foundational,"" as it will set up ""a lot of things will be set up which will come to pay off over the next several weeks"". The character David Robert Jones is a reference to English musician David Bowie, who was born with that name. ""In Which We Meet Mr. Jones"" was the first appearance of the character. When actor Jared Harris was first cast for the part, he was told Jones was ""possibly a major, important character"", as indicated by the episode's title. Whether his character would make"
"mean that's how it'll turn out. I shall be writing and recording throughout the summer, but daddyfying is really my priority at the moment."" ""Liza Jane"" was Bowie's debut single, released under the name Davie Jones with the King Bees. ""You've Got a Habit of Leaving"" was his third single, credited to Davy Jones but recorded with his then band the Lower Third. The original version of ""Silly Boy Blue"" appeared on Bowie's eponymous debut album, and several other versions of these songs were released during Bowie's early career including ""I Dig Everything"", ""Baby Loves That Way"", as collected on"
"Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud ""Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud"" is a song written by David Bowie, first recorded in June 1969 and released as a B-side to his single ""Space Oddity"". Bowie then rerecorded the song for his second eponymous album (released in the U.S. as ""Man of Words, Man of Music"" by Mercury and reissued by RCA in 1972 as ""Space Oddity""). The single version has sparse instrumentation: guitar (played by Bowie) and arco bass (by Paul Buckmaster). The album version, recorded in July/August 1969, features a full orchestral arrangement by Tony Visconti and is said to be"
"Bowie declared for the 2008 NBA Development League Draft, but was undrafted. From March 2008 to 2014 he played on eleven different professional basketball teams. He recently signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with 2 Da Hole Apparel. The son of Ernest and Barbara Bowie, Nate Bowie grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. Basketball developed as an early passion from a young age. He was influenced by watching vintage basketball games and the early influences of his brother and father. Nate Bowie used to compete a lot against his older brother who was his role model for him. These early family"
"Switzerland. On 24 April 1992, Bowie married Somali-American model Iman in a private ceremony in Lausanne. The wedding was later solemnised on 6 June in Florence. They had one daughter, Alexandria ""Lexi"" Zahra Jones, born in August 2000. The couple resided primarily in New York City and London, as well as owning an apartment in Sydney's Elizabeth Bay. and Britannia Bay House on the island of Mustique, now renamed Mandalay Estate. Bowie declared himself gay in an interview with Michael Watts for a 1972 issue of ""Melody Maker"", coinciding with his campaign for stardom as Ziggy Stardust. According to Buckley,"
"soldiers. According to his older brother John, James Bowie was born in Logan County, Kentucky, on March 10, 1796 (Historical marker: 36° 46' 25""N 86° 42' 10""W). Historian Raymond Thorp gave his birth date as April 10, but Thorp did not provide any documentation for that date. Bowie's surname was pronounced . (Although some works refer to the alternate pronunciation .) Bowie was the ninth of ten children born to Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Ap-Catesby Jones (or Johns) Bowie. His father had been wounded while fighting in the American Revolutionary War, and in 1782 married the young woman who"