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David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, producer, and arranger. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He has been cited as an influence by many musicians.^[1] Bowie is also known for his baritone vocal range.^[2]

Although he released an album and numerous singles earlier, David Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in the autumn of 1969, when his space-age mini- melodrama " Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK singles chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era as the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona epitomised a career often marked by musical innovation, reinvention and striking visual presentation.

In 1975, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the hit album Young Americans, which the singer identified as "plastic soul". The sound constituted a radical shift in style that initially alienated many of his UK devotees.^[3] He then confounded the expectations of both his record label and his American audiences by recording the minimalist album Low – the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno over the next two years. Arguably his most experimental works to date, the so-called "Berlin Trilogy" albums all reached the UK Top Five.

After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes" and its parent album, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). He paired with Queen for the 1981 UK chart-topper " Under Pressure", but consolidated his commercial – and, until then, most profitable – sound in 1983 with the album Let's Dance, which yielded the hit singles "Let's Dance", " China Girl", and "Modern Love".

In the BBC's 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, Bowie ranked 29. Throughout his career he has sold an estimated 136 million albums,^[4] and ranks among the ten best-selling acts in UK pop history. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 39th on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.^[5]

Contents 1 David Bowie - Heroes (live) 1.1 Studio albums 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] David Bowie - Heroes (live)

[edit] Studio albums

• David Bowie (1967)
• Space Oddity (1969)
• The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
• Hunky Dory (1971)
• The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
• Aladdin Sane (1973)
• Pin Ups (1973)
• Diamond Dogs (1974)
• Young Americans (1975)
• Station to Station (1976)
• Low (1977)
• "Heroes" (1977)
• Lodger (1979)
• Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
• Let's Dance (1983)
• Tonight (1984)
• Never Let Me Down (1987)
• Black Tie, White Noise (1992)
• 1. Outside (1995)
• Earthling (1997)
• 'hours...' (1999)
• Heathen (2002)
• Reality (2003)

[edit] See also

• Bowie Bonds
• Best selling music artists - World's top selling music artists chart.
• List of number-one hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
• List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
• List of people who have declined a British honour
• 100 Greatest Britons
• Low Symphony and Heroes Symphony

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Buckley, David [1999] (2000). Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story. London: Virgin. ISBN 075350457X.
• Carr, Roy; Murray, Charles Shaar (1981). Bowie: An Illustrated Record. New York: Avon. ISBN 0380779668.
• Pegg, Nicholas [2000] (2004). The Complete David Bowie. London: Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 1903111730.

[edit] External links

• Official David Bowie website
• Official David Bowie Myspace Page
• Official David Bowie YouTube Channel
• Official David Bowie Facebook Page
• Official David Bowie iLike Profile
• David Bowie Biography on MaxsKansasCity.com