David Bowie

David Robert Jones was born in Brixton, London, on 8 January
1947. David Bowie is an English musician, singer-songwriter, record
producer, actor and arranger
His mother, Margaret Mary Jones from Kent, worked as a
waitress, while his father, Haywood Stenton Jones, from
Yorkshire, was a promotions officer for Barnardo’s

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Career of an excellent musical chameleon, David Bowie, began in
the 60-70s.
Bowie was one of the few stars to take seriously the new wave. In
the 80's composition «Let's Dance» (№ 1, 1983) was his ticket to the
world of popularity

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My favorite Bowie’s songs are:
•Ziggy
Stardust
•Let’s
Dance
•Heroes
• The Man
Who Sold
The World
• Ashes to
Ashes
• Space
Oddity

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Interesting facts
about David
Bowie

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Bowie received a serious injury at school in 1962 when his friend punched him in
the left eye during a fight over a girl. Doctors feared he would become blind in
that eye. After a series of operations that lasted 4 months, pupil in his left eye is
always dilated, so it makes illusion of different coloured eyes

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Bowie is a multi-instrumentalist since childhood he learned to play the
saxophone, and then guitar. He also plays: electric guitar, twelve- guitar,
keyboards, piano, harpsichord, harmonica, synthesizer, mellotron, stilophone,
xylophone, vibraphone, koto, drums and percussion

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David Bowie is left-handed, but despite this, he plays guitar as a righty

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At the age of 16 he works as a publicity agent and performs with various
groups, and also produces unrecognized singles. At this time the U.S. group
«The Monkees», which was the name of the singer Davy Jones, becoming
known, and to avoid confusion with the American, David decided to take on a
new name
Being a big fan of Mick Jagger, he learns that " Jagger" translated from
Old English means "knife”, David took a similar name (Bowie Knife combat knife type, named after the hero of the Texas War)

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