David Bowie: biography, personal life, creativity

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David Bowie (photo is provided later in the article) - British singer, songwriter and actor, known for dramatic musical transformations, including the image of ziggy Stardust. In the Hall of fame rock-n-roll elected in 1996

David Bowie: a brief biography

Call a musical chameleon for his ever-changing appearance and sound, the future rock star David Bowie was born in London 08.01.47. Real name of British singer-David Robert Jones. From an early age showed interest in music and began playing the saxophone at age 13. David was strongly influenced by his half-brother Terry, who was nine years older and involved him in the worlds of rock music and literature of the beat poets. But Terry was not healthy. He suffered from mental illness, which his family was forced to place him in a psychiatric hospital. That pursued David all his life. Terry committed suicide in 1985. The tragedy formed the basis of songs Bowie Jump They Say.

After Graduating at 16 years of technical school Bromley, David began working as an artist. He continued to play with several groups and created our own called Davy Jones and the Lower Third. Then came several singles, but none of them gave so necessary to the young by commercial momentum.

David Bowie biography

Early career

Out of fear that it will be confused with Davy Jones of the group «Mankis”, an aspiring actor changed his name – was inspired by the knife, named after American folk hero of the 19th-century Jim Bowie.

In the end, David began to act alone. But after an unsuccessful solo album, he temporarily left the music world. As often happened in his later life, these years were experimental for the young artist. For several weeks in 1967, he lived in a Buddhist monastery in Scotland. Later Bowie organized his own MIME troupe called Feathers.

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Pop star

By early 1969, Bowie returned to music. He signed a contract with the record company Mercury Records in the summer and released the single “Space oddity”. Bowie later said the song came to him after watching the films of Stanley Kubrick “2001: a Space Odyssey". The song quickly resonated with the public, in large part due to the fact that the BBC used it during coverage of the moon landing "Apollo 11". The track also enjoyed success after the release in the US in 1972, rising in the charts on 15th place.

David Bowie short biography

The Next Bowie album ‘the Man who sold the world" (1970) further brought him to fame. The record had a more heavy rock sound than previous compositions, and included the song “crazy”, dedicated to his brother Terry. Following the work of "hunky Dory" (1971) included two hits: the title track, which was dedicated to Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground, the “Change”, which became the embodiment of David.

Ziggy Stardust

With the rise of celebrity status grew and the desire to keep Bowie fans and critics perplexed. In an interview with “melody Maker” in January 1972, he claimed that he was gay and then entered in the pop world of the imaginary rock star ziggy Stardust, and his backing group “the Spiders from Mars”. Album 1972, the year “the Rise and fall of ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars" made him a superstar. Dressed in the costume of a wild future, British singer heralded a new era in rock music, which seemed to officially announced the end of 1960-ies and the era of Woodstock.

Was there a gay David Bowie? Biography full of contradictory facts. In September 1976, in an interview with “Lothario” he said that he is bisexual. According to the statement of his first wife, Bowie had a relationship with Mick Jagger. However, in 1983, in an interview with the ‘rolling stone” he said he had always been heterosexual.

David Bowie photo

More changes

David Bowie, whose biography is marked by the frequent change of the images, changed the image of Stardust. The singer took advantage of his popularity and has produced compilations of Iggy Pop and Lou reed. In 1973 he disbanded the ‘Spiders from Mars" and put on the shelf Siggy. David Bowie music style of glam rock collected in the collection Alladin Sane (1973). The release included the song “Jean Genie” and “let's spend the night together”, which is the result of his collaboration with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Around the same time, he found his passion for the English fashion and released Pin Ups, an album of cover versions of songs by popular bands, including Pink Floyd and the Pretty Things.

The Conquest of America

By the mid 1970s, Bowie was subjected to a full-scale alteration. Gone are the outrageous costumes and bright decorations. In just two years he released the albums Diamond Dogs (1974) and “Young Americans" (1975). The first of them came in first place in the UK with the hits Rebel Rebel and Diamond Dogs, and the fifth in the United States. Promotional North American tour lasted from June to December 1974, a big-budget production was accompanied by a theatrical special effects, but was marred by mental illness, which had suffered by David Bowie. The documentary Cracked Actor, filmed by Alan Entomon, captured pale and emaciated singer, who suffered from severe drug addiction. In the album "Young Americans" back-up vocalist was the young LutherVandross, and the song “Glory”, co-written with Carlos Alomar and John Lennon, became the first American single, Bowie, who in the charts took the first position.

After moving to Los Angeles, David Bowie recorded the song Station to Station that did plastic soul collection "Young Americans» more avant-garde, the track became a hit. Soon, Bowie decided that the city is too boring and returned to England. After arriving in London he welcomed the crowd of fans Nazi vskidyvaniem hands, which was manifestation of growing detachment from the reality of drug-addicted singer. The incident caused a huge scandal, and Bowie left the country to settle in Berlin, where he lived and worked with Brian Eno.

David Bowie musical works

In Berlin, David came to himself, began to paint and study art. He became interested in German electronic music, and Eno helped record their first album together Low. Released in 1977, the album is a stunning mix of electronic music, pop and avant-garde. Although the collection received mixed reviews, it proved to be one of the most influential albums of the late ' 70s, and following Heroes, released in the same year. In 1977, Bowie not only wrote two collections of solo songs, but also produced the record tracks by Iggy Pop “Idiot” and “Thirst for life” and anonymous has toured as the keyboardist. In the same year, David resumed his acting career starring in the film Just Gigolo with Marlene Dietrich and Kim Novak. On stage, he returned in 1978, starting an international tour, the recording of which was released as a double album Stage.

In 1980 David Bowie, a biography which was again connected with new York, released a compilation album Scary Monsters. Release, the feedback was positive and included the single "ashes to Ashes”, a kind of new version of the song “Space oddity”. The release was accompanied by a number of innovative videos (Fashion, DJ, Ashes to Ashes), which became the basis of early MTV.

Three years later, Bowie recorded the album ‘Let's dance" (1983), in which there were many hits such as “Modern love” and “Chinese”, and virtuoso guitar playing Stevie ray Vaughn.

David Bowie biography family

Cinema

Of Course, the music – not the only thing that was fond of David Bowie. Biography noted his participation in many feature films. A love of cinema helped him to get the main role in the film of 1976 of the year “the Man who fell to Earth”. In 1980, Bowie has performed on Broadway in ‘elephant Man”, and his performance was appreciated by critics. In 1986, he starred as the Goblin king Jared in the adventure fantasy “Maze” Director Jim Henson and Executive producer George Lucas. The actor appeared with a young Jennifer Connelly, and puppets in the film, which became a classic of the 1980-ies. Just a Gigolo (1978), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, the Hunger (1983), the Linguini Incident (1991) – paintings in which the main role was played by David Bowie. The films in which he played a cameo role – “the Last temptation of Christ" (1988) and Zoolander (2001). In addition, the British singer took part in several television series and documentary tapes about his career.

David Bowie movies

Decline in popularity

Over the next decade, David Bowie movies and music have tried to combine that has negatively affected his popularity. The musical career of the artist began to decline. His side project with musicians Reeve Gabrielson and Tony and hunt Salami known as Tin Machine, gave two eponymous album in 1989 and 1991, which was a failure. Advertised collection 1993 year Black Tie White Noise, which David Bowie named a wedding gift for his new wife supermodel Iman Abdulmajid, also struggled for the attention of music lovers.

Oddly enough, the most popular creation of David of this period were bonds secured by royalties from his work to 1990. Bowie issued securities in 1997 and earned $ 55 million from the sale. The rights to the songs were returned to him when the term of the bond expired in 2007.

Recent years

In 2004, Bowie is performing on stage in Germany, suffered a heart attack. He fully recovered and continued his work with Arcade Fire and American actress Scarlett Johansson on her album Anywhere I Lay Mu Head (2008) – a collection of cover versions of songs by Tom waits.

David Bowie in 2006 was awarded the prize "Grammy". He had not felt for several years until the release of the album in 2013, which the next day has soared to second place in the Billboard charts. The following year, Bowie released a compilation album ‘Nothing has changed”, which was presented to the new song “sue”. In 2015, he participated in the production of the rock musical "Lazarus" by Michael Hall in the lead role, which refreshed the image of his hero from the movie “the Man who fell to Earth”.

His latest album, "BlackStar" Bowie released 08.01.16, when he was 69 years old. A critic of the "new York times" noted that “strange, daring and, ultimately, useful work with the mood created by the bitter awareness of death”. A few days later the world learned that the album was recorded in difficult conditions.

death by David Bowie

Death and posthumous awards

The pop Icon died 10.01.16, two days after his 69 birthday. Post onhis page in Facebook said that the singer passed away quietly with family after a year and a half battle with cancer. Without a husband and father is survived by his wife of David Bowie Iman, his son Duncan Jones, daughter Alexandria and daughter-in-Sulekha Heywood. The legacy of this musician released 26 albums. His producer and friend Tony Visconti wrote on Facebook that "BlackStar" became "parting gift".

The Death of David Bowie was struck by his friends and admirers. Iggy Pop wrote in «Twitter», that friendship with him was the light in his life. He never met such a genius. “rolling” remember him “a wonderful, kind person” who was “original”. And even those who did not know him personally, felt the impact of his work. Kanye West wrote in “tweet”: “David Bowie was one of my most important sources of inspiration”. According to Madonna, this great artist changed her life.

In February 2017 last Bowie won in the categories of "Grammy" nominations "Best execution" of the “Best engineering”, “Best rock performance”, “Best album of alternative rock” and “Best rock song”.

the wife of David Bowie

David Bowie: a biography. Family

In the late 1960s the British singer met the American top model Angela Barnett. Their wedding took place 19.03.70, and may 30, 1971, the couple had a son. In 1980 they divorced. The son of Bowie is now known under his real name Duncan Jones.

24 APR 1992 in Lausanne David married the American-Somali model Iman. The wedding took place on 6 June in Florence. In August 2000 the couple had a daughter Alexandria Zahra Jones. The couple lived in new York and London, and owned an apartment in Sydney.

July 10, 2016, exactly 6 months after the death of David Bowie, he had a grandson, whose father was Duncan.


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