British producer, composer, singer, actor David Bowie died
after a battle with cancer on January 11th. The influential
singer-songwriter and producer dabbled in glam rock, art rock, soul, hard rock,
dance pop, punk and electronica during his eclectic 40-plus-year career. Born
David Robert Haywood-Jones in London on January 8, 1947, Bowie changed his name
in 1966 after The Monkees’ Davy Jones achieved stardom. He played saxophone and
started a mime company, and after stints in several bands he signed with
Mercury Records, which in 1969 released his album Man of Words, Man of Music,
which featured “Space Oddity,” a poignant song about an astronaut, Major Tom,
spiraling out of control. Bowie appeared in one Euro-western “Gunslinger’s
Revenge” (1998) as Jack Sikora.
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