Artist who blazed a trail of musical trends and pop fashion, reinventing himself, his music and media across many decades.

The story of David Bowie's extraordinary life and career told in his own words from the BBC archive

2002 В опросе Би-би-си 100 величайших британцев занял 29-е место.

2016 Скончался 10 января 2016 года.

The cover of David Bowie's Blackstar album was designed to reflect the musician's mortality according to collaborator Jonathan Barnbrook. The album artwork was one of five that Barnbrook worked on with Bowie in the last 15 years, making the British designer one of the recording star's closest and longest-serving collaborators. Album artwork for ★, 2016. He always wanted to do something interesting, often to the annoyance of the record company," Barnbrook said.

Photo: Terry O’Neill/Getty Images. David Bowie did hundreds of television, magazine, and newspaper interviews during his half-century career - from a stunning 1972 Melody Maker interview in which he proclaimed he was gay, and a legendary 1974 Dick Cavett Show interview where his cocaine abuse and exhaustion were evident, to a candid 1976 Cameron Crowe interview for Playboy, and on through a funny, revealing 2002 GQ cover. Read David Bowie’s Reflection on Being a New Yorker. Grieving David Bowie, a True Rock Star in Life and in Death

Please do watch and listen to Bowie in his own words, and in the words of other people who have talked about him too. I’ve been a fan of Bowie almost all my life. Then, later, at other times in my life, I had other moments with David Bowie’s music. I gave a Bowie album to my Dad for his birthday in 1987. I remember the front cover of the album. I was 10. Bowie was Blue.

Bowie the internet pioneer. Fans create makeshift shrines. He was also well known for creating his flamboyant alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The singer, who had been living in New York in recent years, released his latest album Blackstar only last Friday, his birthday.

On his stage persona. My performances have got to be theatrical experiences for me as well as for the audience. 3rd July 1973: David Bowie in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, on 3rd July 1973, the last concert performed in the guise of Ziggy Stardust. I'm just a cosmic yob, I suppose. I've always worn my own style of clothes.

Remembering David Bowie: See All of His Album Covers. 1/11/2016 by Billboard Staff.

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/, BOH-ee), 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.

David Bowie Answers the Proust Questionnaire. Photograph by Sukita. The John Lee Hooker album, for instance, or The Red Flower of Tachai Blossoms Everywhere. If you can possibly get your hands on any of these, I guarantee you evenings of listening pleasure, and you will encourage a new high-minded circle of friends, although one or two choices will lead some of your old pals to think you completely barmy.