The early years of David Bowie
David Bowie was also known as a chameleon. Earlier than he reached his glam fantasy look, he was flirting with Beatnik and Hippie photos. (This photograph is from 1960).
David Bowie as Davy Jones
Pictured right here in 1965, Bowie was initially generally known as “Davy Jones”. His son, Duncan, a movie director, nonetheless makes use of the unique household surname.
Early David Bowie Band
Bowie (far left, in 1969) briefly led a gaggle referred to as the Feathers together with his then-girlfriend, Hermione Farthingale (middle) and John Hutchinson in London within the late Nineteen Sixties.
David Bowie’s early fashion
Bowie’s fashion was significantly extra conservative when he began out as a musician – see him in a thin tie in 1966.
David Bowie’s musical skills
The musician, pictured right here in 1970, performs saxophone along with keyboards and guitar. His childhood saxophone trainer, Ronnie Ross, performs the solo on Lou Reed’s “Stroll on the Wild Facet”.
David Bowie eyes
Bowie’s left pupil was left completely dilated thereafter 1962 Quarrel with childhood pal George Underwood extra – what? – woman. The singer supposedly thanked Underwood for the harm later, saying it gave him a “sort of a thriller.”
David Bowie’s House Oddity
This 1969 {photograph} is from a promotional marketing campaign for Bowie’s album House oddities. Apart from the favored hit single, not a lot of the album is an indispensable a part of Bowie’s oeuvre.
David Bowie as a father
Bowie had one son, Duncan (center identify Zoe), together with his spouse Angie, in 1971. The couple divorced in 1980, and Duncan, going beneath his father’s authentic surname Jones, later turned a movie director.
David Bowie in 1973
The artist, right here in 1973, has more and more flirted with androgyny throughout his profession.
David Bowie and his spouse Angie
Pictured right here in 1973, Bowie married his spouse Angie (then Mary Angela Barnett) in 1970 — and the couple had been married for 10 years.
Seventies fashion by David Bowie
Seen right here in 1973, Bowie’s early ’70s look stays one in every of his most beloved appears to be like—notably the lightning bolt make-up look from the quilt of Aladdin Sunny.
David Bowie’s mega music gross sales
Bowie believes, right here in 1973 He has bought someplace close to 140 million data throughout his profession.
Well-known pals of David Bowie
Yoko Ono and John Lennon (right here with Bowie in 1975) have been near the singer; The latter co-wrote Bowie’s track “Fame”.
David Bowie Heroes
Bowie’s 1977 album cowl Champions He was dubbed by his longtime collaborator Masayoshi Sukita.
David Bowie and Iggy Pop
Bowie loved fruitful collaborations with plenty of different rock and roll stars, comparable to Iggy Pop (right here, left, within the early Eighties) and Lou Reed.
David Bowie within the 80’s
Bowie carried out in 1987, touring behind the album By no means let me down.
David Bowie and Tina Turner
Tina Turner – right here with Bowie in 1989 – duetted with him on the 1984 track “Tonight.”
David Bowie marries Iman
Bowie met supermodel Iman in 1990. They married two years later and remained collectively till his loss of life in early 2016.
David Bowie within the 90s
Bowie continued to replace his look to match his evolving musical aesthetic all through the Nineteen Nineties.
David Bowie within the 2000s
Bowie (pictured in 2000) maintained an energetic recording schedule nicely into the late Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s, releasing albums in 1997, 1999, 2002, and 2003.
David Bowie and Iman
Bowie and Iman have been seen (right here in 2009) collectively, even because the singer’s recorded output and efficiency schedule dwindled.
The Definitive David Bowie Albums
The singer stunned followers in 2013 by dropping it The following dayhis first album of latest materials in 10 years. He launched his newest albumAnd black staron Friday, January 8, 2011—his 69th birthday—earlier than his loss of life on Sunday, January 10, a producer described the file as a “parting present”.