David Bowie

Biography by Gigi Morgan Clark

March 31-April 17 2017

Introduction

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'F*** that. I want to be a superhuman.

Birth

David Bowie was born on January 8th, 1947 as David Robert Jones. His mother was Margaret Mary Jones and his father was Haywood Stenton Jones.

Early Years

At the age of 13, David Bowie started to play the saxophone. David Bowie went to high school to be a saxophonist in a jazz quartet. The job counselor said that he should not count on being a saxophonist in a jazz quartet for money, but have another job for money. He said that Bowie should have his other job be working in a factory, and if he wanted something to do with music, he should make harps.

David Bowie went to middle school at Technical High School now called Ravenswood High School and made friends with another boy named Peter Frampton.

Later Years

David Bowie had two wives. He married his first wife, Angie Bowie on March 19th, 1970, and he married Iman on April 24th, 1992. On May 30th, 1971, David Bowie and Angie Bowie had Duncan Jones (known to his family as Zowie). On August 15th, 2000 they had Alexandria Jones.

When David Bowie started looking into being a musician, he changed his name from David Robert Jones - known to his family as Davie - to David Bowie. He took “Bowie” from his current wife at the time, Angie Bowie. He changed it because there was already a popular musician, Davy Jones.

Death

David Bowie died of cancer on January 10th, 2016. When Bowie was dying, he hid the news of himself dying, so he would not draw a lot of attention to himself. But still, news spread of the musical chameleon dying, and there were still many more articles about him than usual.

Bowie’s Top 10 Songs

David Bowie wrote over 100 songs, so there is no way I could fit all of them on one page. So here are his top ten songs:

Space Oddity

Life On Mars?

Heroes

Changes

Under Pressure

Starman

Ziggy Stardust

The Man Who Sold The World

Rock ‘N Roll Suicide

Ashes To Ashes

Bowie’s Albums

David Bowie, 1967

Space Oddity, 1969

The Man Who Sold the World, 1970

Hunky Dory, 1971

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, 1972

Alladin Sane, 1973

Pin Ups, 1973

Diamond Dogs, 1974

Young Americans, 1975

Station To Station, 1976

Low, 1977

"Heroes", 1977

Lodger, 1979

Scary Monsters And Super Creeps, 1980

Let's Dance, 1983

Tonight, 1984

Never Let Me Down, 1987

Tin Machine, 1989

Tin Machine II, 1991

Black Tie White Noise, 1993

Outside, 1995

Earthling, 1997

Hours, 1999

Heathen, 2002

Reality, 2003

The Next Day, 2013

Blackstar, 2016

Some Interesting Facts About Bowie

David Bowie was in over 20 movies.

In 2006, he won the Grammy’s Lifetime achievement award.

He won 7 Grammy awards, including his lifetime achievement award.

He wore alot of make up, and that was not popular in the 70’s.

David Bowie had over 26 girlfriends.

David Bowie wrote about 128 songs.

David Bowie got married, had a child, then got married again, and had a child again! I mean, why not just get married once and have the two children then?

He won around 33 awards.

He died of lung cancer, which was expected, since he smoked, alot.

His daughter shares the same birthday as my sister.

Bibliography

Books:

Morley, Paul. The Age Of Bowie, Great Britain, UK: Simon & Schuster, (2016)

Trynka, Paul. David Bowie:Starman, (1976)

Web Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie_discography#Studio_albums

Videos:

http://www.watchmojo.com/index_template.php?template=template_archive_2011&type=id&content=12759&rule=2

Articles:

http://www.biography.com/people/david-bowie-9222045#synopsis

Coscarelli, Joe. “Blackstar-David Bowie’s connection to Elvis Presley” The New York Times. Jan 14, 2016. Web. 3/14/17. <http://www.biography.com/people/david-bowie-9222045>