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Song of the day
Fashion
The follow-up to David Bowie’s ‘Ashes To Ashes’, ‘Fashion’ was a late edition to the album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), and was nearly left off the album altogether.
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He speaks of senseless things
"I've always felt bemused at being called the chameleon of rock. Doesn't a chameleon exert tremendous energy to become indistinguishable from its environment?" — David Bowie, 2004
Watch that man
David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Star! - Ken Scott on the journey to Ziggy Stardust
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Ten key dates
- 8 January 1947: David Bowie is born
- 1 June 1967: his debut album is released
- 20 March 1970: David marries Angela Barnett
- 22 January 1972: 'I'm gay and always have been'
- 6 June 1972: Ziggy Stardust album released
- 3 July 1973: Bowie breaks up the band
- 8 January 2013: Where Are We Now? single released
- 24 April 1992: David marries Iman
- 7 December 2015: Bowie's final public appearance, at the Lazarus musical premiere
- 10 January 2016: David Bowie dies
Did you know?
David Bowie's right pupil was permanently dilated, following a fight over a girl in which his childhood friend George Underwood punched him in the eye.

Album of the month
★ (Blackstar) (2016)
David Bowie’s final album, Blackstar was released on the singer’s 69th birthday, 8 January 2016, two days before he died.
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Everyone Says ‘Hi’
- Joe said: "He doesn't seem to have done so: https://www.davidbowie.com/2003/2003/11.." on Slow Burn
- jimi ray said: "David Live is one of the greatest live albums of ALL time.." on Live: Tower Theater, Upper Darby
- Claire said: "He sang Slow Burn at the MEN in Manchester in 2003..." on Slow Burn
- Robert Mundie said: "The Eagles & Jackson Browne were playing in the same building that n.." on Live: Madison Square Garden, New York
- BC said: "I distinctly remember hearing Bowie play "Sister Midnight" that night..." on Live: Boston Garden, Boston

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