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Song of the day
Boys Keep Swinging
The lead single from David Bowie's Lodger album, 'Boys Keep Swinging' was infamous for its promotional video, in which he appeared in drag as three backing singers.
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He speaks of senseless things
"Being famous helps put off the problems of discovering myself." — David Bowie, 1976
Watch that man
David Bowie - Cracked Actor (Live On Later With Jools Holland 1999)
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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 final film role was in The Prestige, a 2006 thriller in which he played Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla.

Album of the month
The Next Day (2013)
David Bowie’s 24th and penultimate studio album, The Next Day was released in March 2013, a full decade after his previous album Reality.
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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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