Category: People

On 7 May 1967 David Bowie saw the Jimi Hendrix Experience perform at London’s Saville Theatre. The theatre was run by Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Supporting Hendrix on the …

David Bowie had been managed by Ralph Horton since August 1965, and co-managed by Horton and Kenneth Pitt since April 1966.

In the latter months of 1966 and the first weeks of 1967, David Bowie was jointly managed by Kenneth Pitt and Ralph Horton. However, it quickly became apparent that …

Although David Bowie’s debut album was almost finished by the end of 1966, his manager Kenneth Pitt still saw a future for him as a songwriter for other artists.

Davie Jones and the Manish Boys performed at the Marquee Club on London’s Wardour Street on 6 November 1964, supporting Gary Farr & the T-Bones.

Davie Jones and The Manish Boys had a meeting with TV producer Barry Langford on Tuesday 13 October 1964.

Davie Jones and The Manish Boys attended a meeting with music publisher Dick James on Thursday 1 October 1964.

David Bowie auditioned for R&B group The Manish Boys on Sunday 19 July 1964.

David Bowie was punched by his schoolfriend George Underwood on Monday 12 February 1962. The fight left Bowie hospitalised and with a permanently dilated pupil.

Fourteen-year-old David Jones received a saxophone from his father on Christmas Day 1961.

The young David Jones began at Burnt Ash Junior School in London on Monday 20 June 1955, having left Raglan Infants School in Bromley.

David Bowie – then David Jones – spent his first day at infant school on 12 November 1951.

David Robert Jones was born on 8 January 1947, in Brixton, south London.