David Bowie's Biography
David Bowie was born David Robert Jones in Brixton, London on January 8, 1947, the son of Hayward Stenton Jones and Margaret Mary Burns.
He was educated at Stansfield Road School in Brixton, South London.
David Bowie changed his name in 1966 to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees.
Over his extensive career, David Bowie has had a variety of personae and musical styles, but has consistently achieved popular and critical acclaim.
Many of David Bowie's best known albums are from the 1970s: Hunky Dory (1971), "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars (1972), Diamond Dogs (1974), Young Americans (1975), Station to Station (1976), Low (1977), and Heroes (1977).
The The Rough Guide to Rock has this quote from David Bowie:
"I once asked John Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'It's great, but it's just rock 'n' roll with lipstick on."
Bowie's first major acting role was as the television obsessed alien in The Man Who Fell To Earth. His other film acting credits include Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and Absolute Beginners.
He also acted in the 1980 New York stage production of The Elephant Man.
As at 2007, David Bowie and Robbie Williams shared the record for having the most number one albums in the UK.
David Bowie is a keen painter and skier. In 1992, he married Iman Abdul Majid, often just referred to as Iman.
David Bowie's son Duncan Zowie Haywood-Jones, or Duncan Jones for short, made his feature film debut as a director in 2009.
In 2003, Bowie declined a knighthood.
The following year, he suffered a heart attack, and had a triple bypass.
In 2006, David Bowie was given a lifetime award at the Grammys.
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