David Bowie

JANUARY 8, 2016 – David Bowie’s final album “Blackstar” (stylized as “★”) was released on Bowie’s 69th birthday and two days before his death on January 10th. Within ten days, it reached #1 on the US Billboard album charts, his only LP to reach the top spot. The album was met with critical acclaim and commercial […] More

JANUARY 14, 1977 – David Bowie released his eleventh studio album “Low” as the first of three collaborations with ex-Roxy Music keyboardist and conceptualist Brian Eno termed the “Berlin Trilogy”. Recorded following Bowie’s move to West Berlin after a period of drug addiction and personal instability, “Low” was in fact recorded largely in France, and marked […] More

DECEMBER 17, 1971 – David Bowie released his fourth album “Hunky Dory,” which was the first to feature all the members of the band that would become known the following year as Ziggy Stardust’s Spiders From Mars. It was his first release through RCA, which would be his label for the next decade. Hunky Dory has […] More

DECEMBER 10, 1965 – 18-year-old David Bowie recorded “Can’t Help Thinking About Me” at Pye Studios in London, England, which was later released as a single under the name David Bowie with The Lower Third. It became the first David Bowie record to be released in the US as well as the first time the name […] More

OCTOBER 6, 1972 – During sessions at RCA Studios in New York City, David Bowie recorded “The Jean Genie,” which became the lead single from his 1973 album “Aladdin Sane.” Mixing occurred the following week at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee; the original single mix is in narrow stereo, while the stereo soundscape is wider […] More

SEPTEMBER 3, 1992 – David Bowie became the first person in four years to appear on the cover of Architectural Digest when the magazine published an article about his home on the Island of Mustique. His Indonesian-inspired refuge, built in 1989 on a hillside facing Britannia Bay, was Bowie’s tranquil getaway. “My ambition is to […] More

SEPTEMBER 9, 1977 – David Bowie appeared on Marc Bolan’s ITV show, “Marc” singing “Heroes” as well as performing a duet with Bolan, “Standing Next To You,” which was prematurely terminated when Bolan fell from the stage, much to Bowie’s amusement. After the show the pair recorded demos together which were never finished because Bolan […] More

APRIL 13, 1973 – David Bowie released his sixth studio album “Aladdin Sane,” a pun on “A Lad Insane.” Two hit singles included on the album preceded its release “The Jean Genie” and “Drive-In Saturday” which helped to push the LP to a five-week run at the top of the UK album charts. A follow-up […] More

David Bowie was the featured musical performer on NBC-TV’s “Saturday Night Live.” If viewers were expecting a typical Saturday Night Live performance of Bowie and a band playing as if at a concert, they were in for a rude shock. Instead, Bowie gave an extremely unusual performance, accompanied by two “drag” performers, Klaus Nomi and […] More