When and where was David Robert Jones born?
David Robert Jones was born on the 8th of January 1947 in Brixton, London. He lived at 40 Stansfield Road on the boundary between Brixton and Stockwell.
Questions about David Bowie
Short answers, pulled from the story.
How did David Bowie lose his eye sight?
A fight over a girl resulted in a punch to his left eye from friend George Underwood in 1962. Four months of hospital operations could not fully repair the damage, leaving him with faulty depth perception and a permanently dilated pupil known as anisocoria.
What albums make up the Berlin Trilogy by David Bowie?
The Berlin Trilogy consists of Low recorded in France and completed in November 1976 before release in January 1977. The second album Heroes arrived in September 1977 and was recorded entirely in Berlin. The third piece Lodger followed in 1979 and was recorded in Switzerland and New York City.
Which album gave David Bowie peak commercial success in 1983?
Bowie reached peak commercial success in 1983 with the album Let's Dance which went platinum in both the UK and US. The title track reached number one while Modern Love and China Girl made number two in the UK.
When did David Bowie die and what was his final album called?
David Bowie died on the 10th of January 2016 after Blackstar was released on the 8th of January 2016 on his sixty-ninth birthday. He had been diagnosed with liver cancer in mid-2014 but kept it private until after his death.