This document provides an overview of David Bowie's career including his greatest hits, best albums, influences, those he influenced, his musical background, early years transforming into Ziggy Stardust and friendships, middle years writing "Fame" and changing personas, later years focusing on pop music and acting in films, his family life including two marriages and children, and some fun facts. References are also included at the end.

1. David Bowie

2. Greatest Hits
 Space Oddity
 Changes
 Life on Mars Sound and Vision
 Ziggy Stardust Heroes
Fashion
 Suffragette City
Ashes to Ashes
 The Jean Genie Lets Dance
 Rebel Rebel Modern Love
 Diamond Dogs China Girl
 Young Americans Blue Jean
 Fame
 Golden Years
 TVC15

3. Best Albums
 Space Oddity
 Hunky Dory
 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
 Aladdin Sane
 Pin Ups
 Diamond Dogs
 Young Americans
 Station to Station
 Heroes
 Scary Monsters
 Let’s Dance

4. Influences
 Lou reed
 Iggy pop
 Jim Morrison
 Brian Eno
 Marc Bolan
 Robert Fripp
 Angie Bowie
 Mick Jagger
 Alice Cooper
 Syd Barrett
 Terry Jones

5. Who He Influenced
 Ed O'Brien
 Marilyn Manson
 Lady Gaga
 Bono

6. Musical Background
 He learned how to play many instruments such as guitar,
keyboard, saxophone, viola, cello, percussion, and koto.

7. Early Years
1969-1974
 Bowie’s first hit song “Space Oddity”.
 His transformation into “Ziggy Stardust” which lasted from
1972-1974.
 He had friendships with many other musical artists such as
Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Mick Jagger.
 He started the second British music crave in this time carving
a path for artist such as The Clash, Pink Floyd, and Queen.

8. The Middle Years
1975-1980
 Wrote the song “Fame” with John Lennon.
 Killed off the Ziggy Stardust persona for The Thin White Duke.
 His old band, The Spiders from Mars, left him.

9. Later Years
1983-2004
 He went for a more pop music in this era leaving his weird
performance ways behind.
 Besides making music he was in movies, the biggest of all the
films he was in, “Labyrinth”, came out in this time.
 In 2004 during “The Reality Tour”, he had a heart attack on
stage.

10. Family Life
 His First Family:
He married Angela Barnett in 1970. They had one son, Duncan
Jones. They divorced in 1980.
 His Second Family:
He married Iman Abdulmajid in1992. They had one daughter,
Alexandria Jones.

11. Fun Facts
 He shares the same birthday as Elvis. January 8
 His right pupil is permanently dilated - due to his friend
George Underwood punching him in the eye while the pair
were still at school. The fight was over a girl.
 Director Nicolas Roeg cast Bowie in his first leading role, as a
stranded alien in The Man Who Fell to Earth, in 1976.

12. References
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/62
30201.stm
• David Bowie: Any Day Now book
• David Bowie: Starman book
• The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie
and the 1970s book