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David Bowie

Born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947, in Brixton, England, David Bowie has been expanding the boundaries of popular music since the late 1960s. Assuming a number of guises as a performer throughout his career, most notably the androgynous Ziggy Stardust, Bowie helped to define the glam rock, new wave and electronica genres. His landmark 1972 release, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, defined a wannabe decadent generation and blazed a trail for punk four years later. His theatrical live shows spurred other musical acts of the time to try to make their live performances more than just a concert. In 1977 his appearance on a Christmas special with the late Bing Crosby showed that there was no piece of music that he couldn't stylize. Bowie's experimental work with Brian Eno in the late '70s and his prowess at making music videos in the early '80s kept him in the spotlight, but his work later in the decade met mixed reactions from both fans and critics alike. Bowie's acting work includes roles in the films Labyrinth (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me (1992). Bowie's albums Space Oddity (1969), Ziggy Stardust (1972) and Let's Dance (1982) still stand as benchmarks to which newcomers to their respective genres are compared.

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