![]() This was a story of a rock star named Ziggy Stardust, the future basis for David’s stage outfit and behavior. This one was followed by Hunky Dory (1981), an experimental album, and the concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, to bring him international fame. In the early seventies, David focused on rock and made his next album, The Man Who Sold the World, heavier than his first works. At the same time he produced a promo video David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday, featuring him as а musician and an actor of Feathers. Bowie also tried his skills in screen-acting, having a small part in the film The Virgin Soldiers. His first song to attach critical attention was Space Oddity (1969). It soon appeared a poor commercial move, and David made another effort to reach success in the field of music. He even created his own mime troupe, Feathers. His first solo experiments did not have high achievements, which forced him to part with music for a while and go into mime study. In 1966 he took up the David Bowie stage name to be not confused with Davy Jones. ![]() He started his career as saxophonist and singer with numerous rock bands. At 16, Jones dropped off the school and devoted himself to music. He became interested in arts in his early childhood and mastered saxophone at 13. David Bowie was born David Robert Jones in Brixton, an industrial and poor sector of London, England on January 8, 1947. ![]()
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