Musical Musings.: January 2016

Biography

David Bowie, the stage name of David Robert Haywood-Jones (Brixton, London, January 8, 1947) is a British musician and actor, known for his musical work in the 70s and 80s and for his influence in the music world, specifically in the Rock David Bowie has sold over 136 million albums worldwide.

He is also known for his roles in films such as The Man Who Fell To Earth (1975), The Hunger (1983) and Labyrinth (1986). He is married to the Somali model Iman Abdulmajid since 1992. He has two children: Alexandria Zhara, born in 2000, and Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 1971, as a result of his marriage to Angela Bowie), and a stepdaughter, Zulekha Haywood (born in 1979), daughter of Iman's first marriage. His real name is David Robert Jones, But changed the surname due to its namesake in the then famous group American The Monkees. At the beginning of his career, he still performed in groups using the real name, such as Davie Jones and the King Bees (1964) and Davy Jones and The Lower Third (1965), even recording compact ones with no major repercussions. One of the theories for the stage name tells that Bowie was chosen because it is the name of the knife maker who is supposed to have blinded his left eye as a teenager in a fight with a schoolmate, Goerge Underwood. However, the most plausible hypothesis for the left pupil's paralysis is that, in this fight, sparked by a girlfriend dispute, Underwood would have hit a punch in Bowie's left eye. Like Davie Jones and the King Bees (1964) and Davy Jones and The Lower Third (1965), getting to record compact with no major repercussions. One of the theories for the stage name tells that Bowie was chosen because it is the name of the knife maker who is supposed to have blinded his left eye as a teenager in a fight with a schoolmate, Goerge Underwood. However, the most plausible hypothesis for the left pupil's paralysis is that, in this fight, sparked by a girlfriend dispute, Underwood would have hit a punch in Bowie's left eye. Like Davie Jones and the King Bees (1964) and Davy Jones and The Lower Third (1965), getting to record compact with no major repercussions. One of the theories for the stage name tells that Bowie was chosen because it is the name of the knife maker who is supposed to have blinded his left eye as a teenager in a fight with a schoolmate, Goerge Underwood. However, the most plausible hypothesis for the left pupil's paralysis is that, in this fight, sparked by a girlfriend dispute, Underwood would have hit a punch in Bowie's left eye. One of the theories for the stage name tells that Bowie was chosen because it is the name of the knife maker who is supposed to have blinded his left eye as a teenager in a fight with a schoolmate, Goerge Underwood. However, the most plausible hypothesis for the left pupil's paralysis is that in this fight, sparked by a girlfriend dispute, Underwood would have hit a punch in Bowie's left eye. One of the theories for the stage name tells that Bowie was chosen because it is the name of the knife maker who is supposed to have blinded his left eye as a teenager in a fight with a schoolmate, Goerge Underwood.However, the most plausible hypothesis for the left pupil's paralysis is that, in this fight, sparked by a girlfriend dispute, Underwood would have hit a punch in Bowie's left eye.

Discography

David Bowie (1967) - Full cast and crew