His songs from this era include ' Suffragette City', ' The Jean Genie', ' Rebel Rebel' and ' All the Young Dudes' (made famous by Mott the Hoople ), the last two of which are regarded as glam anthems. īetween 19, Bowie was a pioneer of the glam rock genre, as showcased on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), which launched Bowie to stardom, Aladdin Sane and the covers album Pin Ups (both 1973), and Diamond Dogs (1974). He then released his folk rock-inspired second self-titled album in 1969, the rock The Man Who Sold the World (1970) and the art pop Hunky Dory (1971), which represented an artistic breakthrough for Bowie, containing songs such as ' Changes' and ' Life on Mars?'. Following his baroque pop and music hall-influenced self-titled debut album in 1967, he released his first successful single ' Space Oddity', which introduced the fictional astronaut Major Tom. Beginning his career under the name Davy Jones, Bowie released singles with multiple backing bands, including the King Bees and the Lower Third, all of which went generally unnoticed. Bowie worked with numerous artists throughout his career, including producers Tony Visconti, Brian Eno and singer Iggy Pop, and was the primary songwriter for most of his songs he recorded cover versions of songs by artists including the Who, the Pretty Things and the Yardbirds. David Bowie performing on the Sound+Vision Tour in 1990ĭavid Bowie (1947–2016) was an English singer-songwriter who recorded over 400 different songs in a career which spanned six decades.

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