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2016David Bowie's Blackstar album is released on his 69th birthday. Bowie dies two days later, and it becomes clear that his ruminations on mortality are his parting words.More
1993Shortly after midnight on what would have been Elvis's 58th birthday, a 29-cent stamp with his image is officially dedicated at a Graceland ceremony. The design was chosen in a vote between an older Elvis from the '70s and a younger version from the '50s, which is the winner. In anticipation of the crush of orders for what is arguably the most famous stamp in US history, the USPS prints a half billion stamps.More
1991Steve Clark of Def Leppard dies of an accidental drug overdose at age 30.
1968Stax Records releases Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" and Sam & Dave's "I Thank You." Both are very successful, but neither artist scores another hit (Redding had died about a month earlier).
1967R. Kelly (Robert Kelly) is born in Chicago.
1935The King is born: Elvis Aaron Presleyarrives in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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2015Gospel singer Andraé Crouch dies of complications from a heart attack at age 72.
2014Reather Dixon Turner of The Bobbettesdies at age 69.
2013Enigmatic pop icon David Bowie releases the single "Where Are We Now?," from his upcoming album The Next Day. The date of the release also coincides with his birthday. It is his first release in over a decade.
2012Blues singer Dave Alexander, who sometimes recorded as Omar Shariff, dies at age 73.
2012Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard's FBI file is released. The report details nine arrests for the rapper, and says his group Wu-Tang Clanis "heavily involved in the sale of drugs, illegal guns, weapons possession, murder, carjacking and other types of violent crime."
2004George Harrison's estate sues Dr. Gilbert Lederman of Staten Island University Hospital for $10 million, alleging he forced a dying Harrison to sign souvenirs for him.
2002Fabian is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Blvd.
1997Chuck D guest stars on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio episode "Rap," to face off against Phil Hartman's Bill McNeal, who is convinced rap music will destroy society.
1991Jeremy Delle, a 16-year-old student at Richardson High School in Texas, shoots himself in his English class. When Eddie Vedder reads about it, he writes the song "Jeremy" about Delle and other young people who have committed suicide in schools.
1981Linda Ronstadt makes her Broadway debut alongside Rex Smith and Kevin Kline in the revival of The Pirates of Penzance, which runs for 787 performances.
1974Kiss sign their first recording deal, with Casablanca Records.
1969Jeff Abercrombie of Fuel is born in Tennessee.
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David Bowie Is Born
1947
David Jones is born in London. At age 18, he changes his name to David Bowie(after the Bowie knife) to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees.
Bowie performs with several bands as a teenager ahead of releasing the album Space Oddity in 1969 – the title track of which earns him his first #1 in the UK.
After a period of experimentation, Bowie re-emerges to even greater success in 1972 with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. The concept album served as the introduction to the musical chameleon's original alter ego: the bisexual extraterrestrial Ziggy Stardust, whose flamboyant clothing and androgynous persona challenge gender, sexual and social stereotypes like never before.
The 1970s also herald the launch of Bowie's acting career; he stars as an alien seeking help for his drought-stricken planet in Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth, and opposite screen legend Marlene Dietrich in David Hemmings' Just a Gigolo.
International fame coupled with a voracious cocaine habit soon takes its toll on Bowie who decamps to West Berlin in a bid to get clean in 1976. It is here that the star – who is going by the cadaverous Thin White Duke alter ego – records the critically acclaimed (but commercially overlooked) Berlin Trilogy (Low, Heroes and Lodger) with producer and longtime collaborator Brian Eno.
Having kicked his drug addiction, Bowie leaves Germany and returns to a new wave of popularity in 1983 with Let's Dance. Co-produced by Chic's Nile Rodgers, the album goes platinum in both the UK and the US, where it also begets three Top 20 singles: "Modern Love," "China Girl" and "Let's Dance," the latter a #1 hit in both the UK and US.
The end of the 1980s are dominated by Bowie's involvement with the heavy metal outfit Tin Machine, while the 1990s give rise to the singer trying out everything from industrial (Outside) to drum and bass (Earthling).
His last album, Blackstar, is released in 2016 on his 69th birthday and portends his death two days later
After a period of experimentation, Bowie re-emerges to even greater success in 1972 with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. The concept album served as the introduction to the musical chameleon's original alter ego: the bisexual extraterrestrial Ziggy Stardust, whose flamboyant clothing and androgynous persona challenge gender, sexual and social stereotypes like never before.
The 1970s also herald the launch of Bowie's acting career; he stars as an alien seeking help for his drought-stricken planet in Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth, and opposite screen legend Marlene Dietrich in David Hemmings' Just a Gigolo.
International fame coupled with a voracious cocaine habit soon takes its toll on Bowie who decamps to West Berlin in a bid to get clean in 1976. It is here that the star – who is going by the cadaverous Thin White Duke alter ego – records the critically acclaimed (but commercially overlooked) Berlin Trilogy (Low, Heroes and Lodger) with producer and longtime collaborator Brian Eno.
Having kicked his drug addiction, Bowie leaves Germany and returns to a new wave of popularity in 1983 with Let's Dance. Co-produced by Chic's Nile Rodgers, the album goes platinum in both the UK and the US, where it also begets three Top 20 singles: "Modern Love," "China Girl" and "Let's Dance," the latter a #1 hit in both the UK and US.
The end of the 1980s are dominated by Bowie's involvement with the heavy metal outfit Tin Machine, while the 1990s give rise to the singer trying out everything from industrial (Outside) to drum and bass (Earthling).
His last album, Blackstar, is released in 2016 on his 69th birthday and portends his death two days later
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