Stacker compiled 25 things about David Bowie's life that you may not know, drawing from biographies, magazine interviews, and movie and music databases.
David Bowie was one of the most intriguing musicians of our time, reinventing himself continually and influencing countless others along the way.
Bowie's theatrical flare, creativity, sexual ambiguity, and incredible music kept the public endlessly interested. With the Sept. 16 release of"Moonage Daydream," a 2022 documentary film about Bowie's life and career featuring previously unreleased footage,compiled a list of 25 things about David Bowie's life you may not know, drawing from news accounts, biographies, magazine interviews, and movie and music databases.
He made more than two dozen albums, including"Blackstar," which was released just two days before his death. He played more than a dozen instruments, including a right-handed guitar even though he was left-handed. Bowie's concept album,"The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars," introduced the world to his glam-rock persona in 1972. Four years later, he starred in the film"The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Two years after suffering a heart attack in 2004, Bowie performed three songs on stage with Alicia Keys in New York. It was his last performance. In the year following his death, Bowie and"Blackstar" won four Grammy awards. The BBC reported in 2019 that David Bowie had won the broadcaster's viewer poll for the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, beating out Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holiday, and Marilyn Monroe.
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