Bowie

[ boh-ee, boo-ee boo-ee ]

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Bowie

ˈbaʊɪˈbəʊɪ BowieDavid1947MBritishMUSIC: rock singerMUSIC: songwriterFILMS AND TV: actor David , real name David Jones . born 1947, British rock singer, songwriter, and film actor. His recordings include "Space Oddity" (1969), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Heroes (1977), Let's Dance (1983), and Heathen (2002)
ˈbəʊɪ BowieJames17961836MUSTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: frontiersman James , known as Jim Bowie . 1796–1836, US frontiersman. A hero of the Texas Revolution against Mexico (1835–36), he died at the Battle of the Alamo

To celebrate a retrospective box set, entitled Nothing Has Changed, Bowie has released a video for one of two new songs included.

No one in rock music history has changed their sound as often and as successfully as David Bowie.

David Bowie, Ronnie Wood, and Marianne Faithfull were regulars at the Rainbow Room, a restaurant on the fifth floor.

And then I got into David Bowie, all the long-hairs, everything like that.

And as with the 13-day last stand of the Texans James Bowie and William B. Travis there was no relief in sight.

All our people were well mounted, and armed with rifles, pistols, and bowie-knives.

In every smithy and factory bowie-knives were being forged with all speed, and 10,000 men were already armed with them.

Formerly the outlaws had only bowie-knives and a few fowling-pieces; now they have an ample supply of rifles.

William Bowie; probably from Gaelic buidhe, yellow, and so not Norse at all.

Undaunted, Bowie scrambled to his feet and made again for Crane.

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