ALLMUSIC SAM KINISON BREAKING THE RULES PROFESSIONAL

'You've Got a Habit of Leaving' fared no better, signaling the end of Conn's contract. Their cover of Bobby Bland's 'I Pity the Fool' was no more successful than 'Liza Jane', and Bowie soon moved on again to join the Lower Third, a blues trio strongly influenced by The Who. Dissatisfied with the King Bees and their repertoire of Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon covers, Bowie quit the band less than a month later to join the Mannish Boys, another blues outfit, who incorporated folk and soul-'I used to dream of being their Mick Jagger', Bowie was to recall. The singer's debut single, 'Liza Jane', credited to Davie Jones with the King Bees, was not commercially successful. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).Д¬onn quickly began to promote Bowie. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day.

He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He also continued acting his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. 'Heroes' (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise.ДЄfter uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single 'Ashes to Ashes', its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and 'Under Pressure', a 1981 collaboration with Queen. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the 'Berlin Trilogy'. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and released Station to Station. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as 'plastic soul', initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single 'Fame' and the album Young Americans. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single 'Starman' and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. 'Space Oddity' became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969.

ALLMUSIC SAM KINISON BREAKING THE RULES PROFESSIONAL

Born in Brixton, South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music, and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963.

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