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1/8/1947
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The day the Great One was born
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the most sacred day in a Bowie fan's diary!
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9/12/1947
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Bowie's parents marry
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Haywood Jones marries Peggy Burns.Terry (Peggy's illegitimate son) and Annette (Haywood's illegitimate daughter) move in with them.
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11/12/1951
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Bowie's first day at school
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Bowie's first day at Stockwell Infants School
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9/1/1958
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Bowie starts at Bromley Tech
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1/1/1961
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Bowie's left eye damaged in fight
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This actuallly happened at some point in spring but this damned list thing won't let me type plain "spring 61"! Oh well!
The story is, is that Bowie got into a fight with friend George Underwood (who also designed the cover of the HUNKY DORY album) over a girlriend! But some say it may have been over a BOYfriend! you never know ....
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7/1/1962
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Bowie temporarily changes his name to DAVY JAY
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Again, this event happened at sometime in July...damned list creator..... anyway,
Bowie and Underwood form their first group THE KONRADS. David calls himself DAVY JAY, and they later call themselves THE HOOKER BROTHERS.
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8/30/1962
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Bowie and Underwood form THE KING BEES
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THE KING BEES also include Dave Howard (bass) Roger Black (lead guitar) and Bobby Allen (drums)
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6/5/1964
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Releases first ever single,Liza Jane/Louie Louie Go Home
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First single released under the name Davie Jones and The King Bees by Vocalion
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11/12/1964
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Interviwed on TV programme "TONIGHT" with Cliff Michelmore
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Jimmy Page and Screaming Lord Sutch also took part. "can i carry your handbag....." ?
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12/2/1964
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First publicity stunt
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Bowie claims to have founded "The International League for the Preservation of Animal Filament" on behalf of people with long hair
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3/3/1965
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Another stunt on the same subject area
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Bowie is reported as refusing to have his hair cut before appearing on TV.
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9/15/1965
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Davy Jones becomes DAVID BOWIE
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David's manager,Ralph Horton, suggests to Ken Pitt that David change his name as there were already several Davy Jones' in the music biz, most notoriously in the group THE MONKEES. David chooses the name BOWIE as "a truism for cutting thru the lies" from the double bladed knife bearing the same name.
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1/14/1966
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First single released under the name DAVID BOWIE , Can't Help Thinking About Me, released by Pye
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Can't Help Thinking About Me/And I Say To Myself , released under "DAVID BOWIE and THE LOWER THIRD" produced by Tony Hatch. Both songs are written byDavid and "Can't Help Thinking..." later creeps into the MELODY MAKER chart,peaking at No.34 in February.
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4/1/1966
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First SOLO single
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First solo single Do Anything You Say/Good Morning Girl is released by Pye. As it is released on April Fools Day, some music magazines do not take the record seriously!
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6/2/1967
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Releases debut album DAVID BOWIE
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He becomes the first artist to release an album without having had a hit single beforehand. The album fails to chart ....
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