After 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.

Upon listening to " Tutti Frutti ", Bowie would later say, " I had heard God ".

Dissatisfied with his stage name as Davy ( and Davie ) Jones, which in the mid-1960s invited confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, Bowie renamed himself after the 19th century American frontiersman Jim Bowie and the knife he had popularised.

Few had succeeded as Bowie did now.

By 1983, Bowie had emerged as one of the most important video artists of the day.

The line-up was completed by Tony and Hunt Sales, whom Bowie had known since the late 1970s for their contribution, on drums and bass respectively, to Iggy Pop's 1977 album Lust For Life.

Tin Machine IIs arrival was marked by a widely publicised and ill-timed conflict over the cover art: after production had begun, the new record label, Victory, deemed the depiction of four ancient nude Kouroi statues, judged by Bowie to be " in exquisite taste ", " a show of wrong, obscene images ", requiring air-brushing and patching to render the figures sexless.

The riff was provided to " Fame " co-writers John Lennon and Bowie by guitarist Carlos Alomar, who had briefly been a member of Brown's band in the late 1960s.

Bowie, whose own music had inspired Francis and Santiago while they were at university, has said that the Pixies made " just about the most compelling music of the entire 80s ".

Glam rockers such as New York Dolls and David Bowie had big influences on protopunk, early punk rock and glam punk.

In the stage productions, actors generally did their own make-up, but for this film the producers chose Pierre La Roche to redesign the make-up for each character ( he had previously designed make-up for David Bowie ).

It was with their second album, 1978's More Songs About Buildings and Food that the band began its long-term collaboration with producer Brian Eno, who had previously worked with Roxy Music, David Bowie, John Cale and Robert Fripp ; the title of Eno's 1977 song " King's Lead Hat " is an anagram of the band's name.

Their version attracted a good deal of attention, not least from David Bowie, as it was released in June 1979 just six weeks after Bowie's version had hit the UK Top 10 in April.

Cos had learned that the Texan Army was temporarily divided and sent Ugartechea and troops to engage Bowie and Fannin's men.

Other musicians, and at least one comedian, who have sung Numan's praises in recent years include Beck, Grant Nicholas, Tricky, Damon Albarn & Matt Sharp, Jarvis Cocker, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Noel Fielding and Afrika Bambaataa, who spoke of the influence Numan's music had on the fledgling American DJ scene: " In the late 70s and early 80s Gary had the rhythms that DJs wanted to get hold of and people waited for his records on the dance floor.

* 1830 ’ s, James Bowie and Rezin P. Bowie, scour the San Saba valley seeking a silver mine that the Spanish had believed to be in the area.

After the game, McLain smilingly denied that he had served up an easy pitch for Mantle to hit, however, he was later reprimanded by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.

Among those who can lay claim to fame, and who have either been born or lived in Beckenham or have had some important contribution to make to the town, there are show business people such as Bob Monkhouse ( 1928 – 2003 ); Julie Andrews ( 1935-); David Bowie ( 1947-), who lived at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham from 1969 – 1973 ; Peter Frampton ( 1950-); Wende Snijders ( 1978-), the Dutch singer ; and the actors Maurice Denham ( 1909 – 2002 ), and Simon Ward ( 1941 – 2012 ).

Levitt & Sons had a long history of prohibiting the sale of houses ( including resale by owners ) to African Americans which led to civil rights protests in Bowie in 1963.

During the Second World War, Brownwood was the location of U. S. Army Camp Bowie, which had a peak complement of over 80, 000 soldiers.

By 1913, the town had a population of over 5, 000 and included the Bowie Commercial College, a higher education institution.

Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, a 1981 biographical film focusing on a young girl's drug addiction in West Berlin, featured Bowie in a cameo appearance as himself at a concert in Germany.

The inscription reads " Hier steh ich an den Marken meiner Tage " ( Here I stand at the marches of my days ), a paraphrased line from the sonnet Abschied vom Leben ( Farewell from Life ) by Theodor Körner ( author ) | Theodor Körner. Dietrich's final on-camera film appearance was a cameo role in Just a Gigolo ( 1979 ), starring David Bowie and directed by David Hemmings.

On December 19, 1996, Mould made a cameo appearance on The Daily Show Holiday Spectacular in an homage duet of " The Little Drummer Boy " with Mould playing the part of David Bowie to Craig Kilborn's " Bing Crosby ".

David Bowie, who had some input on the storyline and game's design, makes two cameo appearances within the game, although not as himself ; first as Boz, a game character who's a revolutionary wanted by authorities, and secondly as the nameless lead-singer of the fictional musical group, " The Dreamers ", who perform illegal concerts in Omikron.

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory ( 1987 ) is a made-for-TV film starring Brian Keith as Davy Crockett, James Arness as James Bowie, Alec Baldwin as Col. Travis, Raul Julia as Santa Anna, and a single scene cameo by Lorne Greene as Sam Houston.

Bowie reached a new peak of popularity and commercial success in 1983 with Let's Dance.

Bowie starred in The Hunger ( 1983 ), a revisionist vampire film, with Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon.

The interconnection between horror and goth was highlighted in its early days by The Hunger, a 1983 vampire film, which starred David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, and Susan Sarandon.

* Denny Jaeger and Michel Rubini, the first to use the Synclavier to score a major motion picture ( The Hunger, with David Bowie, released through MGM in April, 1983 ) and to score the first network TV series ( The Powers of Matthew Starr, from Paramount Television, released September, 1982 ).

In 1983 – 84, the Pacers finished with the worst record in the Eastern Conference, which would have given the Pacers the second overall pick in the draft — the pick that that the Blazers famously used to select Sam Bowie while Michael Jordan was still available.

* 1983: The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott and starring Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, and Catherine Deneuve.

David Bowie sings a couplet from the song as an introduction to his song " Heroes " in the live recording of his ' Serious Moonlight Tour ' in 1983.

" Henson met David Bowie in the summer of 1983 to seek his involvement, as Bowie was in the U. S for his Serious Moonlight Tour at the time.

Thompson appeared with numerous artists such as Jody Watley, Madonna ( on her 1984 album Like A Virgin ), Rod Stewart, Robert Palmer, Adam Ant ( on his unreleased Persuasion album ), Mick Jagger, and David Bowie ( on his 1983 Let's Dance album and subsequent Serious Moonlight tour ).

1983: Opened several dates for David Bowie on the Serious Moonlight tour and on this tour, among other highlights, they were the first artists to ever play the newly opened Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington.

From 1982 to 1985 the Pat Metheny Group released Offramp ( 1982 ), a live set Travels ( 1983 ), and First Circle ( 1984 ), as well as The Falcon and the Snowman ( 1985 ), a soundtrack album for the movie of the same name in which they collaborated with David Bowie.

* David Bowie performed, on two consecutive nights, at the centre during his Serious Moonlight Tour on 5 – 6 June 1983, began the first European leg of his Sound + Vision Tour, on two consecutive nights, on 19 – 20 March 1990, performed on two consecutive nights, during his Outside Tour on 20 – 21 November 1995 & performed on two consecutive nights during his A Reality Tour on 19 – 20 November 2003.

Missing Persons appeared at a three-day Southern California concert known as the US Festival in May 1983, along with Berlin, David Bowie, The Pretenders, U2, and several other performers.

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ( Japanese:, also known as in many European editions ) is a 1983 film directed by Nagisa Oshima, produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Takeshi Kitano.

* Rock concerts: Rod Stewart ( 1979 ), KISS ( 1980 ), David Bowie ( 1983 ), U2 ( 1998 ) and Simon and Garfunkel ( 1983 ).

David Bowie performed during his Serious Moonlight Tour on July 13, 1983.

Adelaide Oval has hosted major concerts during its time, with some of the most famous acts including Fleetwood Mac ( 1977 & 2004 ), David Bowie ( 1978 & 1983 ), KISS ( 1980 ), Madonna & Paul McCartney ( 1993 ), Michael Jackson ( 1996 ), Billy Joel & Elton John ( 1998 ), P! nk ( 2002 ), Pearl Jam ( 2009 ), AC / DC and Wolfmother ( 2010 ) and Foo Fighters ( 2011 ).

* In the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Major Jack Celliers, played by David Bowie, is subjected to a mock firing squad by his Japanese captors in an attempt to break him.

Fresco was a five-track EP released in 1983 by this line-up, they supported David Bowie on the European section of his Serious Moonlight tour.

In October 1983, with the song " Station to Station " by David Bowie, WXDU signed on the air, and a new era of Duke radio had begun.

* On 30 June 1983, David Bowie returned to perform during his Serious Moonlight Tour.