David Robert Jones.Early bands he played with The Kon-Rads,The King Bees,the Mannish Boys & the Lower Third –provided him with an introduction into the showy worlds of pop and mod, & by 1966 he was David Bowie,His career began with a handful of mostly forgotten singles & a head full of ideas. t was not until 1969 that the splash onto the charts would begin,with the legendary Space Oddity.Amidst his musical wanderings in the late '60s,the young Bowie experimented with mixed media,cinema,mime,Tibetan Buddhism, acting & love.Space Oddity,paid homage to the kaleidoscopic influences of the London artistic scene,while hinting at a songwriting talent that was about to yield some of rock n roll's finest and most distinctive work-even if it would take the rest of the world a few years to catch up.This is a 200 track selection from his very early recording in 1964 to the Space Oddity album in 1969.Take a look at the comment for detailed playlist
