Many credit the album as the time when Bowie started to truly find his unique style and voice, and it's acclaimed as one of his best works. David Bowie was born in London on January 8, 1947 as David Robert Jones. But as he readied to embark on his musical career as a teen, there was a problem: Davy Jones, the lead singer of The Monkees, was already a known quantity in the music industry, and the aspiring artist was afraid they might be confused. So David Jones changed his name to David Bowie. S Club fans are furious as concert is plunged into darkness and they are forced to evacuate over suspected fire at Liverpool gig Matthew Perry death LATEST: Friends actor 'had not been in hot tub long' before body was found, report claims - as co-stars break their silence with heartbreaking tributes

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The Challenge star Nelson Thomas charged with DWI... months after being rescued from burning vehicle following car crash The documentary also explores Bowie’s increasingly uncomfortable relationship with fame, which he had embraced at the beginning of his career as a means to gain creative freedom, but in later years he came to loathe. Kelly Ripa is pretty in pink as Barbie and her husband Mark Consuelos dons stripes as Ken for their Halloween special on Live With Kelly & Mark

The doll even features Ziggy Stardust's trademark astral makeup.

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In its announcement provided to Fox News Digital, Mattel said the doll’s release is meant to honor the 50th anniversary of the release of Bowie’s album "Hunky Dory," which was originally released on Dec. 17, 1971. Matthew Perry is seen dining out with a female friend at the Hotel Bel-Air the day BEFORE he was found dead in his hot tub at home Janis Joplin's siblings, Laura and Michael Joplin, also spoke about their sister being recognised, saying: "It is a really special moment to see our sister being recognised by the Music Walk Of Fame.A nation of wheeler dealers: Half who sold a car online did so to an online buying service... and three-quarters were HAPPY with the experience! Spain's General Nursing Council calls for a BAN on 'sexy' nurse Halloween costumes loved by celebrities,... In 1964, when he was just 17 years old, Bowie formed The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men, an organization aimed at protesting the treatment that he and other men with long hair received on the streets of London. He took the matter seriously, as you can see from the BBC interview above. This period hadn’t been explored by anybody so it was very interesting territory,” Whately told the Guardian. “In some ways he seems to have worked harder in that period than at almost any other time, except the beginning of the 1970s when he was producing Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane.” Rebekah Vardy shares first snap of her plastic air boot following 'horror accident'... after Coleen Rooney wore similar brace at Wagatha Christie trial

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