17 facts about the great and unique David Bowie (18 photos)

David Bowie cemented his place in rock history with his numerous bright looks and timeless classics like Starman, Heroes, Rebel Rebel and Under Pressure. In memory of David Bowie, here are 17 facts about the music legend that you probably didn't know.





1 Bowie Was Nominated For An MTV Award For His Cameo In "Model Male"



2. His real name was David Robert Jones. He changed him on "David Bowie" so as not to be confused with The Monkees member Davey Jones





3. Bowie's 1969 Space Oddity hit number one place on the UK music charts, used in a BBC report on landing on the moon



4. Bowie is believed to have sold over 140 million albums during his career.



5. Bowie married Somali supermodel Iman in 1992. They have a daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, born in 2000.



6. In 1988, Bowie played Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ.



7. Bowie started playing the saxophone when he was 12 years old.



8. Bowie was in 10 bands - The Konrads, The Hooker Brothers, The King Bees, The Manish Boys, The Lower Third, The Buzz, The Riot Squad, The Hype, Tin Machine and Tao Jones Index (some of them acted under other names)



9. During his North American tour in 2004 Bowie was chasing a 1.6m pink rabbit. The rabbit stood in the first row at every performance



10. On the cover of his 1973 album Pinups, along with Bowie, the famous supermodel of the 60s Twiggy is depicted.



11. Bowie voiced Lord His Majesty in a 2007 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.



12. He starred in the Broadway production of The Elephant Man in 1980.



13 Bowie Hired The Then-Unknown Luther Vandross to create vocal arrangements and perform backing vocals on his 1975 album by Young Americans



13. David turned down two of Britain's most prestigious Orders: Commander Grand Cross (CBE) in 2000 and knighthood in 2003



15. In 1996, Bowie released the single "Telling Lies" exclusively for your site. This was the first time that a major the artist has released a single for download



16. His hit "Fame" was co-written with John Lennon. Lennon also provided backing vocals for the track.



17. Bowie once got into a fight with a friend named George. Underwood because of the girl, and he hit him in the eye. Since then, the musician one pupil was permanently dilated