1Moonwalk
The Moonwalk pre-dates Michael Jackson by at least 50 years, having been performed by James Brown, David Bowie, Dick Van Dyke, and Cab Calloway.
2Mark David Chapman
David Bowie was next on a hit list of targets of John Lennon’s assassin, Mark David Chapman.
3Low
After David Bowie released his album ‘Low’, Nick Lowe responded by releasing an album named ‘Bowi.’
4Heteropoda davidbowie
There is a spider named after David Bowie, the ‘Heteropoda davidbowie.’
5Nat Tate
David Bowie and William Boyd created a fictional (hoax) artist called Nat Tate with an aim to expose the pretensions of the art world.
6Freddie Mercury
An unknown Freddie Mercury, at that time a London shoe stall assistant, fitted David Bowie for a pair of boots, over 10 years before “Under Pressure” was recorded.
7Queen and Bowie
Queen’s collaboration with David Bowie on ‘Under Pressure’ wasn’t planned. Bowie just happened to be by the studio while Queen were recording the song.
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8Let’s Dance
The late great Stevie Ray Vaughn got his ‘mainstream’ start playing with Bowie, playing on his studio album “Let’s Dance.” Stevie was one of the best blues guitarists ever, and if it weren’t for his time in Bowie’s band, who knows if we’d know who he was.
9Berlin Wall performance
David Bowie once performed at the Berlin Wall, while East Germans gathered to listen behind. He said “And we would hear them cheering and singing along from the other side. God, even now I get choked up. It was breaking my heart. I’d never done anything like that in my life, and I guess I never will again.”
10Magic Dance
The baby noises heard in “Magic Dance” in The Labyrinth was dubbed over by David Bowie himself because he felt the actual baby didn’t perform as required.
