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#1. What was David Bowie’s real birth name?
#2. What was the cause of Bowie’s permanently dilated pupil?
A punch from his friend George Underwood caused eye damage and anisocoria.
#3. Which specific musical style did David Bowie’s music shift towards in 1975, a sound that initially alienated many of his UK fans but brought him his first major US crossover success?
#4. Which specific London borough was the family home at 40 Stansfield Road situated within, on the boundary between Brixton and Stockwell?
the family lived at 40 Stansfield Road, ‘in the south London borough of Lambeth’.
#5. Which album was released in the same year (1976) that David Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth?
‘In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station‘.
#6. Which specific American 45 was the first record to impress Bowie when he saw his cousin Kristina dance to it soon after its release in 1956?
#7. In what year did David Bowie receive a Grafton saxophone from his mother, an action prompted by his enthusiasm for modern jazz players like Charles Mingus and John Coltrane?
#8. Which of his final two studio albums marked his return from a decade-long recording hiatus in 2013?
#9. What was the name of David Bowie’s maternal half-brother, who was a substantial influence on his early life by introducing him to modern jazz, Buddhism, and Beat poetry?
#10. Which 1975 Bowie single became his first US No.1 hit?
