Former Apple star and Beatles “protégé” Mary Hopkin turns 76 today

Welsh singer Mary Hopkin is not a name that resonates with many people today. However, she played a rather important role in pop music during the late 1960s and 1970s, being a protégé of the Beatles and a collaborator with David Bowie.

The legendary producer Tony Visconti celebrates 82 today

Visconti first made a name for himself working with British artists like Tyrannosaurus Rex, producing their early albums and helping to shape their transition into glam rock icons and in 1969, he began a partnership with David Bowie that would span more than four decades, producing landmark albums such as “The Man Who Sold the World,” “Young Americans,” “Heroes,” and later “Blackstar,” Bowie’s final album

On this day in 1992 The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert takes place in a crowded Wembley Stadium, featuring an all star line up

In 1992, a few months after Freddie Mercury’s untimely death caused by AIDS, Queen and a group of legendary artists and musicians including David Bowie, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Elton John, George Michael, Roger Daltrey, Tony Iommi and Robert Plant among many others, gathered to pay tribute to the Queen legend in order to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity organization

David Bowie and the importance of the 1972 “Starman” single release to his career

Historically, “Starman” it’s a turning point on Bowie’s career and it was almost an instant hit to Bowie, not only in the U.K but worldwide

In 1967 David Bowie releases the eerie single “The Laughing Gnome”

One of David Bowie’s most eerie songs and singles, “The Laughing Gnome” was first released as a novelty single by Deram Records on April 14, 1967

David Bowie releases “Drive-In Saturday” in 1973

The lyrics features multiple references to notable names including Mick Jagger, model Twiggy and Carl Jung describes how the inhabitants of a post-apocalyptic world in the future have forgotten how to make love

The “plastic soul” of David Bowie album “Young Americans”

Looking back at Bowie’s soul adventure that was released on this day in 1975

David Bowie releases “The Prettiest Star” in 1970 featuring Marc Bolan on the guitar

When two icons of Glam Rock joined forces in 1970, the commercial result wasn’t what both were expecting, especially when it’s David Bowie and Marc Bolan we are talking about

David Bowie releases “Sound and Vision” in 1977

On February 11, 1977, one of David Bowie’s most revolutionary and famous songs, “Sound and Vision,” was the first single to be released from the album “Low,” the Experimental Electronic-Rock adventure of the Berlin period. The back vocals on the song were done by a very special singer

The Raw Power in “Raw Power,” The Ultimate Proto-Punk adventure by Iggy and The Stooges

Produced by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, “Raw Power” is the ultimate definition of Proto-Punk Rock. Released on February 7, 1973, it remains a historical document of a golden age

The actor Michael C. Hall celebrates 55 today

Michael C. Hall came to prominence in 2001 when he appeared in the HBO hit series “Six Feet Under” and later as Dexter Morgan in “Dexter”

The importance of David Bowie’s first visit to America

On January 27th, 1971, despite his fear of flying, David Bowie gets on a plane for a flight across the Atlantic for the first time financed by his label Mercury Records to go on a promotional tour of his album “The Man Who Sold the World.” Despite being unable to perform due to work visa restrictions, Bowie made the most out of this trip and it was there he started to plan his next career move

Bizarre and eye-catching Klaus Nomi was born on this day in 1944

Klaus Nomi was a famous German singer-songwriter and actor, who was born on January 24, 1944, in Immenstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Nomi was a visionary artist with a stunning sense of humor that filled up the two studio records recorded in his lifetime with campy New Wave-inflected pop songs like “Simple Man” and “Lightnin’ Strikes”

David Bowie’s Station to Station: The creative side effects of the cocaine

After the much successful incursion into soul music with the album “Young Americans,” Bowie explored new and experimental sounds with “Station to Station” released on January 23, 1976, with his Thin White Duke alter-ego at full steam. Though recorded in Los Angeles, the influential album can be regarded as the preparation for the then upcoming “Berlin Trilogy”

“I’m gay,” declared David Bowie on January 22, 1972, interview

“I’m gay,” declared David Bowie, “and always have been, even when I was David Jones,” Bowie spoke these now-immortal words in the Jan. 22, 1972, issue of England’s Melody Maker

There are absolutely no lows on David Bowie’s masterpiece “Low”

Released on January 14th, 1977, the first album of the famous “Berlin Trilogy,” “Low” was at the date the most experimental and “Avant Garde” of all Bowie’s album

David Bowie: The Essential Discography

One of Rock and music biggest legends, David Bowie left us a deeply rich and eclectic legacy. We picked some of his best records on this list

David Bowie Birthday Special

A visionary since the very beginning of his career, David Bowie was the legit Pop and Rock chameleon, he was Ziggy Stardust, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke and so many others, his influence can be heard, seen and felt in every artistic expression. To celebrate his 79th anniversary we’ve put out a special feature

A New Career on a New Town

David Bowie had many lives, that, we all know, and by the late 70’s Ziggy Stardust was no more, we revisit The Berlin Trilogy 1977-1979

Why “Blackstar” must not be remembered as David Bowie’s goodbye album

With “Blackstar” Bowie achieved to recap his whole career, it’s an ensemble of every music style he ever tried, there is a little something from every phase, but, again, it’s not a copy, that’s the perfection of it, it’s an evolution

The Style and Fashion of David Bowie: The Next Day 1980’s-2010’s

David Bowie was during his lifetime one of the most influential musicians and songwriters, but he also was an icon for style, visual and fashion that understood from an early stage of his career the importance of both the music and visual worlds

The Style and Fashion of David Bowie: Sound and Vision 1970’s – 1980’s

The Style and Fashion of David Bowie: Changes 1960’s-1970’s

David Bowie’s “Changes” was released on this day in 1972

Originally released on the album “Hunky Dory” in December 1971 and as a single on January 7, 1972, “Changes” remains one of David Bowie’s most popular and influential songs and became the last song he performed on stage

David Bowie releases “Rubber Band” in 1966, his debut single on Deram

The early years of David Bowie career didn’t really produce any hit songs, in 1966 the 19-year-old Bowie was signed to the new hip label Deram and released his first single on it “Rubber Band,” a Baroque-Pop song that was a sales flop

Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” peaks to No.1 in the UK in 1981

“Under Pressure” is regarded as one of the finest moments in Rock music due to the vocal power of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury together, know more about how the song came to be

The many lives of the enthralling and enigmatic Amanda Lear

She rose to prominence as a fashion icon in the 1960s and served as muse to some of modern history’s most iconic figures, including Salvador Dali, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones, but her origins remain one of Pop Culture’s most fascinating enigmas

David Bowie scores his first U.K No.1 in 1975 rehashing “Space Oddity”

“Space Oddity” was first released as a Phillips single on 11 July 1969 to tie in with the Apollo 11 moon landing but it wasn’t up until 1975 that peaked to No.1

David Bowie appears on the Cher CBS Show in 1975

In 1975 David Bowie gives two performances filled with Funk, Soul and Disco at the Cher CBS TV Show, including a duet with Cher. Check out the videos of the performances

Revisiting David Bowie’s 1973 “Pin Ups”

“Pin Ups” stands as a landmark on tribute albums, but it’s so much more than that. David Bowie doesn’t only cover this collection of 1960’s British Rock songs, he reinvents them

Revisiting David Bowie “”Heroes”” A musical photograph of the cold and grey Berlin

“”Heroes”” was released on October 14th, 1977, as the second album of the “Berlin Trilogy, the album followed the same style of Rock/Electronic fusion that was made in its predecessor “Low,” this was a new Bowie created genre, as the RCA advertisement for the album stated: “There’s Old Wave. There’s New Wave. And There’s David Bowie”

Remembering the Electric Warrior Marc Bolan on his 78th Anniversary

We look back at the amazing life and career of the charismatic Glam Rock icon T.Rex’s Marc Bolan on his 78th Anniversary

Revisiting David Bowie’s influential 1980 album “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)”

“Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” is not often regarded as one of David Bowie’s groundbreaking albums, however it is, the impact and influence it had on Alternative Rock during the 1980’s and 1990’s it’s tremendous

David Bowie releases “Heroes” in 1977

“Heroes” is a product of Bowie’s experimental “Berlin” period, the track was not a huge hit in the UK or US at the time, but went on to become one of Bowie’s signature songs

David Bowie goes No.1 on Hot 100 with “Fame” in 1975 with a little help from John Lennon

The song that was co-written by Bowie during his American period with John Lennon and longtime collaborator guitarist Carlos Alomar, was Bowie’s first No.1 in the U.S

Remembering The Electric Warrior Marc Bolan

An absolute icon of Glam Rock, T.Rex’s Marc Bolan passed away 48 years ago on this day. We look back at his life and career

David Bowie wins the first ever MTV VMA Best Male Video in 1984

David Bowie was one of the pioneers on the music video industry, understanding the importance of it during the late 70’s. In 1984 he wins the first ever Best Male Video at the VMA’s

David Bowie and Mick Jagger “Dancing in the Street” hits No. 1 in 1985

A legendary 80’s moment in music and Pop Culture, on September 7th, 1985, David Bowie and Mick Jagger’s duet of Motown’s Martha and the Vandellas 60’s hit “Dancing in the Street” goes No. 1

In 1980 David Bowie wraps up the seventies with “Ashes to Ashes”

“Ashes To Ashes” the lead single from “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” peaked to No.1 in the U.K but flopped in the U.S, according to David Bowie, the song was his way to “wrapping up the seventies”

Influential experimental jazz guitarist Pat Metheny turns 71

The acclaimed Pat Metheny, who in 1985 collaborated with David Bowie in the hit song “This Is Not America,” has won 20 Grammy Awards, being the only person ever to win that desirable music award in 10 different categories

In 1967 David Bowie releases the single “Love You till Tuesday”

Just like his 1967 self-titled debut album and all his previous singles, “Love You till Tuesday” by David Bowie failed to break into the British charts despite being praised by critics

In 1972 David Bowie changes Pop and Rock music forever with his “Starman” performance at Top of the Pops

When Bowie embodied Ziggy Stardust and performed “Starman,” he influenced just about every future major British music star that was watching the TV at that minute

On July 3, 1973, David Bowie kills Ziggy Stardust live at the London’s Hammersmith Odeon

By 1973, David Bowie, who was barely a household name just one year earlier, had conquered the world with his fictional persona Ziggy Stardust but on July 3, 1973, when he went on stage, he was about to kill it and get his own life back

How well do you know David Bowie?

Test your David Bowie knowledge on this quiz about the life and career of the ultimate Pop icon!

“The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars:” David Bowie’s breakthrough masterpiece

Released on June 16, 1972, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” gave birth to one of Rock’s most enduring characters, Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie’s most famous creation. We revisit the story of Ziggy Stardust and the songs of this timeless album

The moment David Bowie and Andy Warhol met

In 1971, while traveling to New York, David Bowie visited the Andy Warhol’s Factory where Warhol took a photo of Bowie’s shoes. Watch this rare footage of their meeting

The Baroque Pop of David Bowie’s 1967 debut album

Hated by many, the David Bowie self-titled debut it’s essentially a baroque-pop album with hints of Psychedelic and Vaudeville Music Hall and a selection of songs that are notable for a 20-year-old songwriter

Remembering Mick Ronson on his birthday

Mick Ronson’s most notable accomplishments are closely tied to his collaboration with David Bowie as the lead guitarist and a key member of the Spiders from Mars, Bowie’s backing band

David Bowie’s “Diamond Dogs” – A darker look into a future legend

Originally composed for a musical based on the George Orwell’s book “1984,” “Diamond Dogs” was released on May 24, 1974, it remains one of David Bowie’s darkest and most influential albums. We revisit this absolute classic

David Bowie invites the world to dance in 1983 when he tops the charts with the single “Let’s Dance”

The 1980’s weren’t overall the best David Bowie period, creatively blocked, the influential artist, was still able to pull one of his career’s best-selling and most popular songs with the 1983 “Let’s Dance”

50 Unexpected Christmas Albums Covers created by AI

The AI revolution has begun. Although it’s not perfect yet, it offers us a glimpse into the future and, occasionally, a good laugh. Here are 50 humorous fictional Christmas albums from artists like David Bowie, Nick Cave, The Doors, Courtney Love, Joy Division, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, Sid Vicious, and Cradle of Filth.

The Ultimate Rock God Battle

All of these eight legends are the very definition of a Rock God, but now, it’s now time for you to decide who among them is The Ultimate Rock God. Eight days, seven rounds, but only one throne

Iggy Pop: The 9 Lives Of The Iguana

Looking back at the life of a living legend ,Andy Warhol wrote once about Iggy Pop after meeting him in 1966 as Jim Osterberg at Ann Arbor Film Festival . “I don’t know why he hasn’t made it really big,” Warhol wrote. “He is so good.”