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David Bowie Turns 60
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Today we celebrate David Bowie's 60th birthday -- only a few years left before the king of glam rock reaches senior status. To honor his coming of age, BBC News has put together “60 facts about the iconic singer, actor and artist.”
Born as David Robert Jones, Bowie has lived both a rebellious and influential life. My favorite factoid is number eleven on the list: “At the age of 17, he was interviewed on a BBC programme as the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men. He complained: ‘It's not nice when people call you darling and that’.”
An angsty teen of the early 60's, Bowie's long-haired revolution coincided with the coming of Beatles and their famed mop tops. Thanks to the GooTube search engine, I found said clip from the BBC show where Bowie announces his life-long love of long hair - the trend that would soon become a rock n' roll standard.
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