David Bowie: A chronology

This is a chronology of the facts from David Bowie's earliest childhood, through his schooldays, early bands, flops d'estime and on to the days of Ziggy Stardust, cracked actor, sometime Berliner, sometime New Yorker, sometime Orient-obsessed and continually shifting in person. Extraordinarily detailed information - ranging from Bowie's first known use of hair dye to his first gig, his first associations with Iggy Pop, Andy Warhol and Oona Chaplin.