Self-assessment

A chameleonic singer


Choose the most appropriate option for the following statements. You can know your score at the end of the exercise.

hombre, David Bowie

Bielawski, A. (2002). David Bowie Chicago. [Fotografía]. Recuperada de https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie

David Bowie was a British singer and actor. His real name was David Robert Jones and he was born on 8th January 1947.

His first album was released in 1967, but his first hit single, Space Oddity, was released two years later. Some of his songs were a huge success in the U.S.A.

In 1981 he sang on a duet with the British band Queen on the song Under Pressure. That song was another huge hit for both, Bowie and Queen.

He acted in several movies, too. One of his most successful movies was Labyrinth (1986). Other movies where he appeared were The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) in the role of Pontius Pilate, Basquiat (1996), where he played the role of his friend Andy Warhol, and Zoolander (2001), where he made a cameo appearance as himself.

He continued recording and touring for several years. He died on 10th January 2016 when he was 69 years old.

Adapted from Wikipedia.org