David Bowie

David Bowie was a rock musician most popular from the sixties to seventies credited with inventing "space rock", which was later popularized by psychedelic band Pink Floyd. Bowie had several hit singles and bestselling albums. Bowie was a part of the British Invasion. He is best known for his hit Space Oddity, about an astronaut being sent into space. This is considered the first "space rock" song. Bowie delved into the psychedelia in his early work, but as times progressed he evolved with the times. He got into the post punk style with Heroes, did some funk rock with Fame and Let's Dance, and with many of his songs delved into the new wave sound. He collaborated with Queen on their song Under Pressure. This was controversially sampled by white rapper Vanilla Ice for his hit Ice Ice Baby. Bowie and Queen were eventually given credit after a lawsuit. Space Oddity was the inspiration for the Peter Schilling synthrock hit Major Tom (Coming Home). Bowie's song The Man Who Sold the World was successfully covered by the grunge band Nirvana. He collaborated with Tina Turner. Bowie once planned to record a theatrical adaptation of the iconic dystopian novel 1984, but Sonia Orwell, widow of legendary author George Orwell, denied him the rights. He did release several of the songs he had recorded for the production onto his album Diamond Dogs.