David Bowie from a decade-long recording hiatus with "The Next Day." He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, "Blackstar" (2016). Bowie was born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 in Brixton, London. His mother, Margaret Mary "Peggy" (née Burns; 1913–2001), was born at Shorncliffe Army Camp near Cheriton, Kent. Her paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants who had settled in Manchester. She worked as a waitress at a cinema in Royal Tunbridge Wells. His father, Haywood Stenton "John" Jones (1912–1969), was from Doncaster, and worked as a promotions officer for
David Bowie discography the "Billboard" 200 in the US. Just as its contract with Bowie was ending, RCA re-issued all of his albums on CD in 1984. However, by 1989 the rights had reverted to Bowie. Rykodisc outbid Rhino for the rights to the RCA catalog and re-issued all of the albums as part of their "Sound + Vision" series. In 1997 Bowie licensed the albums to EMI. In 2013 the rights were acquired by the Warner Music Group. General Specific David Bowie discography The discography of English singer David Bowie (1947–2016) included 27 studio albums, 11 live albums, 51 compilation albums, eight