The Thin White Duke was the persona and character adopted by the English musician David Bowie for public appearances in the mid-1970s. Though the Duke...
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Stuart Price (section The Killers)
literally "The Digital Rhythms"), Paper Faces, Man with Guitar, Thin White Duke (not to be confused with David Bowie's earlier persona of the same name)...
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one of his most significant works, the album was the vehicle for Bowie's performance persona the Thin White Duke. Co-produced by Bowie and Harry Maslin...
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David Bowie (redirect from Davy Jones and the Lower Third)
Davis—continued as a stable unit for the remainder of the 1970s. Bowie performed on stage as the Thin White Duke. The tour was highly successful but mired...
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Paper Faces, Man With Guitar, Thin White Duke (not to be confused with David Bowie's earlier persona of the same name), and the parodic French moniker Jacques...
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influenced by the German electronic bands Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. Lyrically, the song introduces Bowie's sinister persona the Thin White Duke, who became...
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Wallonia, number five in Australia, and number 24 in the United Kingdom. The Thin White Duke remix of the song was ranked number 70 on Triple J's Hottest 100...
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Persona (section The concept of musical personae)
Stardust, and later as The Thin White Duke. More than just artistic pseudonyms, the personae are independent characters used in the artist's shows and albums...
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Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, and Moonage Daydreams (category Graphic novels set in the 1970s)
follows David Bowie's life through his Ziggy Stardust years up to his The Thin White Duke period. It was authored by Steve Horton (writer) and Mike Allred...
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on 18 May 1976. The tour is commonly referred to as Thin White Duke Tour, The Station to Station Tour, and The White Light Tour. The performances began...
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Iman (model) (category Somalian emigrants to the United States)
mononymously as Iman, is a Somali-American model and actress. A muse of the designers Gianni Versace, Thierry Mugler, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, and...
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influenced the glam rock culture and fashion of the 1970s. She was married to Bowie (whom she assisted in conceptualizing the costumes for the Ziggy Stardust...
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Bowie's "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" to the 2015 Cleopatra tribute album A Salute to the Thin White Duke – The Songs of David Bowie. Jupiter was eventually...
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97–99. Cavanagh, David (May 1991). "Return of the Thin White Duke". Select. No. 11. p. 88. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11...
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" (The Emperor Machine Vocal Version) – 8:03 "What Else Is There?" (The Emperor Machine Dub Version) – 7:51 "What Else Is There?" (Thin White Duke Mix) –...
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of number ten on November 15, 2008. In Australia, the Thin White Duke Mix charted at number 28 on the Australian Club Charts. In Spain, "Miles Away" became...
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Psych (film series) (section Psych: The Movie (2017))
Roday Rodriguez. Zachary Levi was later announced for the film as the main villain, "Thin White Duke", while Jazmyn Simon – Dulé Hill's real-life fiancée...
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as Chief Karen Vick Corbin Bernsen as Henry Spencer Zachary Levi as Thin White Duke Ralph Macchio as Nick Conforth Jimmi Simpson as Mary Lightly Julianna...
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When You Were Young (category The Killers songs)
Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) – 6:23 "When You Were Young" (The Lindbergh Palace Remix) – 6:59 "When You Were Young" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub)...
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persona of The Thin White Duke. Serge Gainsbourg was a heavy Gitanes smoker and always appeared in public with his packet of Gitanes in his hand. The book A...
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It's My Life (Talk Talk song) (category Number-one singles in the Czech Republic)
with Vocal at the 47th Grammy Awards. Jacques Lu Cont, the song's programmer, created the Thin White Duke mix of "It's My Life", which won the award for Best...
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waistcoat for Bowie's Thin White Duke look, also in 1976. Some of the items she designed for Bowie are part of the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum...
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mentioned by name in the season 1 premiere. Major Tom The Thin White Duke Bowie: "It was quite easy to become obsessed night and day with the character. I became...
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musical genres, from the glam rock of Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke of Station to Station (1976). Hoskyns argued that through the Ziggy persona, Bowie...
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Robert Smith (musician) (redirect from Robert Smith (The Cure))
Bonyata. "Livewire's One on One: Earl Slick's 30-year affair with The Thin White Duke". Concertlivewire.com. Retrieved 28 September 2014. Jeffries, David...
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("Fame"). Station to Station (1976) was the vehicle for his persona the Thin White Duke, and is commonly known as the musical transition between Young Americans...
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acclaimed, Bowie became a controversial figure during the tour. Speaking as his persona the Thin White Duke, he made statements about Adolf Hitler and Nazi...
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this outfit bore a "remarkable resemblance" to the wardrobe of Bowie's future persona The Thin White Duke. Neil Bartlett characterised her performances...
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performed the song at the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2007. Both the original version of the song and the Thin White Duke edit appeared on the album...
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(although the US iTunes Store records a 1 November release). The b-side of the physical single is a remix of the song, called the "Thin White Duke Mix". It...
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