They share the same birthday. Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, and David Bowie was born on January 8, 1947
Elvis Presley and David Bowie experimented and got into trouble with their hair styles in high school. Well, we know Elvis wore his hair differently than his classmates, and if Bowie’s later preference in hair styles is any indication, he was a rebel in high school, too.
Elvis Presley Sings David Bowie Songs – Graceland 1974
David Bowie was a big fan of Elvis. At short notice, he crossed the Atlantic on a plane to attend an Elvis concert in New York in 1972, even though he had a strong fear of flying. “The Ziggy Stardust Companion” printed this quote that Bowie made in 1996 concerning the Elvis concert he attended.
“[Elvis] was a major hero of mine. And I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something. I came over for a long weekend. I remember coming straight from the airport and walking into Madison Square Garden very late. I was wearing all my clobber from the Ziggy period and had great seats near the front. The whole place just turned to look at me and I felt like a right idiot. I had brilliant red hair, some huge padded space suit and those red boots with big black soles. I wished I’d gone for something quiet, because I must have registered with him. He was well into his set.”
David Bowie and Elvis Presley TVC15
Bowie and Presley UNHEARD – Elvis Visited Bowie at The Studios in LA during the recording sessions for Station to Station. This is The Demo they made together of the Bowie song TVC15. Although Bowie Loved the version Elvis wasnt happy with it and demanded it be left off the album
Bowie says that he first discovered the power of music when he saw his cousin get up and dance to Elvis’ “Hound Dog.”
Elvis Presley asked David Bowie to be his producer, claims country star
It would have been one of the most unusual pairings in musical history – but how would it have sounded? According to a new account – from an unlikely source – Elvis Presley asked David Bowie to be his producer.
‘Black Star’: David Bowie’s Connection to Elvis Presley
In 1960, Elvis Presley recorded a country-tinged song called Black Star. It was intended to be the title track for a film, but when the film’s title changed to Flaming Star, Presley’s song was ditched and wasn’t released until the Nineties.
Following Mr. Bowie’s death the search for meaning in his own final works — the album “Blackstar,” which arrived on Friday, his 69th birthday, and the musical “Lazarus” — has led back to Elvis. On this week’s New York Times Popcast, the philosopher Simon Critchley, whose book “Bowie” was released in 2014, points to the rare Elvis song “Black Star,” an alternate version of “Flaming Star” from the 1960 Western of the same name.
The lyrics speak for themselves:
Every man has a black star
A black star over his shoulder
And when a man sees his black star
He knows his time, his time has come
Black star don’t shine on me, black star
Black star keep behind me, black star
There’s a lot of livin’ I gotta do
Give me time to make a few dreams come true, black star
David Bowie Elvis Presley – Golden Years
“Golden Years” is a song written and recorded by David Bowie in 1975. It was originally released in a shortened form as a single in November 1975, and in its full-length version in January the following year on the Station to Station album. It was the first track completed during the Station to Station sessions, a period when Bowie’s cocaine addiction was at its peak. At one stage it was slated to be the album’s title track
Bowie was looking to emulate something of the glitzy nostalgia of “On Broadway“, which he was playing on piano in the studio when he came up with “Golden Years”. He has said that he offered it to Elvis Presley to perform, but that Presley declined it.
Bowie’s manager Tony DeFries used the announcement “David Bowie has left the building,” as was done for Elvis Presley concerts.