On this day (April 14) in 1967, David Bowie released “The Laughing Gnome” as a single in the United Kingdom. The novelty song was a commercial flop and failed to chart across the board. However, fans ...

Mike Batt “often used to wonder” if David Bowie could have ended up a novelty artist. The 75-year-old conductor-and-songwriter – who was the musical brains behind children’s group The Wombles – was a ...

It took years of hard work for David Jones to become David Bowie. The aspiring artist was a teen popster, a hippy-ish folkie and a purveyor of novelty records (“The Laughing Gnome,” best forgotten), ...

A new documentary movie, set to be released next year, will explore David Bowie’s early career, fan site David Bowie News reported. While no production details were made available, it’s likely the ...

Do all music legends have vaults of unreleased music? A BBC4 documentary set to air in July will be unveiling unreleased music from David Bowie. Bowie has made a number of his previously unreleased ...