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Space Oddity

Categories: Music / songs

Song by David Bowie. It was first released as a single, and became the title of his second studio album. The song is about Major Tom, a fictional astronaut.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Space Oddity

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David Bowie - Former Trident Studios

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David Bowie

David Bowie

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Capt. Simmon Latutin GC

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Born Euston, the son of poor Jewish immigrant tailors. He attended the North London Polytechnic School 1931-3 and later won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music to study violin. Within four ...

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Abbey Road

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The Beatles' Abbey Road album was released on 26 September 1969.

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1 memorial
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Record album. The fifth to be released by Bob Marley and the Wailers on Island Records.

Media, Music / songs

1 memorial
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Composer. Born at the vicarage in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire. Entered the Royal College of Music in 1890, where he studied alongside Hubert Parry. He went on to study in Berlin and Paris. Under t...

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Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

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Person, Politics & Administration, Canada, Lithuania, USA

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Henry Adlington

Henry Adlington

Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial
John Wesley Seale

John Wesley Seale

Sculptor. Born Wiltshire. His son, J. H. G. and his grandsons, J. H. and A. B., all became sculptors. John Wesley died at home, Swiss Cottage, Jardin Street, Albany Road, Camberwell.

Person, Sculpture

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