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By *acko9568 OP Man
over a year ago

saltburn

BBC have voted David Bowie as best entertainer of 20th century....,,

Who would come close???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nobody

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jimi Hendrix or Elvis

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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol East

Lily Savage

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By *acko9568 OP Man
over a year ago

saltburn

Remember buying Ziggy Stardust in the very early 70’s and was hooked

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Freddie Mercury ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Really!? I’d put lots before him. Definitely Elvis. Wasn’t a great Bowie fan though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Homer Simpson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good choice, love Lazarus musical as well.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

The entire 20th century! That's saying something.

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By *acko9568 OP Man
over a year ago

saltburn

"Freddie Mercury ?"

Ooh good choice.... not as long lived as Bowie though???

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By *irth.Minge.FireMan
over a year ago

Seen in far off places

Morrissey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Really!? I’d put lots before him. Definitely Elvis. Wasn’t a great Bowie fan though "

Bowie did a lot of different projects where Elvis was only good at the music.

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

The Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

June Whitfield

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By *arlo82Couple
over a year ago

the gym and random places

He did do a great live performance ...was lucky enough to see him at Isle of Wight

Mercury, George Michael, Elvis, Mick jagger....i don't know all the great performers are older or dead now

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By *acko9568 OP Man
over a year ago

saltburn

"He did do a great live performance ...was lucky enough to see him at Isle of Wight

Mercury, George Michael, Elvis, Mick jagger....i don't know all the great performers are older or dead now "

Barry White, Kieth Moon, Bee Gees??

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

Michael?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"He did do a great live performance ...was lucky enough to see him at Isle of Wight

Mercury, George Michael, Elvis, Mick jagger....i don't know all the great performers are older or dead now "

Still plenty around, just depends from your point of view.

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By *acko9568 OP Man
over a year ago

saltburn

"Michael?

Jackson ???

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By *rownboy30Man
over a year ago

Birmingham

"The entire 20th century! That's saying something."

I was going to say the same thing, a case of people putting more weight on recent memory than older ones

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Prince

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By *os19Man
over a year ago

Edmonton

In terms of British music I would put Freddie Mercury ahead of David Bowie.One off my all time favourite songs is Under Pressure a duet with Queen & David Bowie yet most people I know seem to call it a Queen song.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

neil armstrong

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Michael Jackson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"neil armstrong"

Great performer, that one step he did.

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

"BBC have voted David Bowie as best entertainer of 20th century....,,

Who would come close???"

I would give it to Bowie too .

Those who would come close would be Elvis , McCartney , Jagger , Dylan , Jack Nicholson , Robert De Niro , Charlie Chaplin , and probably loads more , but I really think Bowie deserves it .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"BBC have voted David Bowie as best entertainer of 20th century....,,

Who would come close???"

Good choice. A true artist and pioneer. Not just a singer of other songwriters work. It’s just the word ‘Entertainer’ doesn’t quite encompass it well. You automatically think of Des O’Connor and Val Doonican, and that just isn’t right

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By *acko9568 OP Man
over a year ago

saltburn

Ken Dodd.... plus he had loads of top40 songs... people don’t automatically think of him as a singer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Neil Armstrong ????

The ‘Moonwalk’ pioneering entertainer ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"BBC have voted David Bowie as best entertainer of 20th century....,,

Who would come close???

I would agree, even to say performer would belittle his body of work. He explored his creativity through many lenses.

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

"BBC have voted David Bowie as best entertainer of 20th century....,,

Who would come close???"

Jimmy saville

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

"Michael?

Jackson ???"

Yes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"BBC have voted David Bowie as best entertainer of 20th century....,,

Who would come close???

I would give it to Bowie too .

Those who would come close would be Elvis , McCartney , Jagger , Dylan , Jack Nicholson , Robert De Niro , Charlie Chaplin , and probably loads more , but I really think Bowie deserves it ."

Nicholson, De Niro weren't pioneers, they where applying theories of Strasburg and Adler.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"BBC have voted David Bowie as best entertainer of 20th century....,,

Who would come close???

Jimmy saville "

Now then, now then. Touchy subject.

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By *acko9568 OP Man
over a year ago

saltburn

"BBC have voted David Bowie as best entertainer of 20th century....,,

Who would come close???

I would give it to Bowie too .

Those who would come close would be Elvis , McCartney , Jagger , Dylan , Jack Nicholson , Robert De Niro , Charlie Chaplin , and probably loads more , but I really think Bowie deserves it .

Nicholson, De Niro weren't pioneers, they where applying theories of Strasburg and Adler. "

Or even Chaplin and Keaton?

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By *ay19720Man
over a year ago

Ashford kent

There are too many to choose from. ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"BBC have voted David Bowie as best entertainer of 20th century....,,

Who would come close???

I would give it to Bowie too .

Those who would come close would be Elvis , McCartney , Jagger , Dylan , Jack Nicholson , Robert De Niro , Charlie Chaplin , and probably loads more , but I really think Bowie deserves it .

Nicholson, De Niro weren't pioneers, they where applying theories of Strasburg and Adler.

Or even Chaplin and Keaton?"

Both good contenders, think Keaton would edge it based on the more physical aspects.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Though I would list Bowie as a great creative force, I think that if he was alive the best entertainer of the century would embarrass him. It encompasses so much, and so many it becomes meaningless.

Though to his credit my 10 year old granddaughter is a major fan and has stolen all my Bowie CD's.

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