--- title: David Bowie Best Music Collaborations description: From John Lennon to Tina Turner, the late singer worked with pop's biggest names canonical: https://time.com/4175569/david-bowie-best-music-collaborations/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-11T18:58:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:37.623Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See David Bowie With His Greatest Musical Collaborators og:description: From John Lennon to Tina Turner, the late singer worked with pop's biggest names og:url: https://time.com/4175569/david-bowie-best-music-collaborations/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt533569175f0cf2d4/6988787dcd1bbace7f6fee1c/david-bowie-tina-turner-lead1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Turner And Bowie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See David Bowie With His Greatest Musical Collaborators twitter:description: From John Lennon to Tina Turner, the late singer worked with pop's biggest names twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt533569175f0cf2d4/6988787dcd1bbace7f6fee1c/david-bowie-tina-turner-lead1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See David Bowie With His Greatest Musical Collaborators by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Jan 11, 2016 6:58 PM CUT  Tina Turner with David Bowie in 1985. Tina Turner with David Bowie in 1985.Dave Hogan—Getty Images by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Jan 11, 2016 6:58 PM CUT  Lou Reed, "Transformer," 1972. Richard Corkery—Getty Images  Mott the Hoople, "All the Young Dudes," 1972. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  John Lennon, "Fame," 1975. Ron Galella—Getty Images  Iggy Pop, The Idiot and Lust for Life, 1977. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Bing Crosby, "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy," 1977. GAB Archive/Getty Images  Brian Eno, Low, 1977, Heroes, 1977, and Lodger, 1979. Dave Benett—Getty Images  Klaus Nomi, "The Man Who Sold the World," "TVC15," and "Boys Keep Swinging" on Saturday Night Live, 1980. Robin Platzer—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty  Queen, "Under Pressure," 1982. Denis O'Regan—Getty Images  Nile Rodgers, Let's Dance, 1983. Ebet Roberts—Getty Images  Tina Turner, "Tonight," 1984. Dave Hogan—Getty Images  Mick Jagger, "Dancing in the Street," 1985. Brian Cooke—Getty Images  Trent Reznor, "I'm Afraid of Americans," 1997. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  Scarlett Johansson, Anywhere I Lay My Head, 2008. Lester Cohen—Getty Images  TV on the Radio, "Province," 2006. Gary Gershoff—Getty Images  Arcade Fire, "Reflektor," 2013. Gary Gershoff—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4175569/david-bowie-best-music-collaborations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4175569/david-bowie-best-music-collaborations/"},"headline":"See David Bowie With His Greatest Musical Collaborators","datePublished":"2016-01-11T18:58:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:37.623Z","description":"From John Lennon to Tina Turner, the late singer worked with pop's biggest names","url":"https://time.com/4175569/david-bowie-best-music-collaborations/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","Pop Culture","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt533569175f0cf2d4/6988787dcd1bbace7f6fee1c/david-bowie-tina-turner-lead1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt533569175f0cf2d4/6988787dcd1bbace7f6fee1c/david-bowie-tina-turner-lead1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Turner And Bowie","caption":"Tina Turner with David Bowie in 1985.","creditText":"Dave Hogan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4175569/david-bowie-best-music-collaborations/","name":"See David Bowie With His Greatest Musical Collaborators"}}]}] ```