When did David Jones officially change his stage name to David Bowie?
On September 16th 1965, David Jones officially changed his stage name to ‘David Bowie’. David said: “Back in 1965, I seriously wanted a name change. The first attempt of several. This one was adopted for about three weeks, I even did a photo session for it apparently. The name? Tom Jones.” He chose the name ‘Bowie’ because it was “the ultimate American knife. It is the medium for a conglomerate of statements and illusions.” The main reason for the change of stage name was because of the emerging fame of Davy Jones on the London theatre stage, who later became the lead singer of The Monkees.
