Previous posts for January 8th are here: Jaromir Weinberger, Hans von Bülow (2020), Giorgio Tozzi (2021), Sigismund Thalberg (2022), Elvis Presley (2023), and Lowell Mason (2024)
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David Bowie (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and actor.
(Re)Naming Rights
Dissatisfied with Davy (and Davie) Jones, which in the mid-1960s invited confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees, he took on the stage name David Bowie after the 19th-century American pioneer James Bowie and the knife he had popularized. -- Wikipedia
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The childhood dreams of David Robert Jones
Were focussed on a music career, although he
Had a feeling deep inside his bones
That in that job his name should be more showy;
And that is why a record collector owns
Recordings by musician David Bowie.
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How cutting edge to go through life
As namesake to a hunting knife!
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