William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-8-15 
David Robert Jones was a young Englishman with a good voice. When he went to use it professionally he was told Davy Jones had been taken and to find a new name. He picked Bowie after the legendary Western tough-guy and knife-inventor Jim Bowie. David Bowie would make his fortune wearing a lot of make-up. Jim Bowie would not have approved.