David Jones changed his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones from the Monkeys. He picked the name Bowie because he loved the story of the Alamo and Jim Bowie.
According to 2020 article in the Express, Bowie did in fact use Tom Jones as a stage name for a while before settling on David Bowie. Unfortunately I can't find an exact date of the change but presumably as (the Welsh singer) Tom Jones exploded on the scene another change was made by David Jones AKA David Bowie.
David Bowie said in an interview with Conan O'Brien that he changed his name from David Jones to Tom Jones to David Cassidy to David Bowie. Let's assume that this was just a joke.
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