Rock Almanac: January 14, 2009

On This Date in 1966: David Jones changes his name to David Bowie in order to prevent confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees.

The Almanac Advises for January 14: "Identity theft has become one of the largest growing crimes in recent years. Many unscrupulous people have stolen from others by appropriating their name."

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