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David Bowie

1966

Introducing, David Bowie

Goodbye to David Jones

by Wolfgang Wild

IMAGE: CYRUS ANDREWS/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES

Amongst many ambitions, the two most important are "to act in a musical and dance in a film" explains David. And since he is in the process of writing a musical, the day when he can realise at least one of his ambitions may not be far off.

PRESS RELEASE FOR DAVID BOWIE'S FIRST SINGLE, 1966

IMAGE: CYRUS ANDREWS/MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES

Legally, he was still Mr. Jones, right up until January 2016.

But then, back in 1965, so was the up-and-coming singer Davy Jones, who would later find fame fronting The Monkees. And thus, on Sept. 16, 1965, an 18-year-old David Robert Jones changed his stage name to David Bowie.

Jan. 14, 1966 was the first day you could actually buy a record by David Bowie, as opposed to Jones, with the release of "Can't Help Thinking About Me" by David Bowie with The Lower Third on Pye Records.

However, despite a lavish launch party at Bayswater's Gaiety Bar, the song failed to chart. Bowie would later comment that the song contained two of the worst lines he had ever written: "My girl calls my name "Hi Dave", Drop in, come back, see you around if you're this way again..."

These promo pictures, taken for PYE, show the brand-new Bowie at the start of his career, 50 years ago.