Question: It was this day in Rock History in 1966, this guy changed his name to avoid confusion with one of The Monkees. Who was it?

Answer: It was David Bowie! David Jones changed his name to avoid confusion with Davy Jones from The Monkees, just in time for the release of his single, ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’. He would later say that he chose “Bowie” because he liked that “big American bear-killin’ knife.”