Stage name other person with the same name. For example, the actor/writer/director Albert Brooks was born Albert Einstein and changed his surname so his name would not be a distraction which would evoke the renowned physicist with the same name. Singer Katy Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, released her self-titled album under the name Katy Hudson, but later used her mother's maiden name to avoid confusion with actress Kate Hudson. Singer-songwriter John Weldon Cale adopted JJ Cale to avoid confusion with John Cale of the Velvet Underground. Singer David Bowie, was born David Robert Jones, and changed his surname to avoid confusion
David Bowie discography the "Billboard" 200 in the US. Just as its contract with Bowie was ending, RCA re-issued all of his albums on CD in 1984. However, by 1989 the rights had reverted to Bowie. Rykodisc outbid Rhino for the rights to the RCA catalog and re-issued all of the albums as part of their "Sound + Vision" series. In 1997 Bowie licensed the albums to EMI. In 2013 the rights were acquired by the Warner Music Group. General Specific David Bowie discography The discography of English singer David Bowie (1947–2016) included 27 studio albums, 11 live albums, 51 compilation albums, eight