James Bowie and Bowie has appeared as a character in each. From 1956 to 1958, Bowie was the subject of a CBS television series, "The Adventures of Jim Bowie", which was primarily set in 1830s Louisiana, although later episodes ventured into the Mexican province of Texas. The show, which starred Scott Forbes as Jim Bowie, was based on the 1946 novel "Tempered Blade". Rock star David Bowie, who was born David Robert Hayward-Jones, adopted the folk legend's surname. Jones changed his last name in the 1960s because he feared confusion with Davy Jones, a member of the already famous The Monkees. He
David Bowie discography was released with The Lower Third. Bowie's next single, "Do Anything You Say", also released in 1966, was the first release by simply David Bowie. Bowie released four more singles and his debut album, "David Bowie", but the first success in the United Kingdom was with the 1969 single "Space Oddity". The single reached number five on the UK Singles Chart after it was released five days before the Apollo 11 moon mission. Bowie released three more albums – "David Bowie" (1969), "The Man Who Sold the World" (1970) and "Hunky Dory" (1971) – before he eventually made it on