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
DJ (David Bowie song) for substantial chart success – it peaked at No. 29 in the UK and No. 106 on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart in the US. David Mallet filmed a music video for the song, featuring Bowie destroying a DJ studio, mixed with Bowie strolling around London and attracting a crowd of curious passers-by. DJ (David Bowie song) "DJ" is a song by David Bowie, released on the 1979 album "Lodger", and then as a single on 29 June 1979. A cynical comment on the cult of the DJ, the track is noted for Adrian Belew's guitar solo,