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Music Stars’ Real Names

Some of my favorites on the list of Music Stars’ Real Names

Adam Ant - Stuart Leslie Goddard
Beck - Bek David Campbell (“Bek”????)
Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski
Bjork - Bjork Gudmundsdottir
Bono (U2) - Paul David Hewson
David Bowie - David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
Eric Carr (KISS) - Paul Charles Caravello
Peter Criss (Kiss) - George Peter John Criscuola
Dick Dale - Richard Monsour (I prefer “Rick Dale”…)
Bobby Darin - Walden Waldo Robert Cassotto
John Denver - John Henry Deutschendorf
Bob Dylan - Robert Alan Zimmerman
The Edge (U2) - David Howell Evans
Flavor Flav (Public Enemy) - William Jonathan Drayton Jr.
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Michael Peter Balzary
Ace Frehley (KISS) - Paul Daniel Frehley
MC Hammer - Stanley Kirk Burrel
Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold George Dorsey (!!!!)
Vanilla Ice - Robert Van Winkle
Elton John - Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Wynonna Judd - Christina Claire Ciminella
LL Cool J - James Todd Smith
Queen Latifah - Dana Owens
Geddy Lee (Rush) - Gary Lee Weinrib
Julian Lennon - John Charles Julian Lennon
Alex Lifeson (Rush) - Alexander Zivojinovich
Yngwie Malmsteen - Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback
Freddie Mercury - Farrokh Bulsara
George Micheal - Yorgos Panayiotou
Billy Ocean - Leslie Sebastian Charles
Iggy Pop - James Jewell Osterberg, Jr.
Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson
Seal - Henry Olusegun Olumide Samuel
Gene Simmons (KISS) - Chaim Klein Witz
Paul Stanley (KISS) - Stanley Harvey Eisen
Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) - Franklin Carlton Serafino Feranna
Cat Stevens - Steven Demetre Georgiou (1979 - Yusuf Islam)
Sting - Gordon Matthew Sumner
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) - Edward Louis Severson III
Stevie Wonder - (born: Steveland Hardaway Judkins) (renamed: Steveland Hardaway Morris)

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