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I found this site today which has the real names of musicians. It’s interesting to see that Sly Stalone, Eddie Vedder and others aren’t really called that. Here are some good ones….

Aaliyah – Aaliyah Dana Haughton
Tori Amos – Myra Ellen Amos
Ashanti – Ashanti Shaquoya “Shani Bani” Douglas
Erykah Badu – Erica Wright
Beyonce – Beyonce Giselle Knowles
Bjork – Bjork Gudmundsdottir
Michael Bolton – Michael Bolotin
Jon Bon Jovi – John Francis Bongiovi Jr.
Bono (U2) – Paul David Hewson
Pat Boone – Charles Eugene Boone
David Bowie – David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
Bobby Brown – Robert Barisford Brown
Jackson Browne – Clyde Jackson Browne
Buckethead – Brian Carroll
Vitamin C – Colleen Fitzpatrick
50 Cent – Curtis Jackson
Ray Charles – Ray Charles Robinson
Cher – Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere
Eric Clapton – Eric Patrick Clapp
Patsy Cline – Virginia Patterson Hensley
Joe Cocker – John Robert Cocker
Coolio – Artis Ivey Jr.
Alice Cooper – Vincent Damon Furnier
Elvis Costello – Declan Patrick McManus
Ice Cube – Oshea JacksonDimebag Darrell – Darrell Abbott
Taylor Dayne – Leslie Wonderman
John Denver – John Henry Deutschendorf
Bo Diddley – Elias Bates (name upon adoption: Elias McDaniel)
Dido – Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong
Snoop Dogg – Cordazer Calvin Broadus
Dr. Dre – Andre Young
Bob Dylan – Robert Alan Zimmerman

Easy E – Eric Wright
Missy Elliot – Melissa Elliott
Eminem – Marshal Bruce Mathers III
Enya – Eithne Ni Braona
Gloria Estefan – Gloria Maria Fajardo
50 Cent – Curtis Jackson
Fieldy (Korn) – Reginald Arvizu
Kenny G – Kenneth Gorelick
Boy George – George Alan O’Dowd
Macy Gray – Natalie Renee McIntyre

MC Hammer – Stanley Kirk Burrel
Head (Korn) – Brian Welch
Jimi Hendrix – James Marshall Hendrix
Vanilla Ice – Robert Van Winkle
Billy Idol – William Michael Albert Broad
Mick Jagger – Michael Phillip Jagger
Rick James – James Johnson
Joan Jett – Joan Larkin
Jewel – Jewel Kilcher
Billy Joel – William Joseph Martin Joel
Elton John – Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Alicia Keys – Alicia Augello Cook
LL Cool J – James Todd Smith
Cyndi Lauper – Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper
Queen Latifah – Dana Owens
Huey Lewis – Hugh Anthony Cregg
Liberace – Wladziu Lee Valentino
Lil Bow Wow – Shad Anthony Moss
Lil Kim – Kimberly Jones
Little Anthony – Anthony Gourdine
Courtney Love – Love Michelle Harrison
Ludacris – Christopher Bridges
Madonna – Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
Taj Mahal – Henry St.Clair Fredricks
Barry Manilow – Barry Allen Pincus
Marilyn Manson – Brian Warner
Ricky Martin – Enrique Jose Martin Morales
Paul McCartney – James Paul McCartney
Meat Loaf – Marvin Lee Aday
George Micheal – Yorgos Panayiotou
Mitch Miller – Mitchell William
Moby – Richard Melville Hall
Van Morrison – George Ivan Morrison
Nelly – Carnell Haynes, Jr.
Notorious B.I.G. – Christopher Wallace
Ozzy Osbourne – John Michael Osbourne

Pink – Alecia Moore
Iggy Pop – James Jewell Osterberg, Jr.
Cozy Powell – Colin Flooks
Maxi Priest – Max Elliot
Prince – Prince Rogers Nelson
Lou Reed – Louis Firbank
Axl Rose (Guns & Roses) – William Bruce Rose
Sade – Helen Folasade Adu
Seal – Henry Olusegun Olumide Samuel
Shaggy – Orville Richard Burrell
Gene Simmons (Kiss) – Chaim Witz
Slash (Guns & Roses) – Saul Hudson
Rod Stewart – Roderick David Stewart
Sting – Gordon Matthew Sumner
Sly Stone – Sylvester Stewart
Ice T – Tracy Marrow
Tina Turner – Annie Mae Bullock
Shania Twain – Eileen Regina Edwards
Conway Twitty – Harold Lloyd Jenkins
Steven Tyler – Steven Talarico

Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) – Edward Louis Severson
Sid Vicious – John Simon Ritchie
Jerry Jeff Walker – Paul Crosby
Bob Weir (Greatful Dead) – Robert Hall
Stevie Wonder – Steveland Morris
Weird Al Yankovic – Alfred Matthew Yankovic