Wednesday, March 23, 2011

By any other name...

Lots of musicians change their name for the biz...

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky = Artie Shaw

Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart = Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (who, incidentally, never actually went by the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Frances Ethel Gumm = Judy Garland

Woodrow Charles Thomas Herman = Woody Herman

Reginald Dwight = Elton John

Gordon Sumner = Sting

Marvin Aday = Meat Loaf

Robert Zimmerman = Bob Dylan

Virginia Hensley = Patsy Cline

Stefani Germanotta = Lady Gaga

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