Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Stage Names/Real Names
Yesterday a 7 YO asked me if Katy Perry's real name was Katy Perry. (It is not, as it turns out.) I explained the concept of stage names to her. Which led me to think about stage names. (And Stage Coaches.)
Some I know, some I looked up. In some cases I wrote it as what they were known as i.e. Margie instead of Margaret. Anyone on here have a name changed for non marraige reasons? Just curious. Tina Turner- Ann Bullock Elton John- Reggie Dwight John Denver- Henry Deutchendorf Bob Dylan- Robert Zimmerman Axl Rose- William Bailey Slash- Saul Hudson John Wayne- Marion Morrison (That one is funny.) Madonna- Madonna Louise Ciccone (That one surprises people) Alan Alda- Alphonso D'Abruzzo (Think he is Italian?) Marilyn Monroe- Norma Jean Mortenson (Somehow "Mortenson" just doesn't have the same ring) Cary Grant- Archie Leach (Yikes) Meg Ryan- Margie Hyra Woody Allen- Allan Konigsberg Jane Seymour- Joyce Frankenberg (Hard to see her as that) Olivia Wilde- Olivia Cockburn (Now why would she change THAT?) Whoopi Goldberg- Caryn Johnson Faith Hill- Audrey Perry Harry Houdini- Ehrich Weiss (Even made his name disappear.) Freddie Mercury-Farrokh Bulsara Bono (U2)- Paul Hewson David Bowie- Davey Jones (Already taken) Martin Sheen- Ramon Antonio Gerardo Estevez (Took Wife's last name.) Etc etc etc... |
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Here's some more in music;
Alice Cooper = Vincent Furnier Elvis Costello = Declan MacManus Daryl Hall = Daryl Hohl Barry Manilow = Barry Pinkus Meatloaf = Marvin Aday Eddie Money = Edward Mahoney Donna Summer = LaDonna Gaines Conway Twitty = Harold Jenkins Frankie Valli = Frank Castelluccio Eddie Vedder = Edward Seversen Geddy Lee = Gary Lee Weinrib Oc George Michael = Georgios Panayiotou Jon Bon Jovi = John Francis Bongiovi Lesley Gore = Lesley Goldstein Madonna = Madonna Ciccone Neil Diamond = Noah Kaminsky Nikki Sixx = Frank Ferranno Paul Stanley = Stanley Eisen Pink = Alecia Moore Prince = Prince Rogers Nelson Ronnie James Dio = Ronald James Padavona Shania Twain = Eileen Regina Edwards Sting = Gordon Sumner The Edge = David Evans Vanilla Ice = Robert Van Winkle |
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr)
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.....and....what is Katy Perry's??
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ColdNoMore = Jack Nicholson
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Kate Hudson. Already taken.
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A few more...
Lady Gaga = Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Tony Bennett = Anthony Dominick Benedetto Dean Martin = Dino Paul Crocetti Nat King Cole = Nathaniel Adams Coles Pink = Alecia Beth Moore Bruno Mars = Peter Gene Hernandez
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No one has mentioned perhaps one of the most famous: Ringo Starr = Richard Starkey. By the way he is Sir Richard Starkey, MBE.
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