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Names -> Music Performer Nicknames -> Latest Entries
This is a list of names of the nicknames music performers, are known by. Not actors or other famous people.
Latest Entries
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 920 Music Performer Nicknames entries on the site.
Real Name | Nickname | Description | Submitted by: | |||
| Nile Rodgers | The Hitmaker | Made so many hits from Chic to Madonna to Daft Punk | David James | |||
| Merle Haggard | The Hag | Merle got it from an old woman from Hansel and Gretel. | Darius Whitehead | |||
| Michael Weikath | Weiki | Chan | ||||
| Ryan Ross | Ryro | Tessa C | ||||
| David Byrne | Head Head | He was the frontman for the Talking Heads | Psycho Killer | |||
| Kid Rock | Kid Pebble | Tommy Lee of Motley Crue referred to him by this name. | Kosmic Kid | |||
| Dean Reed | The Elvis Presley of Russia | He also dubbed himself the 'Frank Sinatra of Russia'. He was a resident of East Germany. | Totalitarian Communism Is A Sham | |||
| Dean Reed | Red Elvis | Christian | ||||
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | Norway's Gift to Sweden | She was born in Norway, but moved to Sweden at a very young age to escape ridicule (her father was a German soldier stationed in Norway during WWII and children produced to Norwegian women by German soldiers were looked down upon). | Christian | |||
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | Princess Frida | She has been known as Frida dating back to the very beginning of ABBA. However, she is a legitimate princess by marriage. | Christian | |||
| Agnetha Faltskog | The Queen of Hearts | Named after a song she performed | Christan | |||
| Gerrald Eaton | Jarvis Church | Named himself after Church and Jarvis Streets in Toronto what the locals call "Gaytown." | Celeste | |||
| AC/DC | Anti-Christ Devil's Children | I have no idea how Tipper Gore got this ridiculous name out of this Australian band, but that's what she claimed that it stood for. | Celeste | |||
| Rob Preuss(Spoons) | Precious | I don't know how he earned this nick name? I'm wondering if Sandy Horne gave him that nickname because he was a kid? | Celeste | |||
| Katy Perry | Kathy Beth Terry | Katycat | ||||
| Rocky Burnette | The Son of Rock and Roll | His first album had that name | Christian | |||
| Ted Nugent | Uncle Ted | Christian | ||||
| Kenny Rogers | The Gambler | Christian | ||||
| Michael Bolton | Mr. Time, Love, and Tenderness | Christian | ||||
| Barry White | Walrus of Love | Given this name due to his size and the fact that most of his songs were steamy love songs | Christian |
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Indy Gent. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
The Top Ten Contributors To This Section
| Robert D. Arndt Jr. (site rank #5) | 463 |
| Martha Hankins | 52 |
| Travis (site rank #41) | 37 |
| Celeste (site rank #28) | 25 |
| dxman | 17 |
| Todd W. Zimmerman | 16 |
| Optimus Lime | 13 |
| SusanG | 11 |
| Rocky | 10 |
| Christian | 10 |
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