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Some of the most notable nicknames and stage names are listed here. Although the term Jazz royalty exists for "Kings" and similar royal or aristocratic nicknames, there is a wide range of other terms, many of them obscure. Where the origin of the nickname is known, this is explained at each artist's corresponding article.
[5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists.
A nickname is a name that is not part of the title given by the composer, but has come to be popularly associated with the work, such as: Emperor, the nickname of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73; Jupiter, the nickname of Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551.
The following list of nicknames of blues musicians complements the existing list of blues musicians by referring to their nicknames, stage names and pseudonyms, thereby helping to clarify possible confusion arising over artists with similar or the same nicknames. The list is arranged in alphabetical order by nickname rather than surname.
Check out some of the most famous pseudo jobs in music history: Taylor Swift. Though Swifties suspected it from go, it wasn't until Wednesday (July 13) that the world finally learned that Taylor ...
– From a childhood nickname "Big", because he was overweight at the age of 10. [232] NSYNC – received its name after Justin Timberlake's mother commented on how "in sync" the group's singing voices were. [233] The group's name is also a play on the last letter of each of the initial members' names: JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, JasoN, and JC. [234]
American musician, singer songwriter and actor Phife Dog: Malik Taylor 1970-2016 American rapper (A Tribe Called Quest) Sen Dog: Senen Reyes 1965- Cuban-American rapper and musician (Cypress Hill, Powerflo and SX-10) Deso Dogg: Denis Cuspert 1975-2018 Ghanaian-German rapper Nate Dogg: Nathaniel Hale 1969-2011 American singer and rapper Snoop Dogg
famous people who are commonly referred to only by their surname (e.g. Liberace, Mantovani, Morrissey, Mozart, Shakespeare); it is quite common and regular for surnames to be used to identify historic and pop culture figures. members of music groups without an individual article (e.g. Bigflo & Oli, Cindy and Bert, Leandro e Leonardo).