Stars' Real Names - Part 3

E

 

Sheena Easton - Sheena Shirley Orr
England Dan - Dan Seals
David Essex - David Cook
Gloria Estefan - Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo
Little Eva - Eva Narcissus Boyd
Don Everly - Isaac Donald Everly

 

F

 

Shelley Fabares - Michelle Fabares
Fabian - Fabiano Forte
Bent Fabric - Bent Fabricius
Fantastic Johnny C - Johnny Corley
Donna Fargo - Yvonne Vaughan
Freddie Fender - Baldemar G. Huerta
Frankie Ford - Frank Guzzo
Ace Frehley - Paul Daniel Frehley
Connie Francis - Concetta Rosemarie Franconero
John Fred - John Fred Gourrier
Friend and Lover - Jim Post and Cathy Post

 

G

 

Marvin Gaye - Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr
Crystal Gayle - Brenda Gail Webb
Gloria Gaynor - Gloria Fowles
Bobbie Gentry - Roberta Lee Streeter
J. Geils - John W. Geils Jr.
Boy George - George Alan O'Dowd
Gary Glitter - Paul Gadd
Lesley Gore - Lesley Goldstein
Gogi Grant - Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg
Dobie Gray - Leonard Victor Ainsworth
R.B. Greaves - Ronald Bertram Greaves

 

H

 

Daryl Hall - Daryl Franklin Hohl
Slim Harpo - James Moore
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Jalacy J. Hawkins
Jimi Hendrix - James Marshall Hendricks
Bertie Higgins - Elbert Higgins
Buddy Holly - Charles Hardin Holley
Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold George Dorsey
Tab Hunter - Arthur Gelien

Comments from Rocky Frisco (Cale's Pianist)

Rocky has left a comment on Stars' Real Names - Part 2.

 

JJ Cale's name is John W. Cale. There never was a Jean Jacques Cale. That bogus name was made up by a French newspaper writer who got drunk and was thrown out of the venue before he got to interview Cale. He went back to his hotel room and made up a bunch of shit out of his head, including that name. I'm Cale's pianist, Rocky Frisco. Cale tells the real story of the nickname "JJ" in our Tour Video from Time/Life: "To Tulsa and Back."

Thanks for correcting, Rocky..

Stars' Real Names - Part 2

C

 

Flash Cadillac - Sam McFadin
J.J. Cale - Jean Jaques Cale
Cannibal (the Headhunters) - Francisco M. Garcia
Freddy Cannon - Frederick Anthony Picariello
Vikki Carr - Florencia Cardona
Gene Chandler - Eugene Dixon
Ray Charles - Ray Charles Robinson
Chubby Checker - Ernest Evans
Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian
Cheech and Chong - Richard Marin and Thomas Chong
Lou Christie - Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco
Dash Crofts - Darrell Crofts
David Crosby - David Van Cortland
Eric Clapton - Eric Patrick Clapp
Dee Clark - Delecta Clark
Dick Clark - Richard Wagstaff Clark
David Clayton-Thomas - David Thomsett
Patsy Cline - Virginia Patterson Hensley
Cozy Cole - William Randolph Cole
Joe Cocker - John Robert Cocker
Commander Cody - George Frayne
Nat King Cole - Nathaniel Adams Coles
Jessi Colter - Miriam Johnson
Perry Como - Pierino Roland Como
Sam Cooke - Sam Cook
Dave "Baby" Cortez - David Clowney
Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier
Elvis Costello - Declan McManus
John Cougar - John Mellencamp
Bing Crosby - Harry Lillis Crosby
Christopher Cross - Christopher Geppert

 

D

 

Ron Dante - Carmine Granito
Bobby Darin - Walden Waldo Robert Cassotto
James Darren - James Ercolani
Mac Davis - Morris Davis
Skeeter Davis - Mary Francis Penick
Bobby Day - Robert Byrd
Doris Day - Doris Kappelhoff
Jimmy Dean - Seth Ward
Joey Dee - Joseph DiNicola
Kiki Dee - Pauline Mathews
Rick Dees - Rigdon Dees
Desmond Dekker - Desmond Dacres
John Denver - John Henry Deutschendorf
Jackie DeShannon - Sharon Lee Myers
Daddy Dewdrop - Richard Monda
Neil Diamond - Neil Leslie Diamond
Dion - Dion DiMucci
Bo Diddley - Otha Ellas Bates McDaniel
Mickey Dolenz - George Michael Dolenz
Fats Domino - Antoine Domino
Don and Juan - Roland Trone and Claude Johnson
Ral Donner - Ralph Donner
Donovan - Donovan Phillip Leitch
Lee Dorsey - Irving Lee Dorsey
Robbie Dupree - Robert Dupuis
Bob Dylan - Robert Zimmerman

Stars' Real Names - Part 1

Do you know who's Connie Francis' real name? Or Engelbert Humperdink's? Maybe you don't. No worries pal, all will be revealed here in serial posts, considering that it will be a very long list if we cover them in a single post. We don't want to hurt your eyes by doing that :-)

 

Here are some of them. The first one is their popular names and the second one is their real names. Don't forget to come back and check regularly to find out the coming unrevealed real names.

 

A

 

Johnny Ace - John Alexander
Cannonball Adderley - Julian Adderley
Morris Albert - Morris Albert Kaisermann
Adam Ant - Stuart Leslie Goddard
Little Anthony - Anthony Gourdine
Ed Ames - Ed Urick
Louis Armstrong - Daniel Louis Armstrong
Eddy Arnold - Richard Edward Arnold
Chet Atkins - Chester Burton Atkins
Frankie Avalon - Francis Thomas Avallone

 

B

 

George Baker - Johannes Bouwens
Ginger Baker - Peter Edward Baker
Lavern Baker - Delores Williams
Marty Balin - Martyn Buchwald
Len Barry - Leonard Borisoff
Harry Belafonte - Harold George Belafonte
Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski
Tony Bennett - Anthony Benedetto
Brook Benton - Benjamin Franklin Peay
Chuck Berry - Charles Edward Anderson Berry
Mr. Acker Bilk - Bernard Stanley Bilk
Cilla Black - Priscilla Maria Veronica White
Jay Black - David Blatt
Michael Bolton - Michael Bolotin
The Big Bopper - Jiles Perry Richardson
Gary U.S. Bonds - Gary Anderson
Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi
Sonny Bono - Salvatore Philip Bono
Daniel Boone - Peter Lee Stirling
Pat Boone - Charles Eugene Boone
David Bowie - David Robert Jones
Bonnie Bramlett - Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell
Teresa Brewer - Teresa Breuer
Arthur Brown - Arthur Wilton
Jackson Browne - Clyde Jackson Browne
Rocky Burnette - Jonathan Burnette