naming baby dos has been harder than anticipated. in my quest to find the perfect name i came across this list of birth names of famous musicians. some of these blow my mind. mainly, Tina Turner, i mean "Anna Mae Bullock" and Busta Rhymes, or should i say Trevor Smith
Adam Ant - Stuart Goddard
Erykah Badu - Erica Wright
Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski
Tony Bennett - Anthony Benedetto
Bono - Paul Hewson
David Bowie - David Jones
50 Cent - Curtis Jackson
Patsy Cline - Virginia Hensley
Alice Cooper - Vincent Furnier
Ice Cube - Oshea Jackson
Taylor Dayne - Leslie Wonderman
Mos Def - Dante Smith
Snoop Dogg - Cordazer Calvin Broadus
Thomas Dolby- Thomas Robertson
Sheena Easton - Sheena Orr
The Edge - David Evans
Enya - Eithne Ni Braona
Flavor Flav - William Jonathan Drayton Jr.
Macy Gray - Natalie McIntyre
Boy George - George O'Dowd
MC Hammer - Stanley Burrel
Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold Dorsey
Head (Korn) - Brian Welch
Billy Idol - William Broad
Rick James - James Johnson, Jr.
Wynonna Judd - Christina Ciminella
Joan Jett - Joan Marie Larkin
Alicia Keys - Alicia Cook
Chaka Khan - Carole Stevens
LL Cool J - James Smith
Queen Latifah - Dana Owens
Huey Lewis - Hugh Cregg<> - Barry Pincus
Marilyn Manson - Brian Warner
Meat Loaf - Marvin Aday
Freddie Mercury - Farrokh Bulsara
George Michael - Yorgos Panayiotou
Joni Mitchell - Roberta Anderson
Nelly - Carnell Haynes, Jr.
Ric Ocasek - Richard Otcasek
Johnny Paycheck - Don Lytle
Pepa (Salt-N-Pepa) - Sandra Denton
Pink - Alecia Moore
Iggy Pop - James Osterberg, Jr.
Dee Dee Ramone - Douglas Colvin
Joey Ramone - Jeffery Hyman
Johnny Ramone - John Cummings
Lou Reed - Louis Firbank
Busta Rhymes - Trevor Smith
Henry Rollins - Henry Garfield
Axl Rose - William Rose Jr.
Ja Rule - Jeffery Atkins
Sade - Helen Folasade Adu
Seal - Henry Olusegun Olumide Samuel
Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz
Sisqo - Mark Andrews
Nikki Sixx - Franklin Feranna
Grace Slick - Grace Wing
Fatboy Slim - Quentin Cook
Paul Stanley - Stanley Eisen
Joss Stone - Joscelyn Stocker
Donna Summer - LaDonna Gaines
Timbaland - Timothy Z. Mosley
Tina Turner - Anna Mae Bullock
Shania Twain - Eileen Edwards
Steven Tyler - Steven Tallarico
Eddie Vedder - Edward Severson III
Sid Vicious - John Ritchie
Jack White - John Anthony Gillis
Peter Wolf - Peter Blankfield
Stevie Wonder - Steveland Judkins
Lil Bow Wow - Shad Moss
Rob Zombie - Robert Cummings
Adam Ant - Stuart Goddard
Erykah Badu - Erica Wright
Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski
Tony Bennett - Anthony Benedetto
Bono - Paul Hewson
David Bowie - David Jones
50 Cent - Curtis Jackson
Patsy Cline - Virginia Hensley
Alice Cooper - Vincent Furnier
Ice Cube - Oshea Jackson
Taylor Dayne - Leslie Wonderman
Mos Def - Dante Smith
Snoop Dogg - Cordazer Calvin Broadus
Thomas Dolby- Thomas Robertson
Sheena Easton - Sheena Orr
The Edge - David Evans
Enya - Eithne Ni Braona
Flavor Flav - William Jonathan Drayton Jr.
Macy Gray - Natalie McIntyre
Boy George - George O'Dowd
MC Hammer - Stanley Burrel
Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold Dorsey
Head (Korn) - Brian Welch
Billy Idol - William Broad
Rick James - James Johnson, Jr.
Wynonna Judd - Christina Ciminella
Joan Jett - Joan Marie Larkin
Alicia Keys - Alicia Cook
Chaka Khan - Carole Stevens
LL Cool J - James Smith
Queen Latifah - Dana Owens
Huey Lewis - Hugh Cregg<> - Barry Pincus
Marilyn Manson - Brian Warner
Meat Loaf - Marvin Aday
Freddie Mercury - Farrokh Bulsara
George Michael - Yorgos Panayiotou
Joni Mitchell - Roberta Anderson
Nelly - Carnell Haynes, Jr.
Ric Ocasek - Richard Otcasek
Johnny Paycheck - Don Lytle
Pepa (Salt-N-Pepa) - Sandra Denton
Pink - Alecia Moore
Iggy Pop - James Osterberg, Jr.
Dee Dee Ramone - Douglas Colvin
Joey Ramone - Jeffery Hyman
Johnny Ramone - John Cummings
Lou Reed - Louis Firbank
Busta Rhymes - Trevor Smith
Henry Rollins - Henry Garfield
Axl Rose - William Rose Jr.
Ja Rule - Jeffery Atkins
Sade - Helen Folasade Adu
Seal - Henry Olusegun Olumide Samuel
Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz
Sisqo - Mark Andrews
Nikki Sixx - Franklin Feranna
Grace Slick - Grace Wing
Fatboy Slim - Quentin Cook
Paul Stanley - Stanley Eisen
Joss Stone - Joscelyn Stocker
Donna Summer - LaDonna Gaines
Timbaland - Timothy Z. Mosley
Tina Turner - Anna Mae Bullock
Shania Twain - Eileen Edwards
Steven Tyler - Steven Tallarico
Eddie Vedder - Edward Severson III
Sid Vicious - John Ritchie
Jack White - John Anthony Gillis
Peter Wolf - Peter Blankfield
Stevie Wonder - Steveland Judkins
Lil Bow Wow - Shad Moss
Rob Zombie - Robert Cummings