Names -> Music Performer Nicknames -> B
This is a list of names of the nicknames music performers, are known by. Not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.
Real Name | Nickname | Description | Submitted by: | |||
| B. B. King | King of the Blues Worldwide | He is announced by this nickname in his concerts, and it appears on some of his merchandise. | Martha Hankins | |||
| Bachman Turner-Overdrive | BTO | Rocky | ||||
| Bad Company | Badco | Rocky | ||||
| The Beatles | The Fab Four | ChuckyG | ||||
| Bell Biv DeVoe | BBD | From the Boyz II Men song "Motownphilly". | Soul | |||
| Benny Goodman | King Of Swing | He was the original "King of Swing" long before Richie Sambora. Other nicknames included "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman". | jazz | |||
| Bette Midler | The Divine Miss M | SusanG | ||||
| Bill Anderson | Whispering Bill | The country star probably got this nickname due to his soft voice. | Martha Hankins | |||
| Billie Holliday | Lady Day | Martha Hankins | ||||
| Billie Joe Armstrong | Fink | In The Network (the alias band of Green Day) There is a member known as Fink which is presumed to be billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day. Billie Joe Armstrong has written songs for Pinhead Gunpowder under the alias "Wilhelm Fink." Fink of The Network and Armstrong are also both born under the same astrological sign: Aquarius. The Network is also signed under Billie Joe's record company, Adeline Records. The official Network web site also claims that Fink financed the band, when in actuality this was done by Armstrong. Another coincidence is that in the song "Spike" the character Branden moved into a warehouse in Oakland. It is well known that Billie Joe used to live in a warehouse in Oakland with several other punk rock band members. And in another song, he mentions "The Ave.", which is a nickname for Telegraph Ave. in Oakland, on which the title of the song "Stuart and the Ave." on the Insomniac album is based. Another clue to Fink being Armstrong is that on the CD Short Music For Short People, Green Day plays a song called "The Ballad of Wilhelm Fink." | Optimus Lime | |||
| Billie Joe Armstrong | Two Dollar Bill | This started when Billie Joe (Lead guitarist and vocalist for Green Day) was in high school and he sold joints of marijuana for 2 dollars each | Devon Murphy | |||
| Billy Joel | Piano Man | Jeff Noehren | ||||
| Bing Crosby | Der Bingle | A tabloid nickname used while he was still alive. | Martha Hankins | |||
| Black Eyed Peas | BEP | Just an acrostic. | Travis | |||
| Black Eyed Peas | BEP | dxman | ||||
| Blink 182 | Blink | They were originally called Blink, now the are commonly just referred to as Blink. | Travis | |||
| Blue October | BO | Like it sounds, "Bo". Not like B.O as in body odor. | Travis | |||
| Blue Oyster Cult | BOC | Mark | ||||
| Bob Dylan | Zimmy | "Zimmy" is derived from Bob Dylan's birth name, Robert Zimmerman. | DeeDee | |||
| brand new | brand nizzle | sXsXs | ||||
| Brenda Lee | Little Miss Dynamite | SusanG | ||||
| Brian Welch | Head | He said he has a big head, thence, the nickname 'Head'. | Travis | |||
| Bring Me The Horizon | BMTH | It's quite long so they decided to shorten it. | Travis | |||
| Bring Me The Horizon | BMTH | Travis | ||||
| Britney Spears | Brit Brit | Informal Nickname. | RK_FAN_FOREVER | |||
| Britney Spears | Baldy Spears | I don't know if she is still bald or not. | NK | |||
| Bruce Springsteen | The Boss | He's the boss of Rockin' and a-Rollin' | Darby Hen | |||
| Bruce Springsteen | The Boss | The best thing to ever come out of New Jersey. | ChuckyG | |||
| Bruce Willis | Bruno | A lot of people have forgotten about his late-80s hit "Respect Yourself". (Most of them intentionally.) | Brian Kelly | |||
| Bryan Adams | Zane Puff | Bryan used this pseudonym when he was the lead singer of the band Sweeney Todd at the age of 16. Apparently, he found this name on the Internet and it sounded funny to him. | Rpollck | |||
| Burl Ives | The Wayfaring Stranger | This was the name of a radio program from early in his career, and of his autobiography. | Martha Hankins | |||
| Buzzoven | Buzzov-en | Travis | ||||
| Buzzoven | Buzzov*en | Travis | ||||
| Buzzoven | Buzzov.en | Travis |
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