Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> R

This is a list of names of famous people, who have changed their real name. I'm only looking for music performers, not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.

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Entries Beginning with R

Pseudonym	Original Name	Description	Submitted by:
R. Dean Taylor	Dean Taylor	Apparently, the 'R' in the 'Indiana Wants Me' singer's name didn't stand for anything. It was added to give his name more authority.	oldsong
R. Kelly	Robert Kelly		soul
Rachel Bolan	James Southworth	Rachel is the bassist of Skid Row.	duff
Raekwon	Corey Woods		Bobo
Raekwon the Chef	Corey Woods	Chef stands for Criminals Have to Eat Food.	Bobo
Raffi	Raffi Cavoukian	Children's singer best known for "Baby Baluga".	Kid
Rafiyq	Torren Williams		Bobo
Rag 'n' Bone Man	Rory Charles Graham	"Human"	Opie M.
Rah Digga	Rasheeda Fisher	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Rahiem	Guy Todd Williams	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Raimondo Raisakson	Rami T.A Sipilä	Leaded singer and Mystery Crue	Punkgod
Raimondo Raisakson	Rami T.A Sipilä	Drummer and leader singer of Mystery Crue.	Rami Sipilä
Raine Maida	Michael Raine Maida	Raine, of Our Lady Peace, changed his original name from Michael so as not to get confused with bandmate Mike Turner.	jillian zoe
Raine Maida	Michael Raine Maida	Changed his name because there was another Mike in the band. Now the other Mike is gone and Raine is still Raine.	me
Raine Maida	Mike Maida	Raine is Mike's middle name, and he changed it cuz their old guitarist's name was Mike Turner and he didn't want two Mikes in the band...though now that Mike quit after record Somehwere Out There, I see no reason why Raine can't become Mike Maida again (the eminem of rock! yeah!)...And Mike Turner is starting a new band! Yay!	Jack Black
Raine Maida	Michael Maida	He changed his name because he thought it would be confusing if there were 2 Mikes in the band.	Hilary
Raine Maida	Michael Maida	Lead singer of Our Lady Peace, apparently changed it so as not to get confused with another Michael in the band.	starry
Rake	Keith Rose	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Rakim	William Griffin		inthe80s.com
Rakim	William Griffin	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Ramona Wulf	Ramona Kraft	Ramona Wulf was another one of the 3 female singers for German disco group Silver Convention. Compared to Linda Thompson & Penny McLean, her solo career was only a moderate success	Dylan Baranski
Randy	Dominick Safuto	Recorded "Denise" with his Rainbows in 1963.	oldsongs
Randy Safuto	Dominic Safuto	Lead singer of Randy and the Rainbows ("Denise")	Barry Disbrow
Randy Blythe	David Randall Blythe	Check the LoG site. It's David.	scarlett
Randy Bythe	Duane Randall Blythe	The singer from my favorite band, Lamb Of God.	Mr. X
Randy California	Randy Wolfe	Also known as Kaptain Kopter, he held a helicopter license. He was given the name California by Jimi Hendrix, he was called Randy, and he was from California (well duh)	Bobo
Randy Hobbs	Abraham John Waian	The reason he took on the name was because the name John Wayne was already famous	Michael Waian
Randy Jackson	Steven Randall Jackson		soul II
Randy Rhoads	Randall William Rhoads	Late guitarist for Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne.	rocker
Randy Starr	Warren Nadel, DMD	Here's one of the great all-time rock obscurities. This guitar-playing dentist from the Bronx was part of two Top 40 hits in the late '50s- a vocal ("After School") as "Randy Starr" and an instro, "The Enchanted Sea", as one of "The Islanders". He also wrote a Top 10 hit for Elvis, "Kissin' Cousins", and a few other lightweight songs for Elvis' movies.	jonaco
Randy Travis	Randy Traywick	He then changed it to Randy Ray. "Randy Travis" recorded his first 2 singles under his real name "Randy Traywick". Then he recorded his first album, "Live At The Nashville Palace", under the name of "Randy Ray". After that, he changed it to "Randy Travis".	Mary Conrad
Randy Travis	Randy Traywick		crazydon
Randy Vanwarmer	Randall Van Wormer	He's best known for his 1979 million-seller "Just When I Need You Most"	Candy Welty
Ranking Roger	Roger Charlery (Charley)	Formerly of The Beat and General Public.	newbeat
Raphael Saadiq	Raphael Wiggins	Formerly with Tony Toni Tone.	soul ii soul
Rapoon	Robin Storey		Bobo
Rappin' 4-tay	Anthony Fort�	West coast 90's rapper	Bobo
Rappin' Ron	Ron Royster	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Raquel Welch	Jo Raquel Tejada	Tried a singing career resulting in her own variety special in the 70s.	movie
Rare Bear	Brian Gillespie	- named so After some interesting night lifeactivities	damon hill
Rasa Don	Donald Jones	Drummer for Arrested Development.	soul ii
Rat Scabies	Chrill Miller	Ex-drummer for The Damned.	rocker
Rat Scabies	Chris Miller	The real name of the former drummer of The Damned.	brit
Ray Bolger	Raymond Wallace Bulcao		wiz
Ray Boogie	Ray Ramos	Info from rapdict.org. Member of the Evil Twins.	Bobo
Ray Bryant	Raphael Bryant	He had a hit instrumental version of "Ode To Billy Joe" in 1967. (The big hit vocal version by Bobbie Gentry spelled the name differently in the title: Billie Joe.) Also, as leader of the Ray Bryant Combo, he had the hit "The Madison Time" in 1960.	Candy Welty
Ray Carbaugh	Herbert Raymond Carbaugh	Ray is the bassist for the Namonia Crew.	Hue Janus
Ray Charles	Ray Charles Robinson		Cara Miles
Ray Charles	Charles Raymond Offenberg	This is the leader of the Ray Charles Singers and not the R&B singer of the same name.	Barry Disbrow
Ray Dogg	Raymond Scott	Info from rapdict.org. Member of the Almighty RSO	Bobo
Ray Stevens	Harold Ray Ragsdale		Shawn Reed
Ray Stevens	Ray Ragsdale		Country
Ray Stevens	Harold Ray Ragsdale		country
Ray-J	William Norwood, Jr.	Just in case u didn't know: this is Brandy's brother.. Both very good singers!	Mandie
Raymond Scott	Harry Warnow	This big band leader/composer used to lead the orchestra on TV's "Your Hit Parade", but his quirky, choppy tunes became regular background music for Looney Tunes!	jonaco
Raymond Scott	Harry Warnow	This essential jazz/swing and electronic music pioneer picked the name Raymond Scott from the Manhattan telephone book.	kr4y
Raz-B	Demario Monte Thornton	Got his name because of his raspy voice	Raz-B
Razzle	Nicholas Dingley		Sandi
Razzle	Nicholas Victor Dingley	Hanoi Rocks Drummer died 1984	Ally
Real Roxanne	Adelaida Martinez		rapper
Reason Clean	Greg Raynard	Singer of Green Jelly.	Mickey D.
Rebbie Jackson	Maureen Jackson	Oldest Jackson sister, known for her hit "Centipede". Her stage name is pronounced "Ree-bee".	soul
Rebecca St. James	Rebecca Jean Smallbone	The info you guys have for why she changed it is incorrect, she did not become "St. James" after being "born again." I went to her concert a few weeks ago and asked her about changing her last name specifically and she said "the executives at the recording label wanted to change her name to St. John, which she did not really like. Her and her family thought of changing it to St. James, because James was the name of her granfather who had just passed away.	Nathan Winslow
Rebecca St. James	Rebecca Jean Smallbone	Became St. James after becoming "born again".	Christian
Red River Dave	David Largus McEnery	Sang the 1960 hit "There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving #2 (The Ballad Of Francis Powers)"	Yvette Bristle
Red Sovine	Woodrow Wilson Sovine	Late country artist best known for "Teddy Bear".	trucker
Red Tordella	Ian Frick-Tordella	Calif. based jazz sax	Truth
Redbone Emcee/ Tha R&b	Angela Michelle Bastine	Was given "R&B" monniker by Shock G ( Greg E. jacobs) aka Humpty Hump, Shockalock - in april 2003 in San Francisco CA	REDBONE
Redman	Reginald Noble		Hakim
Regina	Regina Richards	She had the hit "Baby Love" in 1986.	Candy Welty
Rene & Rene	Rene Victor Ornelas/Rene Herrera	Recorded "Lo Mucho Que Te Quiro" in 1969.	spanish
Reparata	Mary Aiese	She had the hit "Shoes" as a solo singer in 1975. She also had two hits in 1965 while in the group Reparata & The Delrons.	Candy Welty
RES	Shareese Renee Ballard		soul ii
The Rev	Jimmy Sullivan		someone
The Rev	Jimmy Owen Sullivan	Drummer and back-up vocalist for the band Avenged Sevenfold.	Travis
The Rev	Jimmy Sullivan	He is a drummer for the band Avenged Sevenfold.	Axl Larkin
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz	William Wirths		singer
Rev. Fred Ghurkin	John Lennon	Used on the track Bless You.	Noah McKelvie
Rev. Thumbs Ghurkin	John Lennon	John recorded the piano for his song, "Old Dirt Road" under this pseudonym.	Tina
Rev. Thumbs Ghurkin	John Lennon	Used on the track Old Dirt Road.	Noah McKelvie
RevenG	Naoki Maeda	Naoki's pseudonym for his tribal and ethnic music.	DJ Blaze
The Reverend Horton Heat	Jim Heath		ideal
Reverend Horton Heat	James C. Heath		Bobo
The Reverend Strychnine Twitch	Billie Joe Armstrong	Billie Joe's name in the Foxboro Hot Tubs	GDFan
The Reverend Tholomew Plague	Jimmy Sullivan	Drummer of Avenged Sevenfold.	Kameron
The Reverend Tholomew Plague	Jimmy Sullivan	Jimmy is the drummer for the rock band Avenged Sevenfold.	AKeL
The Reverend Tholomew Plague	James Owen Sullivan	Drummer for the formerly metalcore band known as Avenged Sevenfold. He was also the vocalist for another band entitled Pinkly Smooth.	Christine
Rex Everything	Nick Oliveri	Nick Oliveri is now in QOTSA. He used to be in the best band ever, the Dwarves. His stage name was Rex Everything...Is there a better stage name for a member of the Dwarves? Doubtful mate.	Matchew
Rex Gildo	Franz Hirtreiter	Born:02.Jul.1939 (Muenchen)-RIP: 26.Okt.1999 - German Schlager-Star	Joe-Nase
Rex Harrison	Reginald Carey Harrison		musical
Rex Rocker	Rex Brown	Bassist for Pantera.	rocknroll
Rezon and YmoH.S	Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto	A Japanese composing duo, they provided the scores for many movies and video games, like "Final Fantasy Tactics."	Olvan The Terrible
Rhythim Is Rhythim	Derrick May		Bobo
Ric Greevers	Eric Geevers	In the ongoing saga of Eric's name being misspelled on Link Wray album sleeves, this one's on 2007 compilation 'King Of The Wild Guitar'. It's Eric on the photo all right. [I know someone called Eric who's wife calls him Ric because it sounds "cooler" maybe it is the same in this case?- Ed]	Pete
Ric Greevers	Eric Geevers	In a rich tradition of mis-spellings, Ace Records now have Eric as 'Ric Greevers' on a recent Link Wray compilation. They have promised future pressings will set things straight. Still, it's pretty hilarious.	Pete
Ric Ocasek	Richard Otcasek	Former lead singer for "The Cars". Both last names are pronouced the same. The "t" in his real name is silent.	chair
Rich Robinson	Richard S. Robinson	Guitarist fot The Black Crowes and brother of lead singer Chris.	back-up
Richard 23	Richard Jonckheere	Member of Front 242.	Bobo
Richard Cheese	Mark Jonathan Davis	Lounge singer who mocks alternative rock songs.	weird
Richard Clayderman	Phillippe Pages	French classic pianist.	obscure
Richard Hell	Richard Myers		Bobo
Richard Wagner	Wilhelm Richard Wagner	That is pronounced "vog-ner".	composer
Richey James	Richey James Edwards	of the MSP, went missing in 1995	anon
Richie Ramone	Richie Reinhardt		Bobo
Richie Rich	Richard Lawson		Bobo
Richie Sambora	Richard Stephen Sambora	Richie was named by his father, Adam, after the man who sold him his first car and whom he later became friends with, Rick's Used Cars in Bayonne, NJ.	Shannon3n8
Richie Sambora	Richard Sambora		Branny
Richie Sambora	Richard Stephen Sambora	Bon Jovi Guitarist, one of the greatest players of all time!	Branny
Richie Valens	Ricardo Valenzuela	His agent wanted a more Anglo name.	human
Rick Dees	Rigdon Osmond Dees, III	Disc jockey who recorded the hit "Disco Duck" in 1976.	dj
Rick Derringer	Richard Zehringer	Had a hit with "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo".	rocknroll
Rick Derringer	Rick Zehringer	Under his real name Zehringer, he had a hit with his first band, the McCoys: "Hang on, Sloopey." Trivia: "The Jokers, who were laying it down," from "Rock n' Roll Hoochikoo" were a real band Rick caught one night.	khalil
Rick James	James Johnson		soul
Rick Nelson	Eric Hilliard Nelson		t.v.
Rick Ross	William Roberts	Miami rapper from Slip-N-Slide Records who got the label on Def Jam.	flan
Rick Rubin	Fredrick Jay Rubin	Co-founder of Def-Jam Records.	Producer
Rick Springfield	Richard Springthorpe		Edward
Rick Springfield	Richard Lewis Springthorpe		inthe80s.com
Rick West	Richard Westwood		Bobo
Ricky Martin	Enrique Jose Martin Morales		Tash
Ricky Martin	Enrique Jose Martin Morales		Me
Ricky Martin	Enrique Martin Morales	I looked this up, this is the name on his birth certificate.	Bobo
Ricky Valance	David Spencer	Had a #1 hit with "Tell Laura I Love Her".	oldsong
The Righteous Brothers	Bobby Hatfield/Bill Medley		Duo
Rihanna	Robyn Rihanna Fenty	She goes by her middle name.	nally
Rikki Rockett	Richard Ream	Do you even need to ask WHY he changed it?	Sandi
Ringo Starr	Richard Starkey	They called him Ringo because he wore a lot of rings. Not sure where the Starr part came from.	Mona
Ringo Starr	Richard Starkey	Ringo because of the many rings he used to wear, and Starr is just short for Starkey.	Lilli
Ringo Starr	Richard Starkey		~^girl^~
Ringo Starr	Richard Starkey	Ringo Starr had a lot of rings on his fingers.	Celeste
Ringo Starr	Richard Starkey	"Starr" because he wanted to be a star, and "Ringo" after the Westerns hero Johhny Ringo. Also, before he was in the Beatles, the was the leader of the backup band for a singer named "Rory Storm" (original name, Al Caldwell). All the members of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes took stage names, and Richard Starkey chose one which started with the same consonants as both his real name and the singer's stage name.	Tim Horrigan
Ringo Starr	Richard Starkey	It's actually his stage name from way back in the late 50's but here's the origin. Ringo liked rings, so he called himself Ringo, and his last name was Starkey, so he jazzed it up a bit and just said Star with 2 "R's instead of one.	Nowhere Man
Ringo Starr	Richard Allen Starkey	Ring-pop sucker flavor "cherry." Ruby ring from the movie "Help!" by The Beatles	Mike Hack
Rise Stevens	Rise Steenberg		opera
Rita Hayworth	Margarita Cansino		old
Rita Moreno	Rosita Delores Alverio		jorje
Ritchie Tahoe	Richard Thomas	Ritchie Tahoe was Rich Thomas up until one show when he left his Lake Tahoe jacket too near a light and it caught fire. They began calling him Ritchie Tahoe since that incident.	Eric Thomas
Ritchie Valens	Richard Stephen Valenzuela	Manager got a hold of it and shortened it because it was ethnic.	Mark Pippin
Ritchie Valens	Richard Steve Valenzuela	The "La Bamba" singer killed with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper in a 1959 plane crash.	jorje
Ritchie Valens	Richard Valenzuela		Mathew
Rivers Cuomo	Peter Kitts	In high school, Rivers Cuomo (it actually is his real name) went by Peter Kitts. After he left high school, he went to his real name of Rivers Cuomo that he still uses today.	Sean Stapleton
Rob Base	Robert Ginyard		Bobo
Rob D	Rob Dougan		DigitalAssasin
Rob The Viking	Robin Hooper	The producer and other third of the Canadian rap group, Swollen Members.	Swollen
Rob Tyner	Robert Derminer	Late singer for MC5.	rocky
ROB ZOMBIE	Robert Cummings	legally changed his name to ROB WOLFGANG ZOMBIE	shaun
Rob Zombie	Rob Cummings	He changed his name to Rob Straker in 1996.	rocknroll
Robbie Robertson	Jamie Robbie Robertson	Singer and guitarist for The Band.	lala
Robbie Williams	Robert Peter Williams		A
Robby Hewitt	Robert Jonathan Fernandez-Hewitt	Member of Orgy.	electronic
Robert Gotobed	Robert Grey	Drums for the band Wire.	j sandow
Robert John	Robert John Pedrick, Jr.	Pop singer who scored two top ten hits during the 70s..."The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and "Sad Eyes".	Evan L. Heller
Robert Kramer	Robert Joseph Albert Kowalski	Musician/composer/indie recording artist.	Dona Kare-Kowalski
Robert Merrill	Moishe Miller		opera
Robert Miles	Roberto Concina		Bobo
Robert Palmer	Alan Palmer		sharp
Robert Preston	Robert Preston Merservey	Known for his lead in "The Music Man".	music
Roberta Peters	Roberta Peterman		opera
Roberto Delgado	Horst Wende	German bandleader, who changed his name to gain international success. Great instrumental music from the 60´s!	Pinicchio
Robey	Louise Ann Robey	Canadian singer/actress who recorded a version of "One Night In Bangkok".	Canadian
Robin Graves	Robin Eaglestone	Was bassist for Cradle Of Filth	Phil Yacoe
Robin S.	Robin Stone		Lori Blonde
Robin Ward	Jackie Ward	In 1963, he told us to have a "Wonderful Summer".	one hit
Robin Ward	Jackie Ward	This '60s studio singer, whose only hit was "Wonderful Summer", was a woman. She also sang backup on a much bigger hit: the falsetto parts on Pat Boone's "Speedy Gonzales"!	jonaco
Robyn	Robin Carlsson		Swede
The Rock	Dwayne Douglas Johnson	WWe wrestling superstar aka: Rocky Mavia a combination of his father: Rocky Johnson and his grandfather: Chief Peter Mavia. Rocky ,The Great One,The Peoples' Champion ,The Brahma Bull The Corporate Champion ,The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment. Look for The Rock to sing more and more on the WWe Music CD's.	Cyndi Jo
Rockwell	Kennedy Gordy	This one-hit worder (Somebody's Watching Me) is the son of Motown founder Berry Gordy.	funky
Rocky Burnette	Jonathan Burnette		rockin
Rocky Sharpe	Robert Stanislaw Podsiadly	Lead singer of Rocky Sharpe & the Replays (& the Razors)	Doowopski
Rod	Rodrigo Gonzalez	Rod is Member of the German Punk Rock Band Die ì,rzte (short. dä) since 1993. He plays the bass guitar but he is also able to play the guitar, drums and keyboard.	rocketeer
Rod Stewart	Roderick David Stewart		united
Rod Stewart	Roderick Stewart		Tarquin
Roddy Ricch	Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr.		Yvette Bristle
Rodgers & Hammerstein	Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein, II	Rodgers' first partner was Lorenz Hart.	Broadway
Rodney Dangerfield	Jacob Cohen		funny
Rodway	Steve Rodway	He had the hit "Don't Stop Trying" in 1982.	Candy Welty
Roger Hodgson	Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson	Former lead singer with Supertramp	tjarley
Roger Hodgson	Roger Charles Pomfret Hodgson	Member of Supertramp. Named for his father (Charles) and grandfather (Pomfret) who was governor of Jamaica (under British rule) in early 1900's.	Tjarley
Roger McGuinn	Jim McGuinn	The legendary folk-rocker and Byrds founder changed his first name only, a nod to the pseudo-Eastern Subud religious sect. Other adherents: comic/writer Lorenzo (Jerry) Music and Association member Jules (Gary) Alexander.	jonaco
Roger McGuinn	James Joseph McGuinn III	Singer for The Byrds.	old
Roger Taylor	Roger Meddows-Taylor	"Meddows" was a family name. He kept the name during Queen's early years and dropped it later.	Mona
Roger Taylor	Roger Meddows-Taylor	Former drummer with "Queen".	deep
Roger Waters	George Roger Waters	Founded Pink Floyd in 1965 with Roger Barrett aka Syd Barrett. Became leading-member after Syd had to leave the band due to his drug probs. Wrote nearly all Floyd-lyrics, played bass and sang. Left Floyd in 1985.	hexaChord
Roger Waters	George Roger Waters	Former bassist for Pink Floyd	Chris Katella
Roger Waters	George Roger Waters	Former Bassist / Lead Singer for Pink Floyd	Chuck
Roger Waters	George Waters	Roger's his m/n. Interesting that Syd's real name is Roger and Roger's real name is George.	Sega
Roger Williams	Louis Weertz	Savant pianist/singer of the 50s and 60s, best known for his number one instrumental hit "Autumn Leaves".	Evan L. Heller
Roky Erickson	Roger Kynard Erickson	Roky Erickson's pseudonym came from combining the first two letters of his first and middle names. ROger and KYnard. It's pronounced like "Rocky." He was the lead singer of psychedlic rock pioneers the 13th Floor Elevators, and went on to release solo albums.	Creature With the Atom Brain
Roland Orzabal	Roland Orzabal de la Quintana	One half of the original "Tear's For Fears"	duo
Roland Orzabal	Raoul	Yeah you've got his name right apart from the fact that his real first name is Raoul!	Andrew Morris
Roland Orzabal	Roland Jaime Orzabal	I saw in books that people would often say his name as "Orzabal De La Quintanta" and His mother had really named him Raoul (R-A-U-L)and and I think due to pronunciation problems, she changed his to Roland,and Roland also named his first son Raoul as well. I do like like the name Roland. Really.	al
RoleModelsFromHell	Sjors	DJ from The Netherlands is a upcoming star in the dance sence.	Mark
Romance Forever Strong	RFS		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Romeo	Jerome Jones		Romeo
Romeo	Romeo Percy Miller Jr.	I had no idea that Romeo was a Jr.	Celeste
Romeo Stuart	Eddie Love/Stewart Shermerovski	Studio musicians and songwriters that created almost 400 song before breaking up in about 1967. A few of their songs were either "regional" or barely "Top 40" hits for various singers. Under another name the pair had two big hits with big name artists of the late 1950's - early 1960's.	Ward Evol
Ron Dante	Carmine Granito	The studio musician that brought The Archies ("Sugar,Sugar") and The Cuff Links ("Tracy") to life.	fake
Ron Kass	John Austin	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Ron Wood	Ronald David Wood	Guitarist for The Rolling Stones. Formerly with Faces.	rocker
Ronald & Ruby	Ronald Gumps/Beverly Ross	This is the real name of Ronald of Ronald And Ruby, not the songwriter Lee Morris who by the way did not even co-pen the song.	Julius Tajiddin
Ronald & Ruby	Beverly Ross/Lee Morris	They had fun with a "Lollipop" (pop!)	duo
Ronnie	Ronnie Goodson	Recorded "I Wish That We Were Married" with his Hi-Lites.	oldsong
Ronnie James Dio	Ronald James Padavona	"Dio" means "God" in Latin	Sandi
Ronnie Spector	Veronica Bennett	Lead singer for the 60's band The Ronettes.	babe
Roof D.H.	Marcos Mora	Drummer of Green Jelly.	Mickey D.
Rootin'	Michael Bloominquist	Bassist of Green Jelly.	Mickey D.
Roseanne	Roseanne Barr		funny girl
Rosie	Rosalie Hamlin	Recorded "Angel Baby" with her group, The Originals.	sherock
Roxanne Shante	Lolita Gooden	Lolita used this name to record a rap record in response to a record that was recorded by the group U.T.F.O.	lisa
Roxanne Shant�	Lolita Shant� Gooden		inthe80s.com
Roy Acuff	Claxton Roy Acuff		oldcountry
Roy Black	Gerd H�llerich		Anni
Roy Black	Gerhard Heinrich	Born: 25.Jan.1943 (Augsburg/Strassberg)-RIP:09.Okt.1991	Joe-Nase
Roy Rogers	Leonard Franklin Slye	One of the original "singing cowboys".	Cowboy
Roy Wood	Ulysses Adrian Wood	Wood contributed most of the songs and eventually many of the vocals to the Move. Their single "Night of Fear" rose to number two on the UK charts in early 1967. The group evolved over the ensuing three years, eventually becoming a quartet.	Bobo
Roy Z	Roy Ramirez	Roy changed his name to Roy Zerimar in the 80s because ethnic names were not "trendy". People would eventually begin calling him Roy Z. Roy is a guitarist, producer and composer best known for his work on Bruce Dickinson's solo project. He also is employed with the latin rock group, Tribe Of Gypsies, which he founded. Other credits include Downset, Halford, Helloween and Judas Priest.	Kyle
Rozz Williams	Roger Alan Painter	1980. Before starting his first band "Christian death"(originaly, a play on words with Christian dior), R. Painter found the name of Rozz Williams on a grave. To have the name of a dead is a good view of society, don't you think? (1998: Rozz williams died a second time...)	K
Ruben Studdard	Christropher Ruben Studdard	He just took of the Christopher to make Ruben.... btw, Ruben Sounds better for a guy like him	Anna A.
Ruby Keeler	Ethel Hilda Keeler		older
Rudi Action Protrudi	Glenn Dalpis	In addition to the Rudi Protrudi entry, let me assure you that Rudi now has RUDI ACTION PROTRUDI in his passport. That's official, I've seen it! "Action is my middle name"... indeed!	vox head
Rudi Protrudi	Glen Dalpis	The other members of his original band, Tina Peel, also all had fake names (Jim Nastix and Deb O'Nair). But I don't know their quote-unquote real names	Tim Horrigan
Rudy Vallee	Hubert Prior Vallee		oldster
Run	Joe Simmons		inthe80s.com
RuPaul	RuPaul Andre Charles		name
Rusty Draper	Farrell H. Draper	Country singer who had 50s Top Ten's with "The Shifting, Whispering Sands" and "Freight Train".	Evan L. Heller
Ruud Gullit	Ruud Dil	Dutch footballplayer, who sang "Not a dancing kind"	MYH
Ry Cooder	Ryland Peter Cooder		guitar
Ryan Adams	David Ryan Adams		Mystic
Ryan Key	William Key	Ryan Key from the band "Yellowcard" goes by Ryan, but his real name is William. People think his middle name is Bryan, but that was just a typo.	Jenny
Ryan Starr	Tiffany Montgomery	She was one of the top ten on American Idol.	Rachel Miser
Ryu*	Ryutaro Nakahara		Tetris
RZA	Robert Diggs		Bobo
RZA	Robert Diggs		lil_miz_azn_boo

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