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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 W

Pseudonym	Original Name	Description	Submitted by:
W. Axl Rose	William Bailey		Johnny Bee
W.C. Handy	William Christopher Handy		jazz
Wagon Christ	Luke Vibert		Bobo
Waka Flocka Flame	Juaquin Malphurs		Yvette Bristle
Walter Scott	Walter Notheis	The information you have posted about "Sir Walter Scott" / Walter Notheis states that he was murdered by his wife and lover. I am from St. Louis and it is my understanding that the wife was never charged with such a crime but that the lover is in prison for life.	Walter Notheis
Wanda Dee	Lawanda Mcfarland	old school d.j./m.c. dance music diva	bori love
Warner Mack	Warner MacPherson	He had the hits "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" in 1957, and "Roc-A-Chicka" in 1958.	Candy Welty
Warren G.	Warren Griffin, III		rappa
Warren Storm	Warren Schexnider	He had the hit "Prisoner's Song" in 1958.	Candy Welty
Washboard Sam	Robert Brown	Arguably the worlds greatest prewar washboard player	Bobo
Washing Machine	Sonic Youth	When REM asked the band to tour with them in 1995 they agreed to do so only if they could go under the pseudonym Washing Machine. Instead, they ended up naming their next album Washing Machine.	Camille
Wavy Gravy	Hugh Romney	Famous Woodstock figure nicknamed "The Minister Of Talk" (Given to him by B.B. King.	hip
Wax Doctor	Paul Saunders		Bobo
Wayne Fontana	Glyn Ellis		Bobo
Wayne Hussey	Jerry Wayne Hussey	He didn't like the name Jerry. And the name Wayne is better?!	H-J
Wayne Newton	Carson Wayne Newton		vegas
Wayne Static	Wayne Wells	Wayne Static is the lead singer of alt-metal band Static-X	Chandra
WC	Willie Calhoun	From Westside Connection fame.	Left
Webb Wilder	John McMurry	The Southern guitarist who told us to "Tough It Out".	oldrock
Wednesday 13	Joseph Poole	Lead singer from the Murderdolls and various other bands.	Caitlin
Wednesday 13	Joseph Poole	Yes, JoeyaBullets was Wednesday`s Pseudonym in his Band "The Frankenstein Drag Queen from Planet 13" which he found long before the Murderdolls!!! His real official Name is Joseph Poole! I`m sorry, I was a little mad about this, because Joey Bullets is simply false! I just love Wednesday and the Murderdolls!	Wednesday`s Girl Any Questions about tzhe Murder
Wednesday 13	Joesph Poole	He is the lead singer from the murderdolls.	emz
Wednesday 13	Joseph Poole	Joseph got his band name from "that little b**ch Wednesday Addams from the TV show). His previous band had fake names that had to do with "scary" TV shows (ie. the munsters). Therefore Joseph came up with Wednesday 13 and is a wicked singer and Murderdolls kick ass!	Talena
Wednesday 13	Joey Bullets	This is the singer from The Murderdolls	antichrist superstar
Wednesday 13 (Audrey 3)	Joseph Poole	Lead singer of the murderdolls, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13(Audrey 3), Wednesday 13, Maniac Spider Trash, etc.	Audrey 13
Weiland	Scott Kent	STP's first album, "Core" credited him as just Weiland before using Scott Weiland for later albums.	hardrock
Weird Al Yankovic	Alfred Matthew Yankovic	"Weird Al" was his nickname during his college days.	Mr. Bun
Wendy Carlos	Walter Carlos	Wendy boldly went where few men have gone and made the change in more than just name.	xibee
Wendy Carlos	Walter Carlos	Moog synthesizer expert from the 1960s and 70s, Wendy boldly went where few men have gone and made the change in more than just name.	xibee
Wendy O.	Wendy O. Williams	Founder and singer for Wendy O. and The Plasmatics who committed suicide in April, 1995.	punker
Wendy Waldman	Wendy Steiner	Songwriter, performer, and daughter of Fred Steiner, who wrote theme for "The Bullwinkle Show"	xibee
WestBam	Maximilian Lenz	Also performed as Mrs. X and Mr. Y, began DJing in 1983 and became known as Westbam as a shortened version of his original nickname, which he received in honor of his place of birth (Westphalia) and his biggest musical influence (Afrika Bambaataa).	Bobo
Whigfeld	Sannie Charlotte Carlson	She was born Sannie Charlotte Carlson in 1970 in Denmark. Later she went to Italy where she began her music career. Her adopted name Whigfield is a tribute to her piano teacher.	Janice Ferrell
Whispering Bill Anderson	James William Anderson III	He was dubbed "Whispering Bill" because of his low, melodious singing voice that almost sounds like a whisper.	Forty11gurl
Whistling Jack Smith	Billy Moeller	Actually, Jack was also a fake. He was allegedly made up by the British songwriting team of Greenaway & Cook. Moeller agreed to play "Jack' for personal appearances. By the way, Whistling Jack's " only hit was "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman".	fake
Whitey Ford	Benjamin Francis Ford	Country singer that was referenced by Everlast on his album "Whitey Ford Sings The Blues".	blues
Whoopi Goldberg	Caryn Elaine Johnson	The best actress and singer in the world, do ur thang	Chocolate Child
Whoopie Goldberg	Karen Johnson		Nana
Wi$h Bone	Charles Scruggs	Of Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony.	bone
Wilbur Wilde	Nicholas Aitken	Played saxaphone in Ol` 55.Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons.he was born 5/Oct/1955 and has played opposite Red Simmons on Hey hey it`s Saturday	Stuart
Wildman Fischer	Larry Fischer	Celebrated, frequently homeless L.A.-based musician from the 1960s-present. First recorded by Frank Zappa, who gave him his own album, "An Evening with Wildman Fischer," in 1968. Picked up by Rhino Records in the late '70s, he has recorded three more albums. Frequently heard on the Dr. Demento show. Known to be extremely erratic and his bizarre behavior is somewhat legendary.	Tom Tuerff
Wilhelm	Billie Joe Armstrong	When he writes songs for Pinhead Gunpowder, he uses this false name.	iovinelli
Wilhelm Fink	Billie Joe Armstrong	Wilhelm is German for William, which many people (wrongly) assume Billie Joe's name is. Billie uses this name in Pinhead Gunpowder, and goes simply by Fink in the Network.	abby
Wilhelm Fink	Billie Joe Armstrong	Billie Joe Armstrong sometimes writes songs for Pinhead Gunpowder (one of his side bands) under the name Wilhelm Fink.	nick
Wilhelm Fink	Billie Joe Armstrong	Billie Joe is actually his real name, his mother was hopped up on painkillers when she signed his birth certificate. On various album covers he is referred to as 'Wilhelm Fink", it is also the title of a song on Short Music For Short People. In Green Day's secret band The Network, Billie's alternate ego is Fink.	D00KIE
Wilhelm Shroeder	Wilhelm Anthon Leeb	While a member of the canadian industrial band, Skinny Puppy, mr. Leeb used the pseudonym of Wilhelm Shroeder. He explained in interviews the origin of it : Wilhelm being in real first name ; Shroeder, as a tribute to that piano player of the same name in the cartoon "Peanuts" ! After he quitted Skinny Puppy to form his own band, Front Line Assembly, Wilhelm contracted his too austrich sounding name to the familiar "Bill". Since then, he's professionally known as Bill Leeb.	the Grey
Wilko Johnson	John Wilkinson	Guitarist for Dr. Feelgood.	brit
Will.i.am	William James Adams, Jr.		Travis
Will.I.Am	William Adams Jr.	from the Black Eyed Peas	tg
Willa Ford	Amanda Williford		pop
Willa Ford	Amanda Willaford		Trisha
Willaford	Amanda Lee Willaford	She was Nick Carter girlfriend until they broke up late last year.	Celeste
William A. Bong	Reginald Dwight(Elton John)	One of EJ's many pseudonyms	MovieTech
William Bell	William Yarborough	He had six hits, 1962-77, including the million-seller "Tryin' To Love Two" in 1977.	Candy Welty
William Orbit	William Wainwright		electronic
Willie D.	William Houston		Bobo
Willy Crook	Eduardo Guillermo Crook		Eduardo Guillermo Crook
Willy DeVille	William Borsey	Frontman for Mink DeVille.	punker
Wink Martindale	Winston Conrad	Went from recording "Deck of Cards" to hosting the card game show "Gambit".	t.v.
Wise	Leonard Roman	Member of Stetsasonic	Bobo
Wish Bone	Charles Scruggs	Of Bones, Thugs-N-Harmony	Bone Thug
Witchman	John Roome		Bobo
Wiz Khalifa	Cameron Jibril Thomaz		Yvette Bristle
Wolf	Bill Wolfer	He had a hit cover of "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" in 1983.	Candy Welty
Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart	Johanes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart		older
Wolfgang Voigt	Mike Ink	Genre - Electronica	Bobo
Wolfman Jack	Robert Weston Smith		Bobo
Wolfman Jack	Robert Weston Smith	Famed disc jockey of "American Grafitti" fame.	howl
Wonder Mike	Michael Wright	1/3 of the rap trio The Sugarhill Gang.	rapper
Wonder Who	The Four Seasons	The Four Seasons recorded Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, it's All Right" under the pseudonym "The Wonder Who". Don't ask me why...	DeeDee
Woob	Paul Frankland		Bobo
Woody	James Green	Singer for the rap group Dru Hill.	soul ii
Woody Allen	Allen Stewart Konigsberg	A jazz musician off camera.	funny
Woody Guthrie	Woodrow Wilson Guthrie		folk
Woody Herman	Woodrow Charles		jazz
Wookie	Jason Chue	British Garage/Electronica Superstar.	Bobo
WrongfulDef	Michael Bobo	member of the 8th Gate rap group. http://8thgate.com	Mike
Wrongfuldef	Michael Bobo	Member of 54th Regiment Rap group	leroy
Wyclef Jean	Jean Wyclef	Former Fugees member with a successful solo career.	soul
Wynonna Judd	Christine Ciminella		crazydon

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