Musicians' Birth Names

These are the most popular performers who have chosen to adopt stage names over their birth names.

RANK	STAGE NAMES	BIRTH NAMES	RANK	STAGE NAMES	BIRTH NAMES
1	Nat King Cole	Nathaniel Adams Coles	26	Johnny Ramone	John William Cummings
2	Tony Bennett	Anthony Benedetto	27	Chubby Checker	Ernest Evans
3	Stevie Wonder	Stevland Hardaway Morris	28	Alice Cooper	Vincent Furnier
4	Bob Dylan	Robert Allen Zimmerman	29	Shania Twain	Eilleen Regina Edwards
5	Buddy Holly	Charles Holley	30	Billy Idol	William Broad
6	Elton John	Reginald Dwight	31	Ritchie Valens	Ricardo Esteban Valenzuela Reyes
7	Freddie Mercury	Farrokh Bulsara	32	Cliff Richard	Harry Webb
8	Dean Martin	Dino Crocetti	33	Johnny Rivers	John Henry Ramistella
9	David Bowie	David Robert Jones	34	Cat Stevens	Steven Demetre Georgiou
10	George Michael	Georgios Panayiotou	35	Joni Mitchell	Roberta Joan Anderson
11	Ringo Starr	Richard Starkey	36	Faith Hill	Audrey Faith Perry
12	Frankie Valli	Francis Castellucio	37	Axl Rose	William Bruce Rose Jr.
13	Sting	Gordon Sumner	38	Rick Springfield	Richard Springthorpe
14	Bobby Darin	Walden Robert Cassotto	39	Pat Benatar	Patricia Mae Andrzejewski
15	Patsy Cline	Virginia Patterson Hensley	40	Taylor Dayne	Leslie Wunderman
16	Steven Tyler	Steven Tallarico	41	Dusty Springfield	Mary O'Brien
17	Mama Cass	Ellen Naomi Cohen	42	Chaka Khan	Yvette Marie Stevens
18	Little Richard	Richard Penniman	43	Joan Jett	Joan Marie Larkin
19	B.B. King	Riley B. King	44	Meat Loaf	Marvin Lee Aday
20	Tina Turner	Anna Mae Bullock	45	Patti Page	Clara Ann Fowler
21	Cher	Cherilyn Sarkisian	46	Crystal Gayle	Brenda Gayle Webb
22	Huey Lewis	Hugh Anthony Cregg III	47	Sam The Sham	Domingo Samudio
23	Donna Summer	LaDonna Adrian Gaines	48	Iggy Pop	James Osterberg Jr.
24	Elvis Costello	Declan Patrick MacManus	49	Bo Diddley	Ellas Otha Bates
25	Engelbert Humperdinck	Arnold George Dorsey	50	Gene Simmons	Chaim Witz