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famous people who are commonly referred to only by their surname (e.g. Liberace, Mantovani, Morrissey, Mozart, Shakespeare); it is quite common and regular for surnames to be used to identify historic and pop culture figures. members of music groups without an individual article (e.g. Bigflo & Oli, Cindy and Bert, Leandro e Leonardo).
Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, is usually referred to by only her first name, Oprah. Elvis Presley, American singer, is usually referred to by only his first name, Elvis. In Brazil, it is very common for footballers to go by one name for simplicity and as a personal brand. Examples include Pelé, Ronaldo and Kaká.
This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname followed by their birth name. Individuals who dropped their last name and substituted their middle name as their last name are listed. Those with a one-word stage name are listed in a separate article.
Name change: Warrior: James Hellwig: 1959: 2014: American professional wrestler [9] [10] Name change: Winter: Rafael Antonio Lozano Jr. 1972-American software programmer best known for his goal to visit every company-owned Starbucks location in the world; changed name first to John Winter Smith, then to mononym Winter [11] Name change: Ye ...
Greg Prato of AllMusic wrote: "If only one singer could be selected as the most identifiable with '80s arena rock, it would have to be Journey's Steve Perry." [1] Prato's colleague John Franck praised Perry's as a soaring "whale of a voice". [55] He was voted among the ten greatest rock singers of all time in a 2009 Classic Rock reader poll. [56]
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Sakamoto had only one other song reach the U.S. charts, "China Nights (Shina no Yoru)" (Capitol 5016), which peaked at number 58 in 1963. His only American album, Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits (Capitol 10349), peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart (now known as the Billboard 200) in 1963 and remained on the Pop Albums chart ...
Genre Instrument Location or nationality Miscellanea See also Genre The following are lists of musicians by style or music genre. 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O ...