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i was reminded that 'million dollar baby' bears a dianne warren writing credit just for interpolating a few notes from the hook of 'can't fight the moonlight'.

that led to looking at neighbor listens, where someone just listened to rihanna's 'bitch better have my money'. which i remember as a rap song from practically before she was born.

looked it up on musicbrainz and it's a different song, and with her having a writing credit: as robyn fenty, which i now remember as her real name. i think she uses variations of this on some merch lines.

sting as gordon sumner made sense, who wants to be a rock star called gordon, although 'gordon sumner for jaguar' makes more sense than sting.

any funny or favourite stage names out there?

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still can't get over Lana Del Rey, a staple for me in post-americana glorification, is actually named Lizzy Grant. The most boring white bread name ever lol. Definitely made a presence in creating her brand name.