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Before the fame arrived, what did performers do to make ends meet?

Entries Beginning with B

Name & Band		Former Career		Comments & Submittor Name
Backstreet Boys, Kevin Richardson		Character costume at Disney World.		Kevin was Leonardo and Aladdin. - Celeste
Backstreet Boys, Brian Littrell		Server at Long John Silver's		Before the Backstreet Boys Brian was just another kid making hush puppies at the local Long John Silver's. - Celeste
Berlin, Terri Nunn		Actress		Before she was the lead singer of Berlin, Terri Nunn acted. She appeared on episodes of Lou Grant and T.J. Hooker among other shows. She even auditioned for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars which of course as we all know went to Carrie Fisher. - Edward
Billy Joel , Billy Joel		Boxer		He was a boxer out of high school. He had won 23 out of 25 fights. That's how he broke his nose. - Kevin
Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi		Metalworker		Tony Iommi worked in a sheet metal workshop before he became fulltime musician. He lost fingertips of his right hand in an accident just two days before he started his fulltime career - Susanna Viljanen
Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne		Factory worker		Osbourne used to work as a horn tester at the local Lucas factory in his hometown at the urging of his mother, but hated the irritatingly loud noise he endured. Interestingly enough, the epithet "Prince of Darkness" was given to Lucas Industries due to their products' shoddy quality before Osbourne adopted the nickname as part of his stage persona. - Maryellen Larkin
Black Sabbath, Tony Ione		Sheet Metal Worker		It's how he lost the tips of his fingers. - Celeste
Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne		Slaughterhouse Laboror		This may have influenced some of his famous stunts, like biting off the head of a live dove during a meeting with his newly signed record company and biting the head off a bat thrown on stage during a concert. - Travis
Blondie, Deborah Harry		Playboy Bunny		In the 1960's Debbie waited on tables as a Bunny at a Playboy Club in the Catskill Mountains, NY. - Union City Man
Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi		Shoe salasman		According to a popular rumour, which he later confirmed, Jon got fired from his job at a shoe store for turning up the radio because there was a Bruce Springsteen song on. I don't know why that made his boss so angry - dayna
Boston, Tom Scholz & Brad Delp		Sr Project Lead Engineer at Poloroid (Tom) - Worked at Mr Coffee factory (Brad)		- george

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