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Music Trivia -> Former Career -> C
Before the fame arrived, what did performers do to make ends meet?
Entries Beginning with C
Name & Band | Former Career | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Carla Bruni, Carla Bruni | Fashion Model | - Raphael | ||
| Carolina Liar, Chad Wolf | Several odd jobs | A Native of Charleston, SC, he worked in several of them while in Los Angeles. - Rock Maninoff | ||
| The Cars, Benjamin Orr | TV show house band musician | In the 60s, Benjamin was a member of the Grasshoppers, the house band on the local Cleveland TV show The Big 5 Show. - Kerry | ||
| Cheap Trick, Robin Zander | Lounge Singer | He was in the choir in high school. He had a one-year contract as a parlor entertainer in Wisconsin and was asked by a band in Rockford, Illinois to join them at the end of his contract. He did so. - He Wants Us To Want HIM! | ||
| Chubby Checker, Chubby Checker | Poultry plucker at local slaughter house | - Keeley | ||
| Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry | Hairdresser | Johnny better B. Goode, or he's gonna get a razor strap upside da head! - Michael E Cormier | ||
| The Clash, Joe Strummer | Gravedigger | When I was verifying the Rod Stewart submission, I discovered that Joe Strummer also used to work as a gravedigger. - Tim Kramar | ||
| Cleve Francis, Cleve Francis | Cardiologist | Cleve was a cardiologist, before signing a record deal in 1992 - Sundog | ||
| Coheed and Cambria, Claudio Paul Sanchez | Pets Place II | "As a teenager, he worked in a pet store, where he says he "cleaned rat shit, killed rats, and killed bunnies"." -Rolling Stone Interview - Molly |
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