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This is a list of names of famous people, who have changed their real name. I'm only looking for music performers, not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.

Entries Beginning with D

Pseudonym		Original Name		Description		Submitted by:
D Style		Darryl White		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
D Styles		Dave Cuasito				Bobo
D Zire [1]		Darren Zire		Yes, honestly. Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
D Zire [2]		Dee Barnes		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
D'Angelo		Michael D'Angelo Archer				Kailu
D'Angelo		Michael Archer				soul ii
D'Arcy		Darcy Wretzky-Brown		Original bassist of the Smashing Pumpkins. In her late teens went to Europe to study music and ended up getting the idea to use the British style of her first name (ie Mr D'Arcy from Sense and Sensability) Hyphenated her last name after getting married to Kerry Brown of the band Catherine in the mid 90's.		Wendolyn
D'Arcy		D'Arcy Wretzky		Former guitarist of Smashing Pumpkins.		rocker
D-Nasty		Daryl W. Monroe		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
D-Nice		Derrick Jones				Bobo
D-Square		Dwayne Sumal		Of Boogie Down Productions. Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
D-Styles		Dave Cuasito		Description: Skratch Musician, former member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz		Jazz
D.J. Bonebrake		Don Bonebrake		Drummer for the punk band X.		punker
D.M.C.		Darryl McDaniels		D.M.C. of Run-D.M.C.		inthe80s.com
Da Brat		Shawntae Harris				funky
Da Hool		Frank Tomiczek				Bobo
Dad		John Lennon		Used on the track Ya Ya. John playing with his son. That's why he's called Dad! Julian Lennon plays drums!		Noah McKelvie
Daddy Dewdrop		Dick Monda		Don't ya' jes' love his hit "Chick -A-Boom"?		old
Daddy G		Grant Marshall		1/3 of Massive Attack		Bobo
Daddy G		Gene Barge		Classic honkin' sax player from the '50s and '60s. Heard on "Quarter To Three", "School Is Out" and all of Gary U.S. Bonds' other bar-band hits. Also played on many great Atlantic and Chess sides. Daddy G's biggest hometown fan in Hampton Roads? Clarence Clemons!		jonaco
Daddy Longlegs		Daniel Carey		Drummer of Green Jelly.		Mickey D.
Daddy Mac		Chris Harrison Olsen Smith				rap
Daddy Mack		Chris Smith				Bobo
Daddy Yankee		Raymond Ayala				Baby Boo
Daddy-O		Glenn Bolton				Bobo
Daisy Aertbelien		Sarah Bettens		There is a Belgian band called Clement Peerens Explosition and everyone has a character with an accompanying name. Sarah did a song with them, "Beats of Love", back in 1995. Her character's back story was that she was the member of another member. And her character's name was Daisy Aertbelien. As far as I know, she has not made another appearance. But Sarah and another member of CPeX, Bart Peeters, are judges together on the Belgian show, The Best Singer-Songwriter of Flanders (DBSSVV).		Rad
Daisy Berkowitz		Scott Mitchell Putesky		Daisy Berkowitz was Marilyn Mansons first guitarist and the name comes from Daisy Duke and a serial killer.		Ewalt
Daisy Berkowitz		Scott Putesky		Old member of Marilyn Manson		asreal sanchez
Daisy Dee		Daisy Rollocks		Daisy Dee was part of the snap group technotronic.		RADO
Dale & Grace		Dale Houston/Grace Broussard		Their hit was "I'm Leavin' It (All) Up To You".		duet
Dale Cooke		Sam Cooke		His first secular song, "Loveable," was recorded under this pseudonym in an attempt not to alienate his gospel following.		Larry Hallock
Dale Evans		Frances Octavia Smith		Wife and partner of singing cowboy Roy Rogers.		cowgirl
Dale Hawkins		Delmar Allen Hawkins		Underrated singer-guitarist.		obscure
Dallas Austin		Jody Gerson				Spoonfish
Damita Jo		Damita Jo DuBlanc		She had four hits, 1960-66.		Candy Welty
Dan Abnormal		Damon Albarn		It;s an anagram for his own name, wich he used in one of his Blur songs on The Great Escape.		Esje
Dan Hartman		Daniel Earl Hartman				mads
Dan Hill		Daniel Hill, Jr.		His only hit was "Sometimes When We Touch".		ideal
Dana Amos		Dana Amos		she is a talented singer and actress		louise
Dana International		Sharon Cohen				Lefty Lucy
Dana Strum		Dana Strumwasser		Bassist for much-maligned early 90's pop metallers Slaughter		Chandra
Dangerous Dame		Damon Williams		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Dani Filth		Daniel Wellington Choad		I know what you're thinking!		princess_of_evil
Dani Filth		Daniel Davey		Cradle Of Filth frontman. I've been told that Daniel was legally changed to Dani, although I don't think the surname was legally changed. I've also heard that the reason for the change of name was that Dani means "Bereft Of God" in Hebrew, whereas Daniel means "Judgement Of God/God is my Judge" and he thought "Bereft Of God" suited him better.		Tam
Dani Filth		Daniel Davey		Princess whatever ur name was, there not even funny, his name is not whatever u siad it was!		Samm
Dani Filth		Dani Davey		Lead singer of British black-metal band Cradle of Filth		metalgirl162002
Daniel Boone		Peter Lee Stirling		Had a "Beautiful Sunday" in 1972.		brit
Daniel Lioneye		Mikko Vijami Lindstrom		The guitarist from Finnish metal band H.I.M. His name was made up by the other band members while they were supposed to be rehersing, but weren't and it stuck.		Frances
Danielle Dax		Danielle Gardener				Ken Drum
Dannii Minogue		Danielle Jane Minogue				mads.
Danny Boy		Daniel O'Connor		Formerly of House of Pain.		rap
Danny Hutton		Daniel Anthony Hutton		Ex-lead singer with Three Dog Night.		oldschool
Danny Kaye		David Daniel Kominsky				older
Dante		Dante Drowtry		As frontman for Dante and the Evergreens, he redid the Hollywood Argyles song "Alley-Oop".		old rock
Daria Blue		Gwen Stefani		Gwen has said that she used to use this as a pseudonym when she checked into hotels.		Bryan Hartshorn
Dark Mode		Doddsy		Dark Mode is also Doddsy, the infamous producer from Newcastle. His music is deep, dark, twisted & full of emotion. His track, "Behind The Curtain" is on the comp album, "The House of Wax".		Frankie
DarkBoy		Imani Wilcox		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
DarkMan		Brian Michell		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Darlene Love		Darlene Wright				blues
Darrell Banks		Darrell Eubanks		A great one-hit '60s soul singer ("Open The Door To Your Heart") in the David Ruffin/Otis Redding style. Signed to Stax/Volt after Otis died. Tragically murdered a year later in Detroit. Darrell was only 31. A true lost soul artist.		jonaco
Darude		Ville Virtanen		Comes from "Da Rude," which in turn comes from "The Rude" a nickname Virtanen obtained from his tendency to play Leila K's "Rude Boy" at DJ sets.		Dan
DarXtar		Soren Martensson		Soren "Darklord" Martensson began recording as Darxtar in 1989, in a relatively novel concept at the time, known as Space Rock.		Bobo
Daryl Hall		Daryl Franklin Hohl				Mike Hack
Dat Nigga Daz		Delmar Arnaud		Also performed as Daz Dillinger		Bobo
Dave Angel		David Gooden				Bobo
Dave Brown Sound		Dave Baksh		His pseudonym for Sum 41's first album, "Half hour of power" was Hot Chocolate, then he changed it to Brownsound. Listen to "It's what we're all about" (there are two versions). It says it there, ha.		Sdik
Dave Brownsound		Dave Baksh		Lead guitarist in sum 41. His first nickname was Hot Chocolat And the actual reason they called him these names was because of the color of his skin (brown)		Daniel
Dave Brownsound		Dave Baksh		his name is dave he came out of his mom and was brown and made a lot of sound		sum budy
Dave Grohl		David Eric Grohl		Singer of Foo Fighters, formerly the drummer of Nirvana.		Beryun
Dave Stark		Josh Robertson		Of the Stivs		danger
Dave Vanian		David Letts		Lead singer for The Damned.		punk
Davey Havok		David Anthony Marchand		Davey was born David Anthony Passaro. His father died when he was 3, and when his mother (Penny) remarried Paul Marchand three years later, Davey took on his last name.		Causticrewind
Davey Havok		David Passaro				Mortimus
Davey Havok		David Marchand		He changed his name for reasons unknown. Ask him why & just maybe he'll tell you		person
Davey Havok		David Anthony Marchand				Beryun
Davey Havok		Davey Marchand				Carl Rectburg
Davey Havok		David Marchand				Nina Hoffmann
Davey Havok		David Marchand		Frontman for AFI.		Hi
Davey Havok		David Marchand		Singer of AFI.		anonymous
Davey Havok		David Marchand		I don't know why he changed it. AFI's Singer!		Acidpickle 3 AFI and The Offspring
David & David		David Baerwald/David Ricketts		Their hit was "Boomtown".		duo
David & Jonathan		Roger Greenaway/Roger Cook		Redid the Beatles' "Michelle".		duo
David Bowie		David Robert Jones				inthe80s.com
David Bowie		David Jones		Davey Joney (Monkeys) came out the same time David Jones got his start and a few lawsuits later, David Jones was forced to change his name. David Jones changed his name to David Bowie after a knife he had in his back pocket.		Phillip Ewing
David Bowie		David Jones		When he started in England, "David Jones" had already become associated with the Monkee of the same name, so he had to choose a different stage name.		lil kj
David Bowie		David Jones		Yes, Mr. Jones changed it so he wouldn't get confuesed with the Monkee. But, someone for got to tell him that in America the name is pronounced "boo-we", long "o" Incidentally, David has a brother who has spent most of his life in an insane asylum; some say he's the inspiration for David's haunting "The Bewley Brothers" song.		Cesare
David Bowie		David Jones		Changed so he wouldn't be confused with the monkey yes. But interestingly enough got the name by selecting the letter B for a last name (a tribute to the Beatles). From there he decided that his last name should be the name of a knife after Mick JAGGAR (which is also a knife). He then found that there was a knife refered to as a BOWIE knife, and his name then became David Bowie		not important
David Bowie		David Jones				Sceptre30
David Bowie		David Jones		Bowie had to change his name because there already existed a popstar called David Jones - Davy of the Monkees!		Yvonne
David Bryan		David Rashbaum		Keyboardist for Bon Jovi.		backup
David Bryan		David Bryan Rashbaum		Bon Jovi Keyboard and piano player dropped his last name and stuck with his first and middle names		Branny
David Bryan		David Rashbaum		Bon Jovi pianist/keyboardist		Umar Wali
David Carroll		Nook Schrier		He had six hits, 1955-62.		Candy Welty
David Crosby		David Van Cortland				oldrock
David Desrosiers		David Phillippe Desrosiers		Bassist for previous band Reset (after replacing Pierre Bouvier), but now bassist in Simple Plan. Plays guitars, drums, bass, and sings.		Alex
David Desrosiers		Taylor Nation		david is the hott backup singer and bassist of the band simple plan i love simple plan!!!		taylor nation
David Essex		David Albert Cook				rockon
David Hill (also David Dante)		David Hess		Singer/actor who recorded many demos for Elvis under the "David Hill" name. Wrote "I Got Stung" and "Speedy Gonzales". Later starred in, co-wrote and scored cultish B-movie chiller "Last House On The Left".		jonaco
David J.		David Haskins				Bobo
David Ruffin		Eli David Ruffin		Late singer for The Temptations.		soul
David Seville		Ross Bagdasarian		Best known as the guy who brought you the Chipmunks.		crazydon
David Soul		David Richard Solberg		Singer/actor who told us not to give up on him in the 70s.		t.v.
David Sylvian		David Batt				broadway
David Was		David Weiss		1/4 of Was Not Was		Bobo
Dayz		Michael Ghaffari		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Daz Dillinger		Delmar Arnaud				Bobo
Daze		Tyree Lopes		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Dazzy Dee		Lidell Williams		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
DBC		Marvin Nemley				Bobo
Deacon John		John Deacon		On the first Queen album "Queen", they thought the name of bassist John Deacon didn't sound cool enough so they made it Deacon John. He didn't like it and insisted he be credited correctly on future albums.		Jack
Dead		Per Yngve Ohlin		Dead was the vocalist for the Norwegian black metal band, Mayhem. The band's guitarist, Euronymous, discovered Dead's deceased body, from an apparent suicide, and took a photo of the scene to use as an album cover for their bootleg, Dawn Of The Black Hearts. It is believed musicians in Mayhem have eaten parts of Dead's brain and made necklaces out of some of his skull fragments while sending other pieces to "worthy" bands by mail.		Kyle
deadmau5		Joel Zimmerman		Canadian DJ/producer known for wearing a cartoonish mouse helmet onstage		Nat
Dean Martin		Dino Paul Crochetti				olds
Dean Ween		Michael Melchiondo		The duo wanted to share the same surname "Ween", they also came up with new first names to go along with it.		JRSheen
Deanna Durbin		Edna Mae Durbin				oldtime
Death Cube K		Brian Carroll		Also releases albums under the name Buckethead which is an anagram for Death Cube K. He usually focuses on dark and eerie sound effects rather than his god-like guitar solos.		Ryan Galloway
Debbie Gibson		Deborah Gibson		She was "Debbie" in the 80s, but is using "Deborah" for her comeback.		pop
Debbie Reynolds		Marie Frances Reynolds				old days
Debby Boone		Deborah Anne Boone				oldsong
Deborah Allen		Deborah Lynn Thurmond		Not to be confused with choreographer Debbie Allen.		Country Yank
DEE		Aaron Tyler				David Davis
Dee Clark		Delecta Clark		Late R&B vocalist best known for 1961 Top Ten hit "Raindrops".		Evan L. Heller
Dee D. Jackson		Deirdre Elaine Cozier		British singer who had a hit with the electronic disco song "Automatic Lover" in 1978.		Dylan Baranski
Dee Dee Ramone		Douglas Glen Colvin		He was one of the most influential punk rock bassists of all time, plus an extremely decicated and emotionally rich person!!!!!!!!		JACK E: CHICAGO
Dee Dee Ramone		Douglas Colvin				Bobo
Dee Dee Ramone		Douglas Colvin		A badass punk bassist.		M
Dee Dee Sharp		Dione LaRue		Pop/R&B vocalist of the early and mid 60s who scored five top ten hits, including "Mashed Potato Time" and the Chubby Checker duet "Slow Twistin'"		Evan L. Heller
Dee Plakas		Demetra Plakas		Drummer for L7.		hardrock
Dee Snider		Daniel Snider				Sandi
DeeDee Ramone		Douglas Colvin		Bassist for the 'Ramones'		Bobo
Deep C		Chris Clark				Bobo
Def Jef		Jeffrey Forsten		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Def Jef		Jeffrey Forston				Bobo
Del Shannon		Charles Westover		Del's most remembered song is most likely "Runaway" but he did have at least 10 others, not counting his early 80's album (which was sadly unnoticed, due to limited air-play.		A Mazzara
Del Shannon		Charles Westover				Bobo
Delilah		Delilah Rene Luke		Host of syndicated talk-music radio show "Delilah After Dark".		song
Delite		Martin Wright				Bobo
Della Reese		Dellareese Taliaferro				t.v.
Demon D		Darren				Bobo
Demon D		Darren Chamberlain		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Deniece Williams		Deniece Chandler		Late 70s/80s soul vocalist/songwriter who scored number one hits with "Let's Hear It For The Boy" and the Johnny Mathis duet "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late". Once a backup singer for Stevie Wonder.		Evan L. Heller
Denise LaSalle		Denise Craig		Her hit was "Trapped By a Thing Called Love".		soul
Dennis Day		Eugene McNulty				oldtimer
Dennis Morgan		Stanley Morner				older
Denny Laine		Brian Hines		Founding member of The Moody Blues.		oldrock
Deodato		Eumire Almeida		Brazilian-born keyboardist who recorded the jazzy version of Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra", also known as the theme to "2001:A Space Odyssey".		electronic
Derek		Eric Patrick Clapp (Eric Clapton)		His hit "Layla" was written as a love ballad to George Harrison's wife. To avoid any confrontation with George, Eric changed his band name for this song to Derek & The Dominoes		RexTyler
Derek		Johnny Cymbal		The "Mr. Bass Man" man who had another one-hit wonder as "Derek" in "Cinnamon".		one
Dero Goi		Stephan Musiol		Lead singer/drummer of OOMPH! from 1989 to 2021.		Jay
Des'Ree		Des'Ree Weeks		UK Artist famous for "You Gotta Be" in 1994		Ren
Desi Arnaz		Desiderio Alberto Amez y de Acha, III		Cuban-born singer and bongo player who loved (and married) Lucy (Lucille Ball).		Cuban
Desi Arnaz		Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III		This is the full Spanish name of the Cuban singer, who was married to Lucille Ball until 1960 and starred on I Love Lucy in the 1950's.		Sir Alan George Palgut I
Desmond Dekker		Desmond Dacres		Founding member of Desmond Dekker and The Aces, best known for "Israelites".		rasta
Destro		Dante Barton		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Detroit Escalator Co.		Neil Ollevierra				Bobo
Dexter		Bryan Holland		Frontman of The Offspring. He got his name for being so smart and having a PhD in Molecular Biology.		Jacque
Dexter Holland		Bryan Keith Holland		Lead singer in The Offspring		Unnatural Disaster
Dexter Holland		Brian Holland		Lead singer of the Offspring		Jackie
Dexy		Kevin Rowland		The frontman for Dexy's Midnight Runners.		brit
Diahann Carroll		Carol Diahann Johnson				t.v.
Diamond Darrell		Darrell Abbot		guitar player for PANTERA		James Marshall Gaddis
Diana Ross		Diane Earle				Bobo
Diane Renay		Renee Diane Kushner				Barry G. Disbrow
Dick Clark		Richard Wagstaff Clark		Long time host of "American Bandstand".		J.C.
Dick Dale		Richard Monsour		Lead the 60's surf band The Del-Tones		guitar
Dick Dickson with Jay Randell and his Orchestra		Dick Dixon		Singer who also doubled on vocal and guitar with Irving Aaronson and his Commanders.		Carole of the curves, or Lombard of the legs?
Dick Haymes		Richard Benjamin Haymes				old
Dick Powell		Richard Ewing Powell				old
Dick Roman		Ricardo De Giacomo		He had a hit with a vocal version of "Theme From A Summer Place" in 1962.		Candy Welty
Dickie Betts		Richard Betts		Ex-member of The Allman Brothers Band.		ya'll
Diddy		Sean Combs		First it was the Combs name, then it was Puff Daddy, then P. Diddy, now Diddy! Please tell him to stop it!		Jay Mann
Dido		Dido Florian Cloud de Bournville Armstrong				Nix
Dido		Dido Armstrong				newsongs
Die		Daisuke Andou		Guitarist for Japanese rock band Dir En Grey.		Lee
Dieselboy		Damien Higgins		So called because his music is as powerful as a Diesel engine, not because he wears Diesel jeans!		Tim Horrigan
Dig Wayne		Timothy Wayne Ball		Singer with Jo Boxers.		rock
Dillinja		Karl Francis		Has recorded on the famous Metalheads label, along with thousands of other unknown artists.		Bobo
Dimebag Darrell		Darrell Abbott		First known as Diamond Darrell changed to Dimebag Darrell		theToof
Dimebag Darrell		Darrell Abbott		His drug dealer called him "Dimebag" because of a time when a dimebag was all he could afford to buy at a time.		Richelle
Dimebag Darrell		Darrell Abbott		guitar player for PANTERA after 1993		James Marshall Gaddis
Dinah Shore		Frances Rose Shore				old
Dinah Washington		Ruth Lee Jones				smooth
Dino		Dean Esposito		Dean Esposito, stage-name Dino, is not the same person as Dean Paul Martin, the late actor and Dean Martin's son.		Sigrid Wright
Dino		Dean Paul Martin		60's Rock group Dino Desi & Billy		Cari
Dino		Dino Esposito		80's singer of "I Like It" and "Romeo".		pop
Dino		Dino Kartsonakis		Not to be confused with the secular pop singer, Dino has been playing piano for Christ.		Christian
Dion		Dion DiMucci				oldtimer
Dionne Warwick		Marie Dionne Warwick		Briefly added a weird-looking "e" after her last name.		blaque
Dips*** G		Gary Tinton				Bitch
Dirk Lance		Alex Katunich		bassist for Incubus		kATiA
Disco D		Dave Shayman				Bobo
Disco Tex		Joseph Montanez, Jr.		Frontman for Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes.		disco
Dizzee Rascal		Dylan Kwabena Mills				Yvette Bristle
Dizzy Gillespie		John Birks Gillespie		Late trumpet player known for puffing his cheeks when blowing his horn.		jazz
Dizzy Reed		Darren Reed		Keyboardist for Guns 'N' Roses.		rock
DJ 1 Finger		Tim Taylor				Bobo
DJ A-Trak		Alain Malvokitch				Unit
DJ Battlekat		Kevin Gilliam				Bobo
DJ BMF		Greg Lentz				Bobo
DJ Bobo		René Baumann		The son of a Swiss mother and Italian father, this DJ quickly rose to become one of the really big names in the Swiss club scene		Bobo
DJ Bone		Eric Dulan		Detroit Techno Electronic artist.		Bobo
DJ Cam		Laurent Daumail				Bobo
DJ Casper		Willie Perry Jr.		Known for the song "Cha Cha Slide"		AJ
DJ Eclipse		Joe Pecora		DJ/Remixer/Producer from Long Island, NY		Joe Pecora
DJ Eclipse		Joe Pecora				DJ Eclipse
DJ Eclipse		Joseph Pecora				Joseh Pecora
DJ Eddie F		Edward Ferrell				Bobo
DJ Flesh 'N' Bone		Stanley Howse		Of Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony.		bone
DJ Godfather		Brian Jeffries				Bobo
DJ Headliner		Timothy Barnwell		Of the rap band Arrested Development.		rap city
DJ Hell		Helmut Josef Geier				Bobo
DJ Homicide		Craig Bullock		Scratches records for Sugar Ray.		Yo
DJ Hurricane		Wendell Fite				Bobo
DJ Irv		Irv Gotti		Discovered Queens rapper Mic Geronimo		Bobo
DJ Jazzy Jeff		Jeff Townes		Jeff Townes, aka DJ Jazzy Jeff, was the other 1/2 of the rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.		Celeste
DJ Jazzy Jeff		Jeffery Townes				Hakim
DJ Keoki		Keoke Franconi				Bobo
DJ Khéops		Eric Mazel				Bobo
DJ Kool		John W. Bowman Jr.				Bobo
DJ Krush		Hideaki Ishii				Bobo
DJ Laflieshe		Laflesche Morin				Bobo
DJ Laz		Lazaro Mendez				Bobo
DJ Lethal		Leor DiMant		Formerly of House of Pain.		rap
DJ Logic		Jason Kibler				Bobo
DJ Magic Mike		Michael Hampton				Bobo
DJ Mark the 45 King		Mark James		Producer DJ Mark "The 45 King" burst onto the rap scene during the late '80s with his bona fide breakbeat classic "The 900 Number." However, following successful productions for Queen Latifah and his own crew, the Flavor Unit, the 45 King's resistance to changing trends and hip-hop's own fleeting loyalty combined to ensure his eventual obscurity. Continually respected by the hip-hop underground, he remained a prolific producer throughout his career, lending his remixing and engineering skills to nearly 40 releases from 1987 to 2000.		Bobo
DJ Marky		Marco Antônio Silva				Bobo
DJ Minute Mix		Jarrett Cordes				Bobo
DJ MRK LMS		Mark Holmes (Platinum Blonde)		Mark and his partner Bobbi Guy started a Virgin Moblie Mod Club in Toronto.		Celeste
DJ Muggs		Lawrence Muggerud		Of Cypress Hill		Bobo
DJ Olive		Gregor Asch				Bobo
DJ Otzi		Gerry Friedle		Famous for 2001 cover version hit "Hey Baby"		Bobo
DJ Pac Bell		Bethany Grace Liston				Tabithina
DJ Patife		Wagner Borges Ribeiro de Souza				Bobo
DJ Pierre		Nathaniel Pierre Jones				Bobo
DJ Polo		Thomas Pough				Bobo
DJ Poska		Robert Latarlouse		Known for "What's The Flavour?"		Tecnix
DJ Premier		Chris Martin		1/2 of Gang Starr.		rap city
DJ Q		Paul Flynn				Bobo
DJ Q-Ball		Harry Dean Jr.		DJ for Bloodhound Gang		Gamblor
DJ Q-Bert		Richard Quitevis				Bobo
DJ Quik		David Blake				inthe80s.com
DJ Rap		Charissa Saverio				Bobo
DJ Sammy B		Samuel Burwell				Bobo
DJ Shadow		Josh Davis				Bobo
DJ Shufflemaster		Tatsuya Kanamori				Bobo
DJ Skribble		Scott Ialacci		DJ Skribble formed Young Black Teenagers in the early '90s with rappers Kamron, ATA, Firstborn and Tommy Never.		Bobo
DJ Soul Slinger		Carlos Slinger				Bobo
DJ Souniq		Eric Sablan		Turntable artist		Hip Hop
DJ Spooky		Paul D. Miller				Bobo
DJ Squeeky		Tom Skeemask				Bobo
DJ SS		Leroy Small				Bobo
DJ T-1000		Alan D. Oldham				Bobo
DJ Thirteen, Markus Thirteen		None		Thirteen was the day Marcos de Matos was born. He?s a Drum and Bass Producer		Marcos De Matos
Dj Titski		Stanislav Kroutitski				Stas
DJ Toefinger		Andy Toth		Half of Detroit Grand Pu Bahs		Bobo
DJ Unique		Paul Howard		Of Basehead.		soul ii
DJ Wally		Keef Destefano				Bobo
DJ Worldwise		David Barragan		DJ for The Basics, Funklab		Meka
DJ Yella		Antoine Carraby				Bobo
dj.heatwave		Ahmed Sabbour				NUKE_KNIGHT
Django Reinhardt		Jean Baptiste Reinhardt				Bobo
DjBlarney		Kev Girvin		Drum and Bass Dj - Member of London's www.dnbstreet.co.uk agecny		dnbstreet.co.uk
DMC		Darryl McDaniels		He is from run dmc the classic hip-hop group that started it all.		Matt
DMX		Earl Simmons				Bobo
DMX		Earl Simmons				name
Dobie Gray		Leonard Victor Ainsworth		Soul singer whose hit was "Drift Away".		soul
Doc Neeson		Bernard Neeson		Energetic, charismatic frontman for 'The Angels' [ Australian 'hard rock' band, late 70s/80s]		rusty
Doc Powell		William Powell		Great Jazz Guitarist - worked as musical director for Luther Vandross- Hit albums include: "Don't Let The Smooth Jazz Fool You", "Life Changes", "97th and Columbus."		ME
Doc Severinson		Carl Severinson		Former bandleader of "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson".		old jazz
Doc Watson		Arthel Lane Watson		Multiple Grammy winning master of traditional Southern Mountain music.		Uncle Ern
Doddsy		David Dodds		An infamous electro & techno producer from Newcastle UK.		Dark Mode
Dodie Stevens		Geraldine Ann Pasquale				t.v.
Dolly Party		Dolly Rebecca Parton		Yes, Dolly is her real name.		Country
Don & Juan		Claude Johnson/Roland Trone		Asked the musical question "What's Your Name?" in 1962.		duo
Don Abney		John Donald Abney				jazz
Don Azzaro		Roine Stolt		Roine Stolt of the Flower Kings used this name under production credits until recently - Azzaro comes from Assar, his middle name.		pickle*
Don Carlos		Euvin Spencer				Bobo
Don Everly		Isaac Donald Everly		One of the Everly Brothers.		oldsongs
Don Fardon		Don Maughn		Originally did "Indian Reservation" in 1968 before Paul Revere & the Raiders made it a hit 2 years later.		brit
Don Robertson		Donald Irwin Robertson		The famous "Happy Whistler" of the 50s.		novelty
Don Was		Don Fagenson		1/4 of Was Not Was		Bobo
Donald E Wahlberg Jr		Donald Edmund Wahlberg Jr				Celeste
Donald O'Connor		David Dixon O'Connor				older
Donna A.		Brett Anderson		Singer for The Donnas.		Chandra
Donna C.		Torry Castellano		Drummer for The Donnas.		Chandra
Donna F.		Maya Ford		Bassist for "The Donnas"		Chandra
Donna F.		Maya Ford		Bassist for The Donnas.		Chandra
Donna Fargo		Yvonne Vaughn				twang
Donna R.		Allison Robertson		Guitarist for the Donnas.		Chandra
Donna Summer		La Donna Gaines				Cara Miles
Donnie Iris		Dominic Ierace				rocker
Donnie Wahlberg		Donald Edmund Wahlberg		Former member of New Kids On The Block and current actor.		boyband
Donny Osmond		Donald Clark Osmond				old
Donovan		Donovan Leitch		His son is actor Donovan Leitch, Jr. and his daughter is actress Ione Skye.		groove
Doodlebug		Craig Irving		1/3 of Digable Planets		Bobo
Doodles Weaver		Winstead Sheffield Glendening Dixon Weaver		Comedic singer who played for Spike Jones' band.		funny
Dord		Jeffrey B. Jackson				Bobo
Dorian Doom		Adrian Diz		Lead singer and guitarist of FL/NY Psychedelic Industrial Deathrock band "Fade II Gray".		ignatius
Doris Day		Doris Von Kappelhoff		Singer/actress who had her own 60s T.V. sitcom.		oldperson
Doris Duke		Doris Curry		She had the hit "To The Other Woman (I'm The Other Woman)" in 1970.		Candy Welty
Doris Kenner		Doris Coley		One of The Shirelles.		old
Doris Troy		Doris Higginsen				jazz singer
Doro Pesch		Dorothee Pesch				Sandi
Dottie Danger		Belinda Carlisle		Dottie Danger was the name Belinda Carlisle called herself when she was briefly the drummer with the punk rock band The Germs in 1977 before The Go Go's were formed and she became their lead singer, and then Belinda also went on to a successful solo singing career after The Go Go's broke up.		Edward
Dottie West		Dorothy Marie Marsh				Countryhick
Doug E. Fresh		Douglas Davis		Famous for doing the Beatbox with his mouth.		Hakim
Doug Sahm		Douglas Wayne Sahm		Late country/jazz artist.		jazz
Doug Stone		Douglas Brooks				Country
Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein		Paul Doyle Caiafa		The most underrated guitarist of all time. (Ex-)Guitarist for the Misfits.		Monica
Doze		Darren Hayes		well, this is the name his mum used to use for him, so he might use it somewhere! ( short for bulldozer, as he used to knock things down all the time)		Lestadt's brat Princess
Dr Demento		Barrett Hansen				Bobo
Dr Walker		Ingmar Koch				Matt
Dr. Dre		Andre Young				inthe80s.com
Dr. Dream		John Lennon		Recorded the piano for his song, "#9 Dream" under this pseudonym.		Tina
Dr. Dream		John Lennon		Used on the number 9 hit track #9 Dream.		Noah McKelvie
Dr. Feelgood		William Lee Perryman		Also known as "Piano Red".		blues
Dr. Funkenstein		George Clinton		Funk king and Parliament founder.		funky
Dr. Heathen Scum Wazda		Steve Broyle		Bass guitarist of The Mentors.		rob noxious
Dr. Hook		Ray Sawyer		Led the band "Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show" in the 70s.		America
Dr. John		Malcolm John Rebennack		New Orleans rhythm & blues singer, famous for his gravelly voice in his early 70's hit, "Right Place, Wrong Time" which he performed in a voodoo doctor costume. Also, is the singer from the old Popeyes Chicken commercial ("Love that chicken from Popeyes").		Bill Tong
Dr. Nner		Renn Hawkey		Deadsy's keyboardist.		Corruption Master
Dr. Octagon		Keith Thornton				Bobo
Dr. Robert		Robert Howard		Singer with The Blow Monkeys.		brit
Dr. Winston		John Lennon		Recorded the acoustic guitar for his song, "Beef Jerky" under this pseudonym.		Tina
Dr. Winston And Booker Table And The Matire D's		John Lennon		Used on the B-side track Beef Jerky.		Noah McKelvie
Dr. Winston O Boogie		John Lennon		Used on the album Mind Games		Noah McKelvie
Dr. Winston O Ghurkin		John Lennon		Used on the track Going Down On Love.		Noah McKelvie
Dr. Winston O Reggae		John Lennon		Used on the track Steel And Glass.		Noah McKelvie
Dr. Winston O'Boogie		John Lennon		Used this name when he was playing with Elton John (Whatever Get's You Through the Night) era....see credits on Sir Elton's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"		Rob
Dr. WInston O'Boogie		John Winston Lennon		this was a psuedo that john used. usin his middle name "winston"(after winston church hill) which he hated		fishi
Dr. Winston O'Ghurkin		John Lennon		John recorded the guitar part for his song, "Going Down On Love" under this pseudonym.		Tina
Dr. Winston O'Reggae		John Lennon		Recorded the acoustic guitar for his song, Steel and Glass" under this pseudonym.		Tina
Dr.Dre		Andre Young				CB
Draco Daemon		Micheal Jansen Daemon		He legally changed his first name to "Draco" to sound more like the emo-metal star he is.		Rachel
Drake		Aubrey Drake Grahm		Drake is just his stage name. His real name is Aubrey Grahm who is the actor who played Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi TNG.		Celeste
Drax		Thomas P. Heckman		Working under many labels and twice as many pseudonyms, Thomas P. Heckmann has kept true to traditional techno methods and resources. Heckmann was one of the first in his native land of Germany to explore a style of techno that is comparable with early tracks by various other artists on various labels		Bobo
Drayz		Andre Weston		Of the rap duo, Das EFX.		u
Drazier Zwei		John Weeks		Internet-based composer of avant-garde fantasy music. He has also sequenced MIDI music files of existing songs from video games, such as "Sonic The Hedgehog."		Olvan The Terrible
Dre		Andre Benjamin		1/2 of the rap duo Outkast.		yo
Duane Allman		Howard Duane Allman		Late brother of Greg Allman and member of The Allman Brothers Band.		ya'll
Dubfire		Ali Shirazinia		Half of Deep Dish		Bobo
Duff		Karen Duffy		Former MTV veejay.		t.v.
Duff McKagan		Michael Andrew McKagan		His parents called him duff when he was 2 years old, he lived in an irish neighbourhood and lots of kids where called michael, so they gave him the nickname duff. (that's irish too)		me
Duff McKagan		Michael McKagan				Emma
Duke Ellington		Edward Kennedy Ellington				jukebox
Duke Erikson		Doug Erikson				Jess
Duke of Pannekoeken		Kasson Crooker		Member of Freezepop		emomarathon
Duke Tumatoe		Bill Fioro		Formerly toured with REO Speedwagon. Later recorded a bunch of amusing tunes for The Bob and Tom Show.		rocky
Dukes Of Stratosphear		XTC		XTC made two albums in psychedelic 60s style		MFP
Dusty Hill		Joe Hill		One of the bearded members of ZZ Top.		rocknroll
Dusty L'Amour		Rustie Lee		While moonlighting from the Rustie Lee Revue, Rustie made a series of recordings under the pseudonym `Dusty L'Amour'. These rarely heard `bedroom soul' tracks are a far cry from the raucous style of the Revue		Faloola Chong
Dusty Springfield		Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien				Bobo
Dwarf McDougal		John Lennon		Used on the track Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out)		Noah McKelvie
Dwarf McDougal		John Lennon		Recorded the acoustic guitar for his song, "Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out" under this pseudonym.		Tina

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