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Artist: Bryan Adams
From the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s, Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist Bryan Adams was one of the most successful recording artists in popular music worldwide. Usually dressed in blue jeans, sneakers, and white T-shirts, the energetic performer stalked stages around the globe, electric guitar in hand, singing his own up-tempo pop/rock songs... [+] Read More
Artist: Rufus Brown
Rufus Brown was a pseudonym used in the early '60s by tenor saxophonist Bob Skiver. ~ Joslyn Lane, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Dorothy Baker
Dorothy Baker may very well be a pseudonym for St. Louis barrelhouse blues singer Doretha Trowbridge. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Af Next Man Flip (Lord of the Paradox)
Af Next Man Flip (Lord of the Paradox) is a pseudonym used by Afrika Baby Bam of the Jungle Brothers. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Daphreephunkateerz
Daphreephunkateerz is a pseudonym used by French producer Erik Rug for a few 12"s released by the Artefact label in the mid- to late '90s. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Audio One
An early guise used by Wolfgang Voigt before he found fame as Love Inc, Mike Ink, and his other late-'90s pseudonyms. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Johnny Beecher
Tenor, soprano sax. An all-time great, whether playing honking R&B style, swing or bop. He's much better known as Plas Johnson. This was a pseudonym. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Bob Skiver
Midwestern tenor saxophonist Bob Skiver also recorded under the pseudonym Rufus Brown to get around the union in the early '60s. ~ Joslyn Lane, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Paul McCartney
Out of all the former Beatles, Paul McCartney by far had the most successful solo career, maintaining a constant presence in the British and American charts during the '70s and '80s. In America alone, he had nine number one singles and seven number one albums during the first 12 years of his solo career. Although he sold records, McCartney never... [+] Read More
Artist: Python Lee Jackson
This is actually vocalist Rod Stewart recording with an Australian instrumental group under a pseudonym before he achieved major stardom. They scored one hit, "In a Broken Dream," which was reissued in 1972 to cash in on Stewart's solo success. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: John Hancock
Credits under the signature of John Hancock sometimes turn out to be pseudonyms, so it is always possible some sneaky-snock of an artist is actually responsible for details such as the crisp color portrait of Homer Henderson gracing his 1998 Greatest Flops and Golden Filler project. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Irina (Lady Sun)
My name is Burkov Irina. I live in Russia, in the city of Lipetsk. For the creativity I have taken a pseudonym of lady Sun. I the pianist, compose and I shall arrange music. I want, that my music was learned by other people. [+] Read More
Artist: Kid Spatula
The Mike Paradinas alias Kid Spatula debuted in 1995 with Spatula Freak, his first album for an American label, Kim Cascone's Reflective. Five years later, Paradinas returned to the pseudonym for Full Sunken Breaks on his own Planet µ label. [See Also: Jake Slazenger, µ-Ziq] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: The Amalgamation of Soundz
The Amalgamation of Soundz is a duo. The members are Mark Harbottle (working under the pseudonym of Dr Phar-C) and Jean Claude Thompson (recording as J-C). The London-based group has released two albums, The Amalgamation of Soundz and The Amalgamation of Soundz: Part II. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Veston Pance
All Pop Will Eat Itself songs are credited to a mysterious figure called Vestan Pance. So who is Vestan Pance? He is a pseudonym for the band as a whole, because each member of the band generally writes his own part of a song or at least has some creative input. Using a pseudonym is more interesting than just "All songs by Pop Will Eat Itself."... [+] Read More
Artist: Hattie North
Hattie North was a pseudonym for Edith North Johnson. The wife of record producer Jesse Johnson, Johnson was not a professional singer or piano player, but she tracked 18 great blues sides in 1928 and 1929, including a session with Charley Patton in Grafton, WI, for Paramount Records, although it is doubtful Patton actually appeared on any of... [+] Read More
Artist: Bert Russell
Bert Russell was a songwriting pseudonym used by the legendary producer Bert Berns, especially early in his career. (His full name was Bertrand Russell Berns.) Early partnerships with Phil Medley -- which produced the best-known "Bert Russell" song, the Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout" -- and Jerry Ragovoy often featured Russell credits. By the... [+] Read More
Artist: I Luv Wight
I Luv Wight was a confusing twist to the already confusing discography of the British psychedelic band Kaleidoscope. In 1970, just after Kaleidoscope changed their name to Fairfield Parlour, they recorded a single for Philips, "Let the World Wash In"/"Medieval Masquerade," under the pseudonym of I Luv Wight. A typical hippie-ish folk psych-pop... [+] Read More
Artist: Kim Rapatti
Finnish techno producer Kim Rapatti released a wealth of his analog-style techno tracks under an array of pseudonyms on his Dum Records label beginning around 1993. Influenced by the classic, analog-based style of techno pioneered by Detroit producers like Juan Atkins and Derrick May, Rapatti's music is analogous with the cold, dark, alienating,... [+] Read More
Artist: Paul Mauriat
French composer/conductor Paul Mauriat is a classically trained musician who decided to pursue a career in popular music. His first major success came in 1962, as a co-writer of the European hit, "Chariot." In 1963, the song was given English lyrics, renamed "I Will Follow Him," and became a number one American hit for Little Peggy March.... [+] Read More
Artist: Stateless
Stateless featured the handiwork of Swedish producer Andreas Saag and a roster of guest vocalists that included Yukimi Nagano, Jonatan Backelie, Else Hedberg, Vanessa Liftig, and Mimi Terris. Art of No State, an album released on Ubiquity in 2003, fused broken beat, house, '70s soul, and Latin jazz. Saag also recorded under the Swell Session and... [+] Read More
Artist: Jacknife Lee
Formerly the guitarist for new-school punks Compulsion, Garret Lee made the jump to big-beat electronica after Compulsion disbanded after 1996's The Future Is Medium. Signed to Pussyfoot Records, owned by electronic impresario Howie B., his pseudonym Jacknife Lee debuted with the 1999 single "Cookies." His debut album Muy Rico! dropped later... [+] Read More
Artist: The Ponies
The Ponies were a pseudonym for Link Wray & the Wraymen, who were recording for CBS in 1960 when they recorded "Stupid Pony" for the B-side of a single by "the Kid," aka Bobby Howard of the Wraymen. The song, a generic dance rock & roll instrumental in which honking saxes carry the basic riffs, was included on the Wray compilation Slinky!: The... [+] Read More
Artist: The Warmth
After a few years as a fixture on the Indiana space rock scene, singer/songwriter Paul Foreman moved to Chicago and began writing solo material. After trying out material in his apartment, he traveled back to Indiana to record his first album, I Walked in Circles. Released under the pseudonym the Warmth, it arrived in May 2002 on Happy Couples... [+] Read More
