Aidan Pryde

I know what you were thinking, and I have to say “No”, that’s not what I meant. Besides their preference for men, they have another thing in common: they both have chosen to use a stage name instead of their realname to become well known musicians.

I knew about Freddy Mercury (realname: “Farrokh Bulsara”) but I never thought about Elton John or George Michael when it came to stage names (although I could have guessed it). So here they are:

Elton John realname: Reginald Kenneth Dwight

George Michael realname: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou

I have absolutely no doubt, that they became way more successful using those names, than if they’d used their realnames instead. What do you think?

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