Musician Pet Names

There are way too many musicians to list all the possible pet names that can be derived from them, so I'm just giving a sample of my favorite names here. I'd love to hear any of the ones you like in the comments!

Beck - For Beck Hanson, an American experimental singer, songwriter and musician.
Bono - Stage name for Paul Hewson, lead singer for the Irish band U2
Bowie - For David Bowie, an English music icon
Cab - For American jazz singer, Cab Calloway
Carly - Carly Simon was an American singer, songwriter and musician who had a string of hits in the 1970s.
Cash -  Johnny Cash was an American singer who is a country music icon
Chaka - For American singer Chaka Khan
Cher - Singer and actress, she began her career as one half of the duo, Sonny & Cher in the 1960s
Clapton - For English guitarist Eric Clapton
Dizzy - For American jazz musician, Dizzy Gillespie
Dolly - Dolly Parton is one of the most prominent female country singers
Duke - For American jazz musician, Duke Ellington
Dweezil - For American musician, Dweezil Zappa
Dylan - For American singer Bob Dylan
Ella - For American singer Ella Fitzgerald
Elton - For Elton John, English singer, songwriter, and musician,
Elvis - For the King of Rock, Elvis Presley, or Elvis Costello, an English singer
Engelbert - For English singer Engelbert Humperdinck
Freddie - The name itself is unremarkable, but it belonged to one of the greatest, Freddie Mercury the lead singer of Queen, so I had to include it here.
Gaga - For American singer Lady Gaga
Garfunkel - For Art Garfunkel, one half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel
Hendrix - For American guitarist and singer Jimmy Hendrix
Humperdinck - For English singer Engelbert Humperdinck
Iggy - For singers Iggy Pop, or Iggy Azalea
Jagger - For Mick Jagger, the lead singer of the English band The Rolling Stones
Joni - For Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchell
Joplin - For American blues singer Janis Joplin
Lennon - For English singer and member of The Beatles, John Lennon
Marley - For Jamaican reggae singer, Bob Marley
Mick - For Mick Jagger, the lead singer of the English band The Rolling Stones
Morrison - For Jim Morrison, American lead singer of The Doors
Otis -  For American singer Otis Redding
Ozzy - For English singer and lead vocalist of Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne
Prince - For American singer, Prince Rogers Nelson
Queen - For the British rock band of the same name
Ramone - For the Ramones, an American punk Rock band
Ringo - For English singer and drummer for the Beatles, Ringo Starr
Shakira - For Columbian singer Shakira
Sia - For Australian singer and songwriter Sia Furler
Sinatra - For American singer Frank Sinatra
Slash - For Slash, the British-American musician and lead guitarist of Guns N Roses
Snoop - For the American Rapper, Snoop Dogg
Stevie - For American singer Stevie Wonder
Weezer - For the American rock band, Weezer
Whitney - For American singer and actress, Whitney Houston
Wolfgang - For classical composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Yoko - For Japanese artist and singer, Yoko Ono
Zappa - For American singer, Frank Zappa

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