Can you name the Musician Nicknames?

Nickname	Musician
Chairman of the Board
The Boss
Piano Man
The Man in Black
Hardest Working Man in Show Business
The Fab Four
First Lady of Song
Mr. Las Vegas
The Motor City Madman
The Singing Cowboy
Satchmo
The Velvet Fog

Nickname	Musician
The King of Rock 'n' Roll
The King of Pop
The King of the Blues
The King of Swing
The Queen of Soul
The Prince of Darkness
The Coal Miner's Daughter
The Lizard King
Yardbird
Bocephus
Slowhand
The Killer

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Musician Nicknames Quiz

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Created by: BlueWingX -
Published: January 4th, 2009
Category: Music
Plays: 90,083

Tags: nickname, musician

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	Klingsta:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 05:40 GMT	23 points
	moviedynamic, this quiz is for good musicians ;)

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	debbiedoesnothin:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 08:12 GMT	19 points
	@gob - I know of Parker as the Bird or the Bird Man but I've never heard him called Yardbird. That's why I missed him. Still, I got 20 right. I've never heard the nickname Bocephus, but I could kick myself for missing King of Swing and Motor City Madman.

	gob126:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 08:57 GMT	7 points
	@mentos: I was pleased to see him there; my comment was directed at the low percentage of correct answers. Hence why I said, "How...is Parker the most missed?" ;-) @debbie: I completely agree, but was able to pull it from the song "Yardbird Suite". But absolutely, I have never heard him called Yardbird and always heard just "Bird". Either I'm just uncultured or I feel that warrants a change.

	gob126:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 09:01 GMT	10 points
	Sorry to keep commenting, but upon checking the wikipedia article, it says that Bird is merely shorthand for the nickname Yardbird. Good game Sporcle, you win again.

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	MrsMcCartney1965:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 12:56 GMT	5 points
	William b williams A DJ named Sinatra the Chairman after the Madison Square Garden Concert

	Booger:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 13:22 GMT	14 points
	Only about 70% of quiz takers know the Fab Four? Sad indeed.

	danzam:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 13:57 GMT	1 point
	Maybe you're the one who's been riding a f***ing crazy train, but I've been The Prince of Darkness since 1979!!!!

	Barret:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 14:17 GMT	9 points
	Prince is now Prince again, no more Artist formerly known as needed.

	ntnon:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 15:53 GMT	-3 points
	I was mildly surprised that Madonna wasn't on the list, but then I suppose this is "unique" nicknames, rather than 'best known by a certain one'.

	Bob Remes:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 16:52 GMT	4 points
	Surprised to see no Red-headed Stranger, Willie Nelson. Great quiz.

	BlueEyedAlien:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 17:02 GMT	8 points
	Good quiz touching on a variety of genres. I took the longest to remember Ella. There will always be omissions, but this one was a good wakeup on Sunday morning before football.

	cocky:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 18:25 GMT	11 points
	A very nice diverse list from differant genres of music.

	mschessplayer:	Jan 4th, 2009 at 21:43 GMT	5 points
	Thanks to the movie biographies of Cash, Lewis, Lynn, Morrison, Parker; the TV show Night Court for Torme; Gretchen Wilson's song "Redneck Woman" for Bocephus; and Nugent for being a big game hunter & NRA supporter - I did pretty well on this quiz. PS: thanks to Seinfeld I will always know VanBuren is the 8th president :)

	bluesixstring:	Jan 5th, 2009 at 01:01 GMT	8 points
	Adored this quiz! I had never heard of Bocephus but got the others. I think a great companion quiz to this would be nicknames for fans (parrot heads, etc).

	magister:	Jan 5th, 2009 at 03:10 GMT	9 points
	@MovieDynamic (waaay up at top): I wouldn't include Hannah Montana as Miley Cyrus' nickname as much as her stage name. It would be like adding Vincent Furnier. Furthermore, I thought Louis Prima was the "King of Swing," but apparently he was only the "King of the Swingers," the "Jungle V.I.P."

	Vernon Gonsalves:	Jan 5th, 2009 at 10:41 GMT	3 points
	Missed Torme, Parker, Lewis and Williams Jr. All in all, a great quiz.

	Catherine_F:	Jan 5th, 2009 at 14:43 GMT	5 points
	I guessed Louis Prima too. I love King Louie.

	starsaphire:	Jan 6th, 2009 at 22:38 GMT	6 points
	regarding Charlie Parker: Just ask the Manhattan Transfer. In the lyrics of Birdland are these two lines: "Yes indeed he really did/Yardbird Parker played in Birdland." So at least since 1979 Parker's nickname has been in common parlance.

	Sneuticles:	Jan 7th, 2009 at 22:22 GMT	3 points
	Really liked this quiz. 17/24.

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	Lia:	Apr 8th, 2009 at 11:19 GMT	2 points
	grr.. Charlie "bird" Parker, shoulda known.

	RandallPinkston:	Apr 30th, 2009 at 06:32 GMT	2 points
	Miles Davis was also known as the Prince of Darkness.

	bobotheclown:	May 3rd, 2009 at 20:36 GMT	0 points
	I knew Mr. Las Vegas was in Vegas Vacation, but I just kept thinking of Siegfried and Roy...

	Kitnaz:	Jun 6th, 2009 at 07:40 GMT	-4 points
	how about Shawn Crahan - Clown, and Axl Rose - Selfish ****.

	StanD:	Jun 27th, 2009 at 08:49 GMT	1 point
	Liked this quiz. Would have had 24/24 if the clue was "Bird", not "Yardbird". I figured "Yardbird" had to be a country artist, since I don't know country as well as rock or jazz. I don't recall ever hearing Parker referred to as "Yardbird"...usually "Bird" or "the Bird Man"

	mikegt33:	Aug 10th, 2009 at 15:30 GMT	5 points
	Hey, can I join the "thought Parker was Bird, not Yardbird" club? Although I did get it right, after guessing Clapton, Page, Beck and anybody else that played with The Yardbirds that I could think of.

	icing:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 04:00 GMT	1 point
	I usually have a really poor showing on music quizzes, but I guess I was lucky this time and fell into the targeted age group :)

	rgreen13:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 20:32 GMT	4 points
	anybody else know mel torme from seinfeld??

	daHOOK:	May 29th, 2010 at 03:16 GMT	3 points
	What about the Coal Miner's other daughter?

	BiloxiSean:	Jul 1st, 2010 at 15:48 GMT	3 points
	How about Maurice for Steve Miller

	21wickwing:	Dec 10th, 2010 at 20:51 GMT	-1 points
	i never really heard BB King as The King of the Blues rather him, Freddie, and Albert considering the Three Kings (of the Blues). As far as BB individually you would probably be better off using the nickname the "Beale Street Blues Boy"

	jago706:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 00:05 GMT	1 point
	Wasn't Donna Summer known as the Queen of Disco?

	21wickwing:	Feb 20th, 2011 at 07:22 GMT	0 points
	you should make a sequel though. Mr. Guitar for Chet Atkins, King of the Delta Blues for Robert Johnson, SRV for Stevie Ray...I guarantee some people won't see that connection.

	Globalandy:	Sep 22nd, 2011 at 22:25 GMT	2 points
	Surprised not to see Madonna who at least for a time was referred to as the "Material Girl". Know it was her song but so was "Piano Man" for Joel.

	Globalandy:	Sep 22nd, 2011 at 22:28 GMT	3 points
	As to Charlie Parker, at least Clint Eastwood is in agreement with most of us. Because in the biopic directed by Eastwood and starring Forrest Whitaker, his character is called - Charlie 'Bird' Parker and movie is "The Bird" not "The Yardbird".