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''See also Wikipedia's list of [[w:Honorific nicknames in popular music|honorific nicknames in popular music]]''
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* America's Band: [[The Beach Boys]]
* [[The Big Bopper]]
* The Biggest Band in the World: [[U2]]
* Bird / Yardbird: [[Charlie Parker]]
* [[Count Basie]]
* Canada's Unofficial Poet Laureate: [[Gord Downie]]
* The Chairman of the Board; Ol' Blue Eyes: [[Frank Sinatra]]
* Cool Ruler: [[Gregory Isaacs]]
* [[Duke Ellington]]
* Killer: [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]▼
* The Fab Four: [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]
** The Pre-Fab Four: [[The Monkees (band)|The Monkees]]
*** Alternately, [[The Rutles]].
* Father of the Texas Blues: [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]]
* Forces' Sweetheart: [[Vera Lynn]] ''(the first to hold the title)''
* The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business; Mr. Dynamite; Soul Brother Number One (among others): [[James Brown]]
* The First Lady of Song: [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
▲* Killer: [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]
* The King: [[Elvis Presley]]
* King of Parody: [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
* The King of Pop: [[Michael Jackson]]
* The King of Swing: [[Benny Goodman]]
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* The King of Noise: [[Rahzel]] (human beatboxer)
* King of the Surf Guitar: [[Dick Dale]]
* Last of the Red Hot Mamas: [[Sophie Tucker]]
* The Man in Black: [[Johnny Cash]]
* The Master of Reinvention: [[David Bowie]]
* Mr. Guitar: [[Chet Atkins]]
* Mr. Pure Energy: [[Gary Valenciano]]
* Mr. Showmanship: [[Liberace]]
* The Most Dangerous Band in the World: [[Guns N' Roses]]
* Motor City Madman: [[Ted Nugent]]
* Nightingale of India: [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
* The Only Band That Matters: [[The Clash]]
* The Piano Man: [[Billy Joel]]
* President of Culture: [[Seo Taiji]]
* Prince of Darkness: [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
* The Purple One; His Purple Badness: [[Prince]]
* Queen of Funk: [[Chaka Khan]]
* Queen of Rock & Roll: [[Tina Turner]]
* Queen of Shock Rock: [[Wendy O. Williams]]
* Satchmo: [[Louis Armstrong]]
* The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing: [[Tommy Dorsey]]
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* Sting: Gordon Sumner
* Tiger of Wales: [[Tom Jones]]
* Timeless Balladeer: [[Bert Nievera]]
* The Voice of a Generation: [[Bob Dylan]]
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