Stage Name Stories: Sting

Born: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

What's in a Name: Playing in a jazz band, the young Gordo once wore a black-and-yellow striped shirt that made him look like a bumblebee. "My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting," he once joked, after being addressed by his given name. "Who is this Gordon character?"



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