I'm just curious as to what are your thoughts on honorific titles in music. Some titles I think are indisputable like the King of Pop, King of R&B, Godfather of Soul, Queen of Soul, etc. Some are just unnecessary. Do you think it's important?

Here's a list of honorific titles given to artists http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ular_music

Paul Whiteman "King of Jazz"

Who's that?

midiscover said:

King Of Yacht Rock: Christopher Cross

Some titles were just copy and paste:

Ashanti's and Ciara's were definitely fake. But James' and Aretha's and MJ's are commonplace.

King of Rock & Roll should actually be KINGS of Rock & Roll. There was more than one.

midiscover said:

You're guess is as good as mine. And I took jazz studies, nowhere is there a mention of a guy named Paul Whiteman

Whiteman

Timmy84 said:

I forgot what was their honorific title? I remember their camp dubbed them princess of something when they debuted their first album I think it's cute that some artists go by their honorific names so no can't dispute it.

I thought Ray Charles had a title

The Emperors of Soul are The Temptations

I wonder who's the King of Funk; George Clinton, Bootsy, Sly Stone, Rick James, Roger Troutman
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thatruth said:

Ray Charles is Uncle Ray, Brother Ray, The Genius, the Father of Soul, etc.