Later Examples
Sharkey Bonano billed his band as "Sharkey & His Kings of Dixieland". What started out as the Assunto Family band acknowledged Sharkey's supremacy but claimed a lesser title for themselves, becoming the Dukes of Dixieland. Charles Mingus dubbed himself "Baron Mingus" for a brief period early in his career. Many of Al Hirt's records credited him as Al "He's The King" Hirt.
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