Doris the drummer

Bob Whitehouse played the drums.
He was really good at it, but he couldn’t fit his name on his bass drum.
His agent suggested he shorten his last name to White. Or House.
But Bob wrote BOB on the drum.
It was shorter than either WHITE or HOUSE.
Bob installed his bass drum upside down, and it still kinda looked like BOB.
It was such a hassle carting the drum kit around, and he hated using house drums.
So, Bob switched to clarinet. And he changed his name to Doris Franklin.
Because it said DORIS FRANKLIN on the case already.