How 5 European stars first earned a living before they became famous

Back in the 70s, she was still known as Gabriele Susanne Kerner. Like most parents, hers also wanted her to learn a decent trade. Nena fulfilled the parental expectations and started training to become a goldsmith in 1977. At the same time, she also discovered her musical talent. Everybody knows what followed next - an impressive pop music career.

Raised in the industrial city of Birmingham, it's not surprising that Ozzy Osbourne dabbled in work with his hands before taking to the stage. His father was a steel worker, his mother worked in a car factory. The future shock rocker did odd jobs as a plumber and a limer, helped out in a funeral parlor, and then spent time working as a butcher.

Tom Jones' affairs are legendary. But before the ladies threw bras onto the stage during concerts, the British pop singer made ends meet by going door to door selling vacuum cleaners in his small native Welsh town of Pontypridd. He needed the money to feed his young family. Then he started to sing in pubs, where his talent was discovered.

In his youth, Sean Connery, the most famous James Bond actor, frequently changed jobs in order to support his parents. The Scotsman was employed as a milkman, a bodybuilder and a lifeguard. Even back that, he was popular with the ladies when he was hanging out on Portobello beach close to his hometown, Edinburgh.

According to rumours, Rod Stewart's father was responsible for his first job. He wanted his son to earn money with his own hands instead of playing either soccer or guitar. So Stewart delivered newspapers and even helped out at London's Highgate Cemetery - presumably in order to overcome his childhood fear of death.