grantdyche Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Just a point or two that have always had me pondering, Artist name pronunciation,If this topic has been covered before,Sorry Herbie Goins is it as in "Going" or as in "Loins" or ?? Nabay was I believe a Lebanese singer and I've read somewhere that it is not "Narbay" so is it "Nay Bay" or could it be "Nah Bye" or ?? Bileo is that as in "Billy Oh" or could it be as in "Bye Leo" or ?? Any more out there ? Thank you in advance Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mick Holdsworth Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) I always think of Herbie Goins as "Goy-Inns". I think that's how people pronounced it, but nothing to say it's right or wrong, and could be one of the two ways you mentioned. (Just noticed, my thoughts of "Goy-Inns" is the same as your thoughts of Loins as you mentioned). One that most of us get wrong is Dana Valery. She's always referred to as "Val-Er-Ee", just like the forename Valerie would be. Hovever she pronunces her name as Dana "Va-Lairy". Edited June 4, 2018 by Mick Holdsworth Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
grantdyche Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 Agree about Dana Valery,I pronounce it the way you have stated,Never thought of the "Goy-Inns" to be honest,Sounds ok really,Thank you for your reply. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
grantdyche Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 Another one to add to this topic is "The Lorelei" could it be "Laurel Eye" or "Laurel He" ? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Yank Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I remember when I first heard this song and the radio dj said "And that's Sade(pronounced as Sade) with "Hang On To Your Love". I found a copy at a record store and told the clerk I really like this Sayd song and he said "IT'S SHARDAY!!!!" Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve S 60 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) Candi Staton? I've always pronounced it Staten, as in the island, but I believe it's pronounced Stayton. Edited June 4, 2018 by Steve S 60 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Girdwoodinc Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 My favourite is always hearing Epitome of Sound said as Epi-tome rather than as it should be pronounced e-pit-oh-me 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Hart Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 " Get on Your Knees " Los Canarios? English Translation , The Canary 's. Spanish hit pronounced Can A Ree Os {in Spain you accentuate the vowel sounds!}.To cap it all the group came from Gran Canary Island ,named after the giant dogs not Birdies! Also the perrenial Isleys and Elgins ? Is it Eyes Lee Bros, Iss,? or El Jins, and finally ZZ Hill and ZZ and Company do Yorkshire DJs introduce ,"Make Me Yours" and "Getting Ready For The Get Down " as Zed Zed.? What a thoroughly Sensible Thread? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve S 60 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Had a mate who always pronounced the Superlatives as the Super Relatives. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest BabyBoyAndMyLass Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Ty Karim, 'Kareem'. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Baz1 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Played jack montgomery "dont turn your back on me" in my first half hour set last Saturday and someone came up to me when I stepped off the stage and asked me it I would play dearly be love ed in my second half hourbaz 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Patto Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Here is one i play by the Chalfontes.It tells you how to pronounce it on the label credits (Shell Fon Tays).Despite this most still say it how its spelt. 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve S 60 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Patto said: Here is one i play by the Chalfontes.It tells you how to pronounce it on the label credits (Shell Fon Tays).Despite this most still say it how its spelt. Piles of people pronounce that wrong. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Weingarden Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Believe the Chalfontes are named after a street in Detroit. Chalfonte Street, not surprisingly. Another Detroit girl group with a tough-to-pronounce name is the Perigents. I would naturally say "Pair-uh-jints," but there's a live intro on one of their 45s where the emcee calls them what sounds like "Parisians." Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Weingarden Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Steve Man-chuh or Mahn-chuh? Harold BUR-ridge or Buh-RAZH? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Weingarden Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 (edited) JUST Brothers (as in, they're members of a family with surname Just—or "just" the adjective, for a play on Righteous Brothers) -OR- Just BROTHERS (as in "just" meaning "only")? Edited June 5, 2018 by weingarden clarification 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 On 04/06/2018 at 11:40, grantdyche said: Just a point or two that have always had me pondering, Artist name pronunciation,If this topic has been covered before,Sorry Herbie Goins is it as in "Going" or as in "Loins" or ?? Nabay was I believe a Lebanese singer and I've read somewhere that it is not "Narbay" so is it "Nay Bay" or could it be "Nah Bye" or ?? Bileo is that as in "Billy Oh" or could it be as in "Bye Leo" or ?? Any more out there ? Thank you in advance It is Nah-Bayyyy. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 10 hours ago, Steve S 60 said: Piles of people pronounce that wrong. Not if they have a copy of that record! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 6 hours ago, weingarden said: Believe the Chalfontes are named after a street in Detroit. Chalfonte Street, not surprisingly. Another Detroit girl group with a tough-to-pronounce name is the Perigents. I would naturally say "Pair-uh-jints," but there's a live intro on one of their 45s where the emcee calls them what sounds like "Parisians." Per-reee-Gents. I thought they were a kiddie Boy group. "Paris Gents". Chalfonte Street. is pronounced "Shall-Fontt". The final e is silent en Francais. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 6 hours ago, weingarden said: Steve Man-chuh or Mahn-chuh? Harold BUR-ridge or Buh-RAZH? Harold Buer-razh Steve Mahn-chah ¡El acento en Español, está en la síliba segundo al finál¡. ¡Como Don Quixote de La Mancha, y Don Juan Mancha¡ 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 15 hours ago, John Hart said: " Get on Your Knees " Los Canarios? English Translation , The Canary 's. Spanish hit pronounced Can A Ree Os {in Spain you accentuate the vowel sounds!}.To cap it all the group came from Gran Canary Island ,named after the giant dogs not Birdies! Also the perrenial Isleys and Elgins ? Is it Eyes Lee Bros, Iss,? or El Jins, and finally ZZ Hill and ZZ and Company do Yorkshire DJs introduce ,"Make Me Yours" and "Getting Ready For The Get Down " as Zed Zed.? What a thoroughly Sensible Thread? Zed. Zed. Hill! I love it! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Davenpete Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 On 4 June 2018 at 21:25, the yank said: I remember when I first heard this song and the radio dj said "And that's Sade(pronounced as Sade) with "Hang On To Your Love". I found a copy at a record store and told the clerk I really like this Sayd song and he said "IT'S SHARDAY!!!!" I pronounce it 'Sh-ite'. Dx 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 22 minutes ago, DaveNPete said: I pronounce it 'Sh-ite'. Dx Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 "And that's Sade(pronounced as Sade) with "Hang On To Your Love". Sayd song and he said "IT'S SHARDAY!!!!" He must be the bloke who started the Narbay rumour! "Sade" is pronounced "Shah-Day". Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Girdwoodinc Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 TSU Toronados as Tornadoes 🌪 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Philippe Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 2 hours ago, RobbK said: Zed. Zed. Hill! I love it! As you must know Robb, Zed is the French pronunciation for Z. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 06/06/2018 at 08:14, Philippe said: As you must know Robb, Zed is the French pronunciation for Z. And The Canadian (both French and English), as well. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 04/06/2018 at 21:25, the yank said: I remember when I first heard this song and the radio dj said "And that's Sade(pronounced as Sade) with "Hang On To Your Love". I found a copy at a record store and told the clerk I really like this Sayd song and he said "IT'S SHARDAY!!!!" I saw Sharday live at Ronnie Scotts before she became famous - she was really, really good. Pete Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mickey Finn Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Dionne Warwick reportedly prefers her surname pronounced as War-wick. Dee Dee had other ideas: Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mick Holdsworth Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 25 minutes ago, Mickey Finn said: Dionne Warwick reportedly prefers her surname pronounced as War-wick. I thought it was the other way around. I alway thought her name was "Warrick", but an early typo on an ad, or record label meant her name was spelt "Warwick" and it just became the norm (Much like "Tomorrow Never Lies" inadvertently became "Tomorrow Never Dies"). Over here in UK, Warwick is pronounced Warrick anyway, but the US may pronounce it differently. Isn't there a Warwick in Maine , or Rhode Island ? How is that pronounced ? Of course, it may be that Dionne, after the initial mistake, does actually pronounce her name "War-wick", much as you say. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mickey Finn Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 She also went through a phase of adding an 'e' at the end of Warwick (during her stint on Warner Bros) - silent as far as I know. Seems it was a numerology thing, 8 letters better than 7. Also Jean Carn became Carne. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chalky Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 15 minutes ago, Mick Holdsworth said: I thought it was the other way around. I alway thought her name was "Warrick", but an early typo on an ad, or record label meant her name was spelt "Warwick" and it just became the norm (Much like "Tomorrow Never Lies" inadvertently became "Tomorrow Never Dies"). Over here in UK, Warwick is pronounced Warrick anyway, but the US may pronounce it differently. Isn't there a Warwick in Maine , or Rhode Island ? How is that pronounced ? Of course, it may be that Dionne, after the initial mistake, does actually pronounce her name "War-wick", much as you say. Definitely War Wick is how she pronounces it, Tony Blackburn tells the story of how she corrected him every time he plays one of her records. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Philippe Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 8 hours ago, RobbK said: And The Canadian (both French and English), as well. Even the English ones ? I didn't know this ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Philippe said: Even the English ones ? I didn't know this ! As far as I know, The Americans are the only people who pronounce that letter "Z". In German it is Zett, Dutch zet, Canadian and British English, "Zed", Frisian "Zet", Flemish, Afrikaans, etc. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 8 hours ago, chalky said: Definitely War Wick is how she pronounces it, Tony Blackburn tells the story of how she corrected him every time he plays one of her records. Most people in USA don't know British pronunciations. They think Houston is HHHHHouston, when it is "Euston", and Warwick is WarWWWickkk, when it is "Warrick". Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest MBarrett Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 10 hours ago, Peter99 said: I saw Sharday live at Ronnie Scotts before she became famous - she was really, really good. Pete She went to my school Peter. And that was not in some exotic clime - but Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. Honest! Her Mum was a nurse (possibly midwife) in the town for a while. Sade was a few years younger so I didn't know her personally but I believe my sister did in passing. Please everyone be kind about her - she's the only claim to fame our school ever had! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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