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Todd Ireland 
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 Posted: 21 April 2007 at 9:29am |
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Hmmm... Perhaps Pat, Jim, Gary Mack, and some of our other long-time veteran Top 40 DJs who have spun records by these artists can help weigh in on the pronunciations?
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sriv94
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Posted: 21 April 2007 at 10:16am |
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Just because many pronounce it with a "j" sound doesn't mean it's right. From the web, as quoted in an interview with Keyboard magazine:
Hey, 400 posts. How 'bout that? Edited by sriv94 |
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Posted: 21 April 2007 at 11:41am |
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Nice research, Doug. I am certain that your info is correct. But I have NEVER heard his name pronounced that way on the radio, nor did ANY of us at our station say it like that when we played the heck out of it in 1982. Our local Polydor label rep at the time even called him "van-JELL-is" during conversations with me. My knowledge & experiences agree 100% with what Chris Quinn has specified earlier in this topic. Chris was also a LEGENDARY Cleveland DJ back in the day; he would also know. It's always nice for me to see him post, and his and my recollections are in ABSOLUTE sync here. Wouldn't be the first time radio goofed, though. BTW, that song was out for MONTHS, with absolutely NO chart action, with DJ 45s all listing the song simply as "Titles." (I still have a couple of them.) Then, with all the movie success, Polydor got an idea. They put out the same version, but changed the name of it to "Chariots Of Fire - Titles", and it immediately rocketed to #1! At that point, my sense was that Polydor wouldn't have cared if we'd called him "Vinegar", they'd finally got radio to start playing it. Go figure.....
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aaronk
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Posted: 21 April 2007 at 1:20pm |
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I'll add to this discussion that sometimes the ARTIST does not even know how to pronounce their own names! We have customized liners from Rihanna where she calls herself "re-ANN-ah." But on her newest single (which features Jay-Z), Jay-Z clearly pronounces is re-ON-ah.
Another artist I've heard pronounce her name two different ways is Lindsay Lohan. I believe we even have an interview with her where she pronounces it differetly in the same interview. One time it's "LOW-han," and another time it's "LOW-in." |
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Chris Quinn
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Posted: 21 April 2007 at 1:51pm |
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The one pronunciation I could never figure out how she
came up with it is "Shar-DAY" (SADE).... Chris Quinn |
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Todd Ireland
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Posted: 22 April 2007 at 7:53pm |
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Hey, Chris... Are you by any chance related to talk show host, Jim Quinn, from Pittsburgh?
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anthology123
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Posted: 23 April 2007 at 3:29pm |
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When Jon Anderson and Vangelis did a collaboration, the radio DJs always
pronounced Vangelis' name with a J sound. |
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Chris Quinn
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Posted: 23 April 2007 at 5:38pm |
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Todd,
No, I'm not related to Pittsburgh's Jim Quinn. Chris Quinn is my real name which I've always used on air, but added "The Mighty" in between my first & last names after Manfred Mann's 1968 hit. It seemed like a natural for me at the time. I spent several years at Cleveland's WIXY 1260, 1220 WGAR, and WMJI "Majic" 105.7 as well as Akron's 1590 WAKR. This is my 42nd year in the biz since I started at age 16 in 1965.I'm doing mostly engineering stuff now. These big conglomerates don't want us old Top 40 dinosaurs anymore...too bad because we still have a lot to offer listeners. I'm glad to contribute to discussions here when I can. You guys are really "to the wall" nailing timings and inaccuracies on the various releases of the same songs. As the English would say, "Jolly good show, eh what?" Chris Quinn |
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Posted: 23 April 2007 at 7:58pm |
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<I spent several years at WMJI "Majic" 105.7>
So is that pronounced "Magic" with a hard "G"? :) |
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Posted: 24 April 2007 at 9:52am |
Chris, Sade was born in Nigeria. I always assumed it was the way it is pronounced in Africa. Your comment brought my interest back, so I googled, here's what I found: The girl's name Sade \s(a)-de\ is pronounced shah-DAY, shar-DAY. Short form of Folasade, a Yoruban/African name meaning "honor confers a crown". The Nigerian singer Sade has influenced popularity of the name and the shar-DAY pronunciation. See also Shadiya and Sharde. |
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Vangelis: Keyboard Interview "Vangelis Papathanassiou" by Bob Doerschuk, Keyboard Magazine August, 1982