{"id":7867,"date":"2014-06-28T18:01:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T18:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/06\/28\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-performers-who-ditched-their-italian-surnames\/"},"modified":"2014-06-28T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T18:01:59","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-performers-who-ditched-their-italian-surnames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/06\/28\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-performers-who-ditched-their-italian-surnames\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Performers Who Ditched Their Italian Surnames"},"content":{"rendered":"

But first one who didn't.  An early manager suggested to Frank Sinatra that he adopt the stage name 'Frankie Satin.'  Sinatra would have none of that bullshit.  He did things his way.<\/a> You got a problem with that?  That's Life<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph Di Nicola (Joey Dee and the Starlighters), Peppermint Twist<\/a>, with an intro by Dwight D. Eisenhower!  This video<\/a> shows what the dude looked like. Resembles a super short Joe Pesci.  What Kind of Love is This?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret Battavio (Little Peggy March), I Will Follow Him<\/a>.  This one goes out to the sycophants of the Ladderman.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frank Castelluccio (Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons), Can't Take My Eyes Off of You<\/a>.  Dawn.<\/a> Walk Like a Man<\/a>.  Wifey and I saw Jersey Boys<\/em>, the movie, and enjoyed it immensely.  Here<\/a>'s the trailer.  Directed by Clint Eastwood.  Gets a lot of the period details right, like women's slacks with the zipper up the back.  See how many period references you can identify.  Topo Gigio. The Blob<\/em>. Etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthony Dominic Benedetto (Tony Bennett), The Way You Look Tonight<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Alfred Arnold Cocozza (Mario Lanza), O Sole Mio.<\/a>  Here<\/a> is what Elvis made of the tune.<\/span><\/p>\n

Francis Thomas Avallone (Frankie Avalon), Venus<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fabiona Forte Bonaparte (Fabian), his songs are too schlocky even for my catholic tastes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But first one who didn't.  An early manager suggested to Frank Sinatra that he adopt the stage name 'Frankie Satin.'  Sinatra would have none of that bullshit.  He did things his way. You got a problem with that?  That's Life.  Joseph Di Nicola (Joey Dee and the Starlighters), Peppermint Twist, with an intro by Dwight D. Eisenhower!  … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Performers Who Ditched Their Italian Surnames”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}