{"id":9644,"date":"2012-06-09T17:06:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T17:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2012\/06\/09\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-performers-who-ditched-their-italian-surnames-part-ii\/"},"modified":"2012-06-09T17:06:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T17:06:03","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-performers-who-ditched-their-italian-surnames-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2012\/06\/09\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-performers-who-ditched-their-italian-surnames-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Performers Who Ditched Their Italian Surnames, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part I is here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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>.  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>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frank Castelluccio (Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons), Can't Take My Eyes Off of You<\/a>. Deer Hunter version.<\/a>  Dawn.<\/a> Walk Like a Man<\/a>.    <\/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

Addendum<\/strong> 6\/10):  London Ed repots that there is nothing too musically schlocky for his place, so go there<\/a> to hear one of Fabian's numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part I is here. 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.  That's Life.  Joseph Di Nicola (Joey Dee and the Starlighters), Peppermint Twist, with an intro by Dwight D. Eisenhower!  This video … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Performers Who Ditched Their Italian Surnames, Part II”<\/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-9644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9644","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=9644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}