Names Behind the Noise A Look at Rock Group Monikers
A columnist muses on how music groups choose names and how new acts blur with established ones. He recalls radio snippets of rookie bands and the challenge for DJs to attach accurate identities to songs while noting shifts in industry sound and enduring stars.
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Specials
Pretenders
Mick Jagger
Paul McCartney
Roger Daltrey
Linda Rondstadt
Todd Rundgren
The Captain Tennille image shift and Elvis lore quiz
The Captain Tennille pursues a mature image with Make Your Move and Toni Tennille’s new show. Elvis Presley had a twin brother Jesse Garon. his stepmother claimed closeness to Elvis in 1977. Driver safety notes identify failure to yield, speeding and tailgating as top causes. Leslie Charleson’s career spans A Time for Us Love is a Many Splendor ed Thing and The Day of the Dolphin before General Hospital.
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Captain & Tennille
Donny and Marie
Tom
Toni Tennille
A. Elvis
Jesse Garon
Davida “Dee
Elliott Stanley
Vernon
Leslie Charleson
Monica Quartermaine
General Hospital
Kansas City
Monica
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Kathy Misicheo
Flying Lizards
Dead Boys
Jefferson Airplane
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Hello People
Who
Deep Purple
Grateful Dead
Talking Heads
Sex Pistols
Pearl Harbor and
the Explosions
Mothers of Invention
Vibrators
New York Dolls
Fools
Fabulous Poodles
Dire Straits
Sad Cafe
Toto
Route 10
Leo
Jefferson Starship
Grace Slick
Bob Dylan
Dylan
Marianne Faithfull
Faithfull
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Elvis Presley
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