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Robb_K (robb_k)
6-Zenith
Username: robb_k
Post Number: 469
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.232.146.130
| | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 4:36 am: �� |   ��� |
I'm curious to know how the nicknames were given and what they mean. I'd also like to know their bith certificate names (some of these have no nicknames, but use a stage name):
For the following people, and more, that I've forgotten to list here (admittedly, there are a few non-Detroiters too:
Harold "Beans" Bowles
Wyatt "Big Boy" Shepherd
Wasn't Bobby Eaton called "Skeets" (As in Fred & Skeets)
"Cholly" Atkins (Charlie?)
Jimmy Mack
"Dusty" Wilson
Joey "King Fish"
Richard Steet (Strick)
Richard "Popcorn" Wylie
"Don Juan" Mancha
George"Ivy Jo" Hunter (was he named after Ivory Joe Hunter?)
James "The Voice" Ellis
"Shorty" Long (this one's obvious)
1963 Supremes "The Hitless Wonders"
William "Mickey" Stevenson
Barney "Duke" Browner
"Bugs" Bower
"Lefty" Bates
Is Willie Kendrick his real name? Or is it Willie Kendricks
"Winehead Willie"
Johnny Bristol (is his real name "Bristoe"?)
"Jump" Jackson
Clyde Wilson-Steve Mancha (are Don Juan and Steve related? Ha!Ha!
They're not from Detroit but I've always wanted to know how The Uzzel Brothers of The Corsairs got their nicknames; King Moe, Little Keets, and Jay Bird. Did any of the other Corsairs have nicknames?
Herman Griffin-Herman Lewis
Adrian? "Mike" Terry
Briant - Brian Holland (was "Briant" a misprint? -or is that his real name?
Where did Robert Gordy get the name Kayli from? (e.g. why did he pick THAT name for a stage name?)
Harry Balk - used Mackenzie or was it King (when with Big Top)
William "Sonny" Sanders
George"Gino" Washington
"Diamond Jim" Riley
Jimmy "Soul" Clark
Was "Tommy Good" Tom Kemp?
There are a lot more I had in mind before starting this thread, but have forgotten now. I'm sure other posters will bring them up.
(Message edited by Robb_K on August 19, 2004) |
Eli (phillysoulman)
6-Zenith
Username: phillysoulman
Post Number: 1357
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 68.236.51.40
| | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 3:51 pm: �� | ��� |
Here are some Philly ones:
Kenny Gamble--Gams
Leon Huff--Beaver
Thom Bell--Tommy
John Whitehead--Toodles
William Hart--Poogie
James Tuten--Bootie(Ebonys)
Bobby Eli--Ellsworth(Thom Bell only, otherwise, Eli)or at times, Bobby "Electronic"Eli as started by Salsoul.
Sherman Marshall--Slim
Harold Wade(Trammps)--Doc
Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey
Cary "Hippy" Gilbert co-writer of Me and Mrs Jones and Dont leave me this way.
"Broadway" Eddie Warhoftig (North Bay records.
Stan "the Man" Watson--Philly Groove records
Vince Pignotti--Don Renaldo (Sringmeister) |
Robb_K (robb_k)
6-Zenith
Username: robb_k
Post Number: 471
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.232.129.204
| | Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 4:37 am: �� | ��� |
I WAS MORE LOOKING FOR THE ANSWERS TO "WHY AND HOW THESE PEOPLE GOT THOSE PARTICULAR NICKNAMES". Sorry, I hit caps lock by accident.
Popcorn Wylie- for example. Did he just love to eat popcorn? Or is there a much more interesting story?
Did Don Juan Mancha run around with a lot of women at once, or did he bounce from woman to woman?
Or was he from La Mancha in Spain, and his first name was Donaldo?
(Message edited by Robb_K on August 20, 2004) |
Manny (manny)
5-Doyen
Username: manny
Post Number: 398
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.124.51.239
| | Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 1:07 pm: �� | ��� |
Hello Submarine, Robb, Bobby and all!
Joe "One And Only Lips" DeAngelis (french horn player). This is the most funny nickname of all i knows!
Michael "Sugarbear" Foreman (bass player)
Norman "The harris machine" Harris (guitarist)
Ronnie "The Hawk" James (guitarist)
"Big Sonny" and "Little Sonny" from Intruders
Charles "77" Collins (drummer)
James "TJ" Tindall (guitarist)
I believe to have read sometime Stan "Fashion Plate" Watson in some WMOT album credits.
William "Smokey" Robinson
Peace! |
Eli (phillysoulman)
6-Zenith
Username: phillysoulman
Post Number: 1372
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 68.236.53.31
| | Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 4:01 pm: �� | ��� |
Teddy Pendergrass--Rug
Harold Melvin--Mel |
Satipe (satipe)
3-Pundit
Username: satipe
Post Number: 41
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 66.185.84.74
| | Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 6:28 pm: �� | ��� |
Beans got his name because he was tall and skinny like a string bean.
As a side note, one of 'my kids' once asked B.B. King what the two B's stand for and he answered, "Whatever you want but make sure it is nice." |
Arcadia (arcadia)
4-Laureate
Username: arcadia
Post Number: 76
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 4.237.47.119
| | Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 7:30 pm: �� | ��� |
Eddie "Cornbread" Kendricks - loved cornbread and limas
I've also heard the knickname Eddie "Cool Crook" Kendricks. This is a reference to a lyric in the song "The Way You Do The Things You Do". |
Robb_K (robb_k)
6-Zenith
Username: robb_k
Post Number: 472
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.232.138.117
| | Posted on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 6:27 am: �� | ��� |
I had intended to list Smokey Robinson, too, of course. How did he get that nickname? Was it because he was so "hot" he was "smokin' "???
What about "Popcorn" Wylie?
Didn't the DJ's in Memphis nickname B.B. King, "The Blues Boy"? But it was a really nice line by B.B. to say "Anything, but make it nice!"
I've never met him in person, but one can tell from his demenor in public appearances, that he's the nicest of folks, and a relaxed, mellow type, with a great sense of humour. |
Phil (phil)
4-Laureate
Username: phil
Post Number: 150
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 213.36.162.236
| | Posted on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 8:11 am: �� | ��� |
Hi Robb, in his autobiography, Smokey Robinson explains his surname "Smokey Joe" was given to him,at age six or seven, by Claude, a friend of his father. Smokey loved cowboy movies, and at the end of one seance, Claude asked him : "How'd you like the picture, Smokey Joe ?"
Smokey liked that surname, and adopted it. Later on, he learned that Claude was ironic, because dark skinned blacks were sometimes called Smokey, but Smokey, having blond hair and blue eyes, was anything but smokey !
"I'm doing this", Claude was saying,"so you won't ever forget that you're black". |
Robb_K (robb_k)
6-Zenith
Username: robb_k
Post Number: 474
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.232.152.166
| | Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 8:46 am: �� | ��� |
Thanks, Phil. Your response was exactly the kind oof info I was hoping would come out with this thread. |
mel(andthensome) (mel)
6-Zenith
Username: mel
Post Number: 435
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.43.74.65
| | Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 9:14 am: �� | ��� |
Choker Campbell
thats a name..........
wasnt chokin people
was he??????
anyone know at all.
cheers
mel-the-breathing-kind |
Eli (phillysoulman)
6-Zenith
Username: phillysoulman
Post Number: 1386
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 68.236.49.47
| | Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 11:44 am: �� | ��� |
Paul Williams "Billy Paul"
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Cab Calloway
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
Cossimo "Cosmo" Matassa
Earl "Chinna" Smith (Wailers)
Mac Rebbenac "Dr. John"
"Professor Longhair" or "Fess
Charlie " Bird" Parker
John Coltrane "Trane"
Thelonius Monk "Monk"
"Whistelin" Jack Smith
"Slim" Whitman
Antoine "Fats" Domino
Ernest Evans "Chubby Checker" |
Manny (manny)
5-Doyen
Username: manny
Post Number: 407
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.124.51.22
| | Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 12:09 pm: �� | ��� |
Hello submarine to all:
Some others:
John "Rootman" Henry
Ted "The Wizard" Mills
Wilson "Wicked" Pickett
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Walter "Bunny" Sigler (also "Mr. Emotion", "Bundino Siggaluci "and "Bunny O'Sigler")
Willie "Little Beaver" Hale
Peace & Soul Food |
~medusa~ (~medusa)
6-Zenith
Username: ~medusa
Post Number: 571
Registered: 3-2004
Posted From: 68.79.89.218
| | Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 12:31 pm: �� | ��� |
Kenny (Baby Face) Edmunds
Julian(Cannonball) Adderly
Nat (King) Cole
Jerry Butler (Ice Man)
Johnny (Guitar) Watson
Edward Kenny Ellington (Duke)
Charlie (Bird) Parker
Eddie Kendrick (Cornbread) Obvious
(Cab) Calloway
Louis Armstrong (Satchmo)
The (Righteous) Brothers
William Basie (Count)
Nancy Wilson (The Baby)
(The Maestro) Barry White (Obvious)
Willie Howard (Weegi)
Larry Demps (Squirrel)
Evelyn (Champagne) King
Bobby (Blue) Bland (Obvious)
(Skip) Martin of the Dazz Band |
Robb_K (robb_k)
6-Zenith
Username: robb_k
Post Number: 481
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.232.136.182
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 3:56 am: �� | ��� |
Good one, Mel. Choker Campbell was one of the names that inspired this thread, but when I finally got some of the names written, I'd forgotten which I had already written.
We read the origin of Smokey's name, now what about Choker Campbell, Popcorn Wylie, Duke Browner, Don Juan Mancha? |
marv (marv)
4-Laureate
Username: marv
Post Number: 76
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 64.12.116.138
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 8:04 am: �� | ��� |
Mary Wilson, "The Sexy One" , this one is real obvious! LOL |
dvdmike (dvdmike)
5-Doyen
Username: dvdmike
Post Number: 312
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 65.208.234.85
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 9:09 am: �� | ��� |
Thomas "Tom Tom 84" Washington
Quinton "Zob" Joseph
"Master" Henry Gibson
Robert "Wa-Wa" LeGrand
Charles "Chuck-A-Luck" Hosch
George "Lightnin' Licks" Johnson
Louis "Thunder Thumbs" Johnson
Larry "Nastyee" Latimer
Kenny "Klook" Clarke
David "Panama" Francis
Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins
Bert "Super Charts" DeCoteaux
Tony "Champagne" Silvester |
Eli (phillysoulman)
6-Zenith
Username: phillysoulman
Post Number: 1404
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 68.236.8.254
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 1:48 pm: �� | ��� |
As far as nicknames go,what about "Nick" Ashford. |
Gary (gary)
4-Laureate
Username: gary
Post Number: 139
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 66.73.238.5
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 3:04 pm: �� | ��� |
James "Igor" Jamerson, because he was a "monster"
Earl "Chunk of Funk" Van Dyke because of his size
Richard "Pistol" Allen, becuase of his drum style?
Benny "Papa Zita" Benjamin
Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin aka "Wah Wah Watson"
Eddie "Bongo" Brown, percussion personified
Berry "Der Fuhrer" Gordy |
DyvaNaye (westside314)
6-Zenith
Username: westside314
Post Number: 812
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 209.212.74.198
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 4:04 pm: �� | ��� |
Greg Phillinganes - 'Mouse' |
Manny (manny)
6-Zenith
Username: manny
Post Number: 413
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.124.52.4
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 6:22 pm: �� | ��� |
Hello Submarine!
Here in Spain the criticals says "Mano Lenta" ("Slow Hand") for reffering to Eric Clapton. I don't knows if also is known with the english equivalent nickname in the US and the UK.
Also,
Bruce Springstein ("The Boss")
Harold "Doc" Wade (Trammps)
"Fat" Larry (from Fat Larry's Band. I believe his real name is Larry Williams?)
Richard "Dimples" Fields
Peace & Soul Food |
Don (don)
6-Zenith
Username: don
Post Number: 666
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 68.75.54.153
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 10:41 pm: �� | ��� |
Robb K, it's just nicknames that desribes how one looks, feel, think, act or where they live; like the "Eastside" or "Southside", you know.
Don
Chgo |
Robb_K (robb_k)
6-Zenith
Username: robb_k
Post Number: 482
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.232.150.96
| | Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 4:10 am: �� | ��� |
Yeah Don, but some of the stories about how they got the name are often very surprising. Those are the kinds of stories I want to hear about. A lot of times a minor event happened when they were kids, and the name stuck. But other times, there's an unusual story that can be very interesting. |
David Meikle (david_meikle)
5-Doyen
Username: david_meikle
Post Number: 351
Registered: 3-2004
Posted From: 81.130.211.124
| | Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 4:50 am: �� | ��� |
Robb
I was looking last night at old interviews of Popcorn where I thought it was recorded how he got his name. Couldn't find the detail however but having spoken to him on a number of occasions perhaps I asked him!
Anyway I'm pretty sure it is to do with his eating habits and also his early prowess as a basketball player.
Regards Don, I interviewed him last month and although I haven't played back the tape yet it was clear from his story that he was very much the romantic type
Hence the Don Juan. |
Eli (phillysoulman)
6-Zenith
Username: phillysoulman
Post Number: 1428
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 68.236.55.239
| | Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 9:24 am: �� | ��� |
Manny, it was Larry James |
Spyder Turner (spyder_turner)
4-Laureate
Username: spyder_turner
Post Number: 107
Registered: 7-2004
Posted From: 68.42.246.252
| | Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 5:04 pm: �� | ��� |
I KNOW YA'LL DON'T THINK SPYDER IS MY BIRTH NAME |
SisDetroit (sis)
6-Zenith
Username: sis
Post Number: 485
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 68.43.206.95
| | Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 5:31 pm: �� | ��� |
Dwight Turner - Spyder Turner
LOL, How are you Mr. Dwight Turner? |
Spyder Turner (spyder_turner)
4-Laureate
Username: spyder_turner
Post Number: 108
Registered: 7-2004
Posted From: 68.42.246.252
| | Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 7:30 pm: �� | ��� |
HEY SIS, I'M GREAT AND GETTING GREATER.
NO ONE ASKED HOW I BECAME SPYDER, BUT IMMA GONNA TELL IT ANYWAY.
I WAS IN THE 7TH OR 8TH GRADE WHEN THE TEACHER TOOK THE CLASS TO THE AUDITORIUM TO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT INCECTS, SPIDERS AND SO ON. WELL THE KIDS WHO GOT IN TROUBLE THAT DAY HAD TO SIT IN THE BACK OF THE AUDITORIUM, THERE WERE THREE OF US.
ABBAS BEY, VIRGINIA EZELL, AND YOURS TRULY.
WHEN THE TEACHER TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS AND BEGAIN TO SHOW THE MOVIE, I GOT DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND STARTED CRAWLING UNDER THE SEATS. MY BOY ABBAS WOULD START SAYING IN A SCARY VOICE, THE SPIDER CRAWLS, AT THIS I WOULD PUT MY HAND BETWEEN THE CRACK OF THE SEAT AND FEEL SOME UNSUSPECTING YOUNG LADY ON HER BEHIND, SHE WOULD SCREAM AND THE TEACHER WOULD TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND TRY TO FIND OUT JUST WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON. THIS HAPPENED 4 OR FIVE TIMES BEFORE I WAS FOUND OUT, AND I'VE BEEN SPYDER EVERY SINCE.
WHEN I SIGNED WITH MGM WE CHANGED THE SPELLING FROM SPIDER TO SPYDER |
~medusa~ (~medusa)
6-Zenith
Username: ~medusa
Post Number: 620
Registered: 3-2004
Posted From: 68.79.166.63
| | Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 7:39 pm: �� | ��� |
Believe it or not, I've been wondering that for a long time, but just never out it into writing.
Thanx Spyder...inquiry minds always want to know
(smile) |
Robb_K (robb_k)
6-Zenith
Username: robb_k
Post Number: 491
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 217.235.124.97
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:41 am: �� | ��� |
Thanks for the great story, Spyder! Many of us got our nicknames as kids and they stuck. I'm glad people don't call me "Red" any more.
I can't believe I forgot to list your name on my artists list. It was one of the nicknames that inspired this thread. But you're in good company, as I had also thought of Smokey robinson and Choker campbell, and when I got to the middle of my list on this thread, I had already forgotten whether or not I had written them down. Believe me, you were not forgotten! |