Artist names you're unsure of how to pronounce

GAB-or ZA-bo

 

Carole King.

Just realised that I've been pronouncing this wrongly all these years. Carole as in Kuh-rowl. Which would be logical, no? Damn extra “e”.

 

I thought it was Lord-ay.
And I also thought Ray Dave-ees...

 

The oneders or the o neders? Gets me everytime

 

Mana-Sass or Mana-Saw?

 

Man-ASSES. Like the town.

 

Lots and lots of Classical Music artists and composers. LOL!

 

I've always wondered how to pronounce Des Barres, as in Michael and Pamela.

 

Neil Peart is pronounced like "neel"...

 

wales is a beautiful place, but someone need to go there when their language was being formed and say would you like to buy a vowel (that is not meant to be derisive or a put down by the way, just an observation of the lots of welsh town names and words i've seen. i look at a word and think, i'd need physical therapy to say that)

 

Agnes Obel
Agnes Obel pronunciation: How to pronounce Agnes Obel in Danish, English

 

Terry Reid. Is it like Reed or like Ride?

 

No it isn't

 

(Bang bang) It's Terry"Reed".

Did anyone ever work out what noise you were supposed to make when pronouncing Prince's "symbol"??

 

The former. Like the town.

 

Carmine mispronounces his own name - it should be pronounced Carminay App-ee-chay. But, as it's his name, i suppose he can pronounce it as he wants.

 

Yep: it's Grove-nor. There is a famous British landed family of the same name, but i don't think Luther is related.

 

Day - Bar.

 

Yes it is. Are you a Brit?

 

Shar-day.

 

I don't have much cause to use it but I once pronounced Jay-Z's name as 'Jay-Zed.'

 

A lot of Italo-American artists have grown up mispronouncing their own names!

 

An-yay-ta. Apparently.

 

No I’m Irish. It actually grinds my gears a bit when I hear Doherty pronounced Dockerty and Gallagher (as in Liam and Noel) pronounced Galla-ger.

 

Oh who cares. He's not talented enough to argue about. Neither are the Galla-gers.