[78-L] Pronunciation Question

[kil at roadrunner.com.invalid]

Thanks Cary.  That's the way I always heard it, growing up listening to NYC radio.
RayK
>
>Cary Ginell wrote: 
I’m pretty sure it is pronounced “pleece,” to rhyme with “fleece.”
> 
> > On Nov 13, 2017, at 7:21 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I've always wondered that myself..in decades in radio I never had occasion to 
> > play one of his recordings. I figured it was "plees". Correctly it could be 
> > "plise" or if it's French it could be "Play" or "pleh" but who says names are 
> > ever pronounced correctly when it's easier to pick something that works?
> > 
> > dl
> > 
> > 
> > On 11/13/2017 10:14 PM, kil at roadrunner.com.invalid wrote:
> >> Does anyone know how to pronounce the last name of arranger/conductor/pianist Jack Pleis?
> >> I just heard it pronounced differently from the way I have always thought correct.
> >> Even your best recollection might help, if no one knows for sure.
> >> I assume he is not off topic, although I didn't stop to check.
> >> Seems to me he was married to Karen Chandler and backed her on HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME.
> >> RayK
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