[78-L] Pronunciation Question

[Cary Ginell]

This will cinch it - I just remembered that I had a DJ-only LP of answer-only interviews from Ethel Merman, Jack Pleis, Wayne King, Sammy Davis Jr., Lenny Dee, and Larry Elgart. The LP is called “Fill Your Home With Music” - record number is 38000 (pink label). Came out around October 1955. Here is the Pleis interview, which leads off with Pleis saying his own name. http://picosong.com/wnhiN

Cary Ginell

> On Nov 13, 2017, at 8:34 PM, Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> 
> Pleece is correct. My mentor was his vocal contractor in New York.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:09 PM, <kil at roadrunner.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 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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