Real Names of Disc Jockeys

[Bob Nelson]

Gerald Jacoby = Jerry Williams (was a DJ in past). Ed Hyson of WBCN:
Oedipus.



On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:52 AM, A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com>wrote:

> On 5/15/2013 5:06 PM, Donna Halper wrote:
>
>  While researching something else entirely, I found a fascinating little
>> article in the Boston Herald (10 February 1956) that said Stan Richards
>> (then of WORL, plus he hosted Totem Poll Matinee on WBZ-TV, if memory
>> serves) was changing his name legally to his professional name.  It said
>> his birth name was Richard Goldberg. And it said he was changing his
>> family's names to Richards as well.  I never knew Stan Richards was once
>> Richard Goldberg.  That set me to thinking of other disc jockeys and their
>> real names-- Arnie Ginsburg really was Arnie Ginsburg and he never changed
>> it. But there were so many d.j.'s who used "house names" (a million Dan
>> Donovans and Johnny Darks) or who tried to make their name sound less
>> ethnic.  Norm Prescott was Norman Pransky, yes?  I believe Bill Marlowe was
>> originally William Moglia.  Others that come to mind?
>>
>
> Bill Buchanan, when he wrote a radio column in the Daily Record, used to
> like to reveal the real names of DJs.  There was an Arthur McTigue (sp?),
> who, he said, was both Dan Donovan and Kevin O'Keefe.
>
> --
> A. Joseph Ross, J.D.| 92 State Street| Suite 700| Boston, MA 02109-2004
> 617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856| http://www.attorneyross.com
>
>