Saturday, October 10, 2015

One song, two pronunciations

How do you introduce a song on the air when there's a dispute over how its title, "Relaxin' At Camarillo," is pronounced?  On WEW, I handled it this way:

"Up next, it's Charlie Haden Quartet West with Relaxin' At Cam-a-rillo.  Or, others would say Cam-a-rio.  It's good music either way on 77 WEW."

Several years later, I heard a jazz DJ on another station mention both pronunciations as he back announced the tune.  I appreciated the validation.