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May 26

Celine Dion

Shouldn't the article be renamed "Céline Dion"? Many websites in English skipped the "é" (not easy to type with an English keyboard) but her official websites use the accent (http://www.celineinvegas.com/ and https://www.celinedion.com/welcome). It is not used in capital letters (CELINE DION), which is a normal thing in French (capital letters drop their accent).Ericdec85 (talk) 07:18, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The best place to discuss this is on the article's talk page (Talk:Celine Dion); but, the general rule for page names is the most common term used in English-language media, etc. -- not necessarily "official" term; (see Wikipedia: Article titles). The proper name (with é) is in bold on the first sentence of the article's lead section. —2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 08:32, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What function does that accent mark serve? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:46, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It tells ~~you~~ me to pronounce that vowel /e/ not /ǝ/. —Tamfang (talk) 09:57, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What about "résumé", both are pronounced differently. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 23:11, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not in French. English is another matter. --76.69.47.185 (talk) 06:27, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Would that be "reh-zumeh" or "ray-zumay"? (Sorry, I don't to IPA) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:1126:4CA:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 16:47, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"ray-zumay" Hayttom (talk) 18:50, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dropping accents in upper case French is normal, but not strictly correct. "CÉLINE DION" would be most correct.Hayttom (talk) 18:48, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Québécois Celine Dion was baptised Céline and this is confirmed in a french biography and on a record cover. The same cover shows her script/logo "Celine" (no e-acute) that is used in her worldwide marketing. DroneB (talk) 13:02, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Blues Brother song

Are there songs of The Blues Brother that aren't cover?--2001:B07:6463:31EE:651B:8C5C:1D7E:1403 (talk) 13:33, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(As far as I could tell and according to that article) the only originals ever released on album can be heard on Red, White & Blues, but that's without Jake of course, sadly. ---Sluzzelin talk 13:42, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I had the soundtrack and their stand alone album. None of the songs were originals and not all were covers. Some were by the original artists. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.193.149.75 (talk) 18:29, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know which stand alone album you mean, but I also owned the soundtrack, and not one of the songs was an original, they were all covers. Or are you talking about a different soundtrack? ---Sluzzelin talk 20:53, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In the original movie, at least, there were several songs that were by the original artists, but generally they were not on the album, except "Minnie the Moocher" by Cab Calloway. There were songs by Sam and Dave, and John Lee Hooker, which were not on the album. None of those sungs, though, were sung by the Brothers. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:07, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The original soundtrack had "Think" sung by Aretha Franklin and "Shake A Tail Feather" sung by Ray Charles. The Blues Brothers sang a little backup, but they were sung by the original artists. There was a "complete collection" album with all the songs. It was not the "original soundtrack." They also released "A Briefcase Full of Blues" - a stand alone album of live recordings. You have to remember that after the movie, they did a limited tour. That album was recorded live in LA. I'd place it in 1978. While I would have to look up the original artists for some of the songs, none of the songs on any of the albums are originals except the musical fill-in parts on the complete collection. They have the music played as they transitioned between songs. 71.85.51.150 (talk) 00:20, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Think" was a re-recording of an earlier Aretha release, as with Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" which he had performed many times over the years. "Shake a Tail Feather" was originally done by The Five Du-Tones, the Ray Charles version in the film being a cover. James Brown sang a cover of "The Old Landmark". As noted in The Blues Brothers (film), there are various pieces of songs by original artists played at different times as incidental music. Briefcase Full of Blues preceded the production of the movie. The movie contained re-recordings of a couple of items from that album. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:56, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As mentioned, "Briefcase Full of Blues" is a recording of the tour before the film. The live recording of the tour after the film was named "Made in America." All of the songs off Made in America are covers - which is the point. Dan Aykroyd used the Blues Brothers as a vehicle for reintroducing blues music into mainstream music. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 13:06, 28 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]