His name is actually John Francis Bongiovi and at the time that's what he went by. It was 3 years later he formed Bon Jovi.
Only because I hate the "that guys name was ..." format.
Also fun fact, Bon Jovi is named such because John Bongiovi wanted people to pronounce his surname correctly, the exact same thing Chef "Boy-ar-Dee" Boiardi did decades prior.
I didn't know either of those fun facts! Thanks so much for sharing them!
Similar happened with applauded physicist Ôlvërdt Ejnstijn of Relativity fame.
"My name is John Bongiovi, but everybody calls me Bon Jovi."
Oh my. I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQ-VZUdiqg
The Star Wars Christmas Special TV show had an audio-only equivalent. I regret learning that today.
He was sweeping the floors at the studio and he was already half way there.
Wow that post title kept getting more and more interesting and then... you dropped that last fun fact at the end. Great TIL post!
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