Submitted by ThrowaDev88 t3_122yewm in Music
Julie Brown and Downtown Julie Brown hit it big on MTv around the same time. Was there ever a consensus between them for one to just go with the "Downtown" label and the other not?
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justabill71 t1_jdsg9t1 wrote
"Hey Julie, is it cool if I take "Downtown" for myself?"
"Yeah, I don't give a fuck."
"Wubba wubba wubba."
Ok-Pressure-3879 t1_jdsgkpq wrote
There was something like that with the English actors union? David Tennant said he had to get a different name because of that.
iMogwai t1_jdsi8qe wrote
The English actor and comedian Hugh Dennis actually uses his middle name for the same reason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Dennis: >Dennis uses his middle name Hugh as his stage name because the actor Peter Dennis was already a member of the performing arts union [Equity](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_(British_trade_union)).[16] He later revealed in a 2016 episode of BBC's [Would I Lie to You?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Would_I_Lie_to_You%3F_(game_show)) that he had requested to keep his birth name as there was little chance of confusion between the two actors due to their age difference. Equity told him that this would normally have been allowed, but advised against it as Peter Dennis was the chair of the union's naming committee at the time.[17]
mailboxfacehugs t1_jdsksrc wrote
Michael Keaton’s real name is Michael Douglas. There was already a Michael Douglas registered with the Screen Actors Guild so he picked a name out of a phonebook (so the story goes at least)
stevepremo t1_jdstv5f wrote
Julie Brown of "Earth Girls Are Easy" and "The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun" was making records for years before Downtown Julie Brown came on the scene.
eremite00 t1_jdsxfcy wrote
To what is this in reference? I haven’t read nor heard anything about the Julie Browns in decades, since when I was still in high school.
The_Huff_Daddy t1_jdsyxnf wrote
I also always wanted to know how both Dr. Dre's handled things.
ThrowaDev88 OP t1_jdtkwy6 wrote
>To what is this in reference?
General curiosity and lack of a definitive answer.
eremite00 t1_jdtq1w0 wrote
Ah. As an aside, it got me looking up past MTV names, including Kurt Loder, which brought up a mock MTV News piece of him covering the then-missing Yellowjackets.
Apostate_Nate t1_jdwkwin wrote
One had a Lover and the other got a Dogg.
Notinyourbushes t1_jdseo9f wrote
Isn't there a law/rule in the screen guild union (or whatever) that actors can't have the same name? A number of actors have to switch or change their names up because of that. Might be wrong but I'm pretty sure there's like no choice there, it's more than just a branding thing.
If that's the case, then JB "took" the name before DJB had the chance.
DJB sounds cooler anyways.