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Old 01-19-2011, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by David View Post
Maybe they wanted to feminize her by dropping the "e" at the end. This was in 1973--Stevie Wonder was all over the radio. "Stevie" was a man's name.
AND, Steve Winwood was still being referred to as "Stevie" at that point, as well (he didn't drop the "i" until his first solo album in '75.)
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