Talk:Stan Ridgway

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[edit] Birth Name

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, he obviously wants to be known by his stage name, and his privacy should be respected. On the other hand, stating that his "birth name" is "Stanard Q. Ridgway" is simply providing misinformation. His real name is well-known in the music industry. Here are a couple of pages demonstrating this:

• http://wwww.bandtoband.com/index.php?Page=Search&AliasId=4025
• http://rock.discogs.com/artist/Stan+Ridgway?anv=Stanard+Ridgway

His birth name is also listed in the published credits for the authorship of the song "Mexican Radio." Here are a couple of examples of citations:

• http://www2.secondhandsongs.com/song/25713
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134630/soundtrack

Therefore, I've simply deleted the "birth name" item from the infobox.

-- Takwish | Talk 18:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

→ For the sake of clarity and to make certain that all information is out there, I added both names (Ridgway and Funsten), and added links to the said pages (one to All Music Guide and the other to one of the links above). I'm thinking this will help to keep this page up to standard formatting. Kagurae 08:55, 28 September 2007 (UTC)