Ponderingjon has a TikTok profile where he posts videos about “weird things, facts and interesting things.” I have 64 thousand. followers, and his most popular recording is the story of how he discovered the real name of Jon Bon Jovi.
TikTok has discovered what Jon Bon Jovi’s real name is
“I wanted to find out what ‘Bon’ meant in Jon’s name because I secretly hoped his name was Jonathan Bonathan Jovi. But it turns out his name is John Francis and his last name is Bongiovi. How come I didn’t see that?” – he said in a video that has 2.8 million views. What’s more, Jon Bon Jovi himself watched and liked them.
Users are delighted with the recording. Some admit that they didn’t know either and comment: “This is fantastic news”, “Well, I will never call him anything other than Jonathan Bonathan Jovi” again, “I thought his name was Jon Bovi”, “I didn’t know that earlier”, “I literally discovered it a month ago and was shocked”, “Bonathan is much better than Francis”, “I never knew that, I was convinced it was a completely made up stage name”, “I found out because his son is engaged to
A large part of the viewers are most delighted with the version of the name that Ponderingjon came up with: “I like what you thought. It’s too funny”, “Bonathan absolutely broke me, I actually prefer this version”, “Jonathan Bonathan Jovitan sounds good to me” , “I think it’s really Jonathan Bonathan, but they covered it up early in his career”, “Bonathan is the only correct version from now on”, “I’m crying” – they write amused.
Others are a bit more skeptical: “‘Bon Jovi’ is how people misspelled his name, so that’s why they called the band that”, “I’m not even a fan and I know it’s Bongiovi”, “Where have you been for the last 30 years?” ?”, “I thought everyone knew that, so if you’re interested in a random tidbit, he once sang on the Star Wars Christmas album,” “It was the song “What do You Get a Wookiee for Xmas (when he already owns a comb )?”, “My middle name is Frances because my mom is a die-hard Jon Bon Jovi fan,” “He’s from New Jersey, of course his name is John Francis.”
There were a few people who had the pleasure of meeting the artist in person: “I once met him in the bathroom queue and said: Mr. first, Mr. Jovi. I wish it was true”, “Once I called him Bon Jovi and he shouted back that his name was John,” they describe.
Jon Bon Jovi or John Francis Bongiovi Jr. was born on March 2, 1962 in New Jersey. He is one of three sons of Carol Sharkey and John Francis Bongiovi – he has Italian and Slovak ancestors. Interestingly, his mother worked as one of the first “Playboy” bunnies. Jon Bon Jovi played music from an early age and formed a number of garage bands – he also used such pseudonyms as Captain Kidd and Johnny.
He gained the greatest fame with the band Bon Jovi, which actually took its name from how people twisted his Italian name. Nevertheless, “Jon Bon Jovi” was the idea of the heads of the label with which he was still associated in the late 70s. They decided that John Francis Bongiovi did not sound “marketing” enough and proposed a version, in their opinion, easier to catch the ear – “Virgin Radio”.
Together with the group, he promoted such hits as: “You Give Love a Bad Name” from 1986, “Livin’ on a Prayer” (also 1986), “Wanted Dead or Alive” released a year later, “Bad Medicine” or “I ‘ll Be There for You” from 1989. Then there were also “Keep the Faith” (1992), “Bed of Roses” (1992), “Always” (1994), “It’s My Life” (2000), “Everyday” (2002), “Have a Nice Day” (2005) or Who Says You Can’t Go Home (2006). Hit Parader ranked Jon Bon Jovi at number 31 in 2006 on its list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. The musician is also known to the younger generation for being the father of Jacob Hurley Bongiovi, who is engaged to the star of “Stranger Things” Millie Bobby Brown.
Source: Gazeta
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