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Herbie (given Name)
Herbie is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Herbert, and a nickname. It may refer to: People * Herbert Herbie Baxter (1883—1962), English cricketer * Herbert Herbie Crichlow (born 1968), British music producer and songwriter * Herbert Herbie Evans (1894–1982), Welsh footballer * Herbie Faye (1899–1980), American actor and vaudeville comedian * Herbie Fields (1919–1958), American jazz musician * Herbert Flam (1928–1980), American tennis player * Brian Herbie Flowers (born 1938), UK bass player and composer * Hubert Herbie Goins (1939–2015), American rhythm & blues singer * Herbert Herbie Hancock (born 1940), American jazz musician, bandleader, composer and actor * Herbert Herbie Harper (1920—2012), American jazz trombonist * Herbert Herbie Hewett (1864–1921), English amateur first-class cricketer * Herbie Hide, born Herbert Okechukwu Maduagwu in 1971, British former professional boxer * Herbert Herbie Jones (1926–2001), American jazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often Clipping (morphology), clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''-y/-ie'' (phonologically /i/). Sometimes the suffix ''-o'' is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English, but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Lewis (ice Hockey)
Herbert Albert Lewis (April 17, 1905 – January 20, 1991) was a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), left winger who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League. He was born in Calgary, Northwest Territories. Lewis was one of the fastest skaters of his day. His speed helped the Red Wings win two consecutive Stanley Cups in 1936 Stanley Cup Finals, 1936 and 1937 Stanley Cup Finals, 1937. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs * Stanley Cup Champion. External links * 1905 births 1991 deaths Canadian ice hockey left wingers Detroit Cougars players Detroit Falcons players Detroit Red Wings captains Detroit Red Wings players Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Ice hockey people from Alberta Indianapolis Capitals players Sportspeople from Calgary Stanley Cup champions {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Steward
Herbert Bickford "Herbie" Steward (May 7, 1926 Los Angeles, California, United States – August 9, 2003 Clearlake, California) was an American jazz saxophone, saxophonist. He was widely known for being one of the tenor saxophone players in Four Brothers (jazz standard), Four Brothers, part of Woody Herman's Second Herd.''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz; Second edition,'' Three volumes, edited by Barry Kernfeld, London: Macmillan Publishers, 2002 Selected discography As leader * ''So Pretty,'' Äva Records AVA LP6 : Recorded in Los Angeles, June 5, 1962 : Re-released with all 9 of the 10 cuts on a compilation album: ''One Brother,'' Mobile Fidelity (March 19, 1981) : Herbie Steward with big band and strings, Dick Hazard, conductor * ''The Three Horns of Herbie Steward,'' Famous Door HL-139 (1981) : Recorded in San Francisco, March 19, 1981 : Herbie Steward (alto sax, clarinet-1, soprano sax-2), Smith Dobson ''(né'' Smith Weed Dobson IV; 1947–2001) (piano), Tee Carson ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Smith (footballer)
Herbie Smith (27 August 1895 – 15 March 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1895 births 1959 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Prahran Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1895-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Smith (cricketer)
Herbie Smith (21 March 1914 – 23 February 1997) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1938. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston. Below is a chronological list of cricketers to have represented Vi ... References External links * 1914 births 1997 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne {{Australia-cricket-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Seneviratne
Richard Herbert Seneviratne (born 5 July 1925 – died 2 March 1998 as si, හර්බි සෙනෙවිරත්න), popularly as Herby Seneviratne, was an actor and filmmaker in Sri Lankan cinema. Personal life Herbert was born on 5 July 1925 in Lihinigiri Palace, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. His mother was from Subasinghe family of Sandalankawa. He was educated at St. Anne's College, Kurunegala and later from Maris Stella College, Negombo. His elder brother Shanthi Kumar is also a renowned filmmaker and actor in early Sinhala cinema. Shanthi died on 22 February 1967 at the age of 50. In 1954, Herbie married his cousin June and had five children. He died on 2 March 1998 in Kurunegala at the age of 72. Career In early 1940s, Herbie went India and resided in Calcutta. During this period, he studied Buddhism and philosophy Neluwe Sri Gunananda Thero at Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple. He joined the "Institute of Drama" in Calcutta and studied stage drama. He also had a 1 and 1/2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Rich
Herbie Rich (February 23, 1944 – May 12, 2004) was an American multi-instrumentalist from Omaha, Nebraska, who was a member of The New Breed, The Electric Flag, and the Buddy Miles Express. He also played with Jimi Hendrix, Mike Bloomfield and others. Career In the 1950s, Rich was a member of The 7-Wonders, a group that included his family members. Around 1964, he formed the Omaha group, The New Breed. Members included Stemsy Hunter, Hoshal Wright, Jerry Bennett, Hank Redd and Curly Martin and Jerry Bennett. The Electric Flag Mike Bloomfield once said of Herbie Rich that he plays keyboard like Jimi Hendrix plays guitar. Another member of The Flag, Peter Strazza referred to Rich as a monster, an unbelievable musician who could play any instrument. Having been a member of The Electric Flag since joining in 1967, Rich had been with the band from its early days. Mike Bloomfield had added the baritone saxophonist in time for their show at the Monterey Pop Festival. Rich was part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Redmond
Herbie Redmond (1929 - April 4, 1990), known variously as "Herbie the Hoofer," "Short Dog," and "Herbie the Love Bug," was the Detroit Tigers' dancing groundskeeper who was one of the most colorful and popular characters in Detroit baseball in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Redmond served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and worked as a forklift operator for Ford Motor Company before joining the Tiger Stadium grounds crew in 1969. Redmond entertained the crowd with a trademark jig he danced while sweeping the infield during the fifth inning of nearly every Detroit Tigers' home game from 1969-1989. While he and the grounds crew dragged brooms across the infield to smooth the dirt, Redmond would break into a soft shoe routine, shaking his hips, and then wave his cap to the cheering crowd as he exited. The routine was variously known as the "broom dance," "The Herbie Redmond Show," or the "Herbie Shuffle." In a 1986 interview with the Detroit Free Press, Redmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Phillips
Herbert Daly Phillips, known professionally as Herbie Phillips (April 20, 1935 – September 13, 1995), was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He spent much of his life working in Las Vegas. He played trumpet in bands led by Louie Bellson, Buddy Morrow, and Billy May. He composed "Little Train", which was recorded by the Buddy Rich Big Band. He worked as trumpeter and conductor for Frank Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr. Early years When he was fourteen, his mother died. She played a significant role in introducing him to music. Distraught over the loss and in conflict with his father, he moved in with his aunt and uncle. When he was nineteen, his father died. Career Phillips graduated from Fremont High School in Fremont, Nebraska, in 1953 and attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, during the summer of 1954. After high school, he played trumpet in the Dick Mango Orchestra and the Verne Byers Orchestra. While touring with the latter, he met Pat Thompson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Pennell
Alfred G. "Herbie" Pennell (1921–2000) was an American polo player and long-time manager of the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club in Palm Beach, Florida.Newsletter , , January 2012, pp. 1-2 As a polo player In the 1950s and 1960s, Pennell was a renowned polo player, handicapped at 6 outdoors and 8 indoors. He won the Indoor Twelve Goal in 1955, the Delegates and s in 1956, the U.S. Arena Chairman's Cup (formerly Arena 1 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Nichols
Herbert Horatio Nichols (January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the jazz standard " Lady Sings the Blues". Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics. Life He was born in San Juan Hill, Manhattan, New York, United States, to parents from St. Kitts and Trinidad, and grew up in Harlem. During much of his career, he took work as a Dixieland musician while also pursuing the more adventurous kind of jazz he preferred. He is best known today for program music that combines bop, Dixieland, and music from the Caribbean with harmonies from Erik Satie and Béla Bartók. His first known work as a musician was with the Royal Barons in 1937, but he did not find performing at Minton's Playhouse a few years later a very happy experience, as the competitive environment did not suit him. However, he did become friends with pianist Thelonious Monk. Nichols was drafted into the Army in 1941. After the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Moran
John Herbert "Herbie" Moran (February 16, 1884 – September 21, 1954) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Doves, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Boston Braves between 1908 and 1915."Herbie Moran Statistics and History" "baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 16, 2017. In , Moran was a member of the Braves team that went from last place to first place in two months, becoming the first team to win a pennant after being in last place on the Fourth of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |