Stage Name Stories: Sun Ra
Born: Herman Poole BlountWhat's in a Name: The eccentric jazzman, who claimed he was from Saturn, named himself after the ancient Egyptian sun god. Also answered, somewhat less exotically, to the childhood nickname Sonny.
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Bubbaat 2-29-2008
that's a dude...must be what dudes look like on Saturn.