Question: What is the middle name of the father of the lead singer of The Joggers?

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Singh: Singh is a title, middle name or surname, which originated in India.  Derived from the Sanskrit word for lion, it was adopted as a title by certain warrior castes in India.  It was mandated by Guru Gobind Singh for all Sikhs.  It was later adopted by several castes and communities.  As a surname or a middle name, it is now found throughout the Indian subcontinent and among the Indian diaspora, cutting across communities and religious groups, becoming more of a title than a surname.

Middle name: In several cultures, people's names usually include one or more names in addition to the portion that is usually considered adequate to identify them.  In a number of cultures where a given name is expected to precede the surname, such a name is likely to be placed after the given name and before the surname, and thus called a middle name.  In English-speaking American culture, that term is often applied (arguably mistakenly) to names, occupying that position, even if the bearer would insist that that name is being mistakenly called a "middle name", and is actually (to mention several types of atypical cases):

George M. Whitesides: George McClelland Whitesides (born August 3, 1939) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University.  He is best known for his work in the areas of NMR spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecular self-assembly, soft lithography, microfabrication, microfluidics, and nanotechnology.  A prolific author and patent holder who has received many awards, he received the highest Hirsch index rating of all living chemists in 2011.

Latvian name: Latvian names, like in most European cultures, consist of two main elements: the given name ("vārds") followed by family name ("uzvārds").  During the Soviet occupation (1940 - 1991) the practice of giving a middle name was discouraged, but since the restoration of Independence Latvian legislation again allows giving of up to two given names and it has become more common to give a middle name to children.

Chris Funk: Christopher Funk is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of the Portland, Oregon, indie rock band The Decemberists.  He plays guitar, pedal steel, piano, violin, dobro, hurdy-gurdy, mandolin, saxophone, the theremin and many other instruments.  According to Colin Meloy, as stated at the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, TN on September 27, 2015, Funk was originally given the middle name "Ryman" but a clerical error on his birth certificate resulted in his middle name being recorded as "Lyman."

The Joggers: The Joggers, formerly known as Stateside, are a four-piece band from Portland, Oregon.  They play complex songs with elements of math rock which retain a pop sensibility.  The guitar style of (lead singer and songwriter) Ben Whitesides and the second guitarist rejects a traditional rhythm & lead style for more scale exploration and includes elements of call and response.  Murphy Kasiewicz played second guitar on "Solid Guild", but left the band before the recording of "With A Cape And A Cane" and was replaced by Dan Wilson (from Alaska) after that album, touring the US in support of it.  Jake Morris has also played drums on tour with French Kicks and played drums for The Shaky Hands from December 2008 to March 2010.  All members sing parts at various times, with unique and sometimes antique harmonies, and sometimes play various instruments.  Ben Whitesides is the son of George M. Whitesides, one of the most decorated and wealthy chemists in the world.

Barend: Barend or (somewhat dated spelling) Barent is a Dutch male given name and occasional middle name.  As of 2014, there are over than 4,000 men in the Netherlands with this as their first name, and nearly 3,000 with it as their middle name.  It was likely derived from Bernard.  Notable people with the name include:

Marion Christopher Barry: Marion Christopher Barry was born in June 1980 to Marion Barry and Barry's third wife, Effi Slaughter Barry.  He was their only child.  His father had wanted to name him Marion Barry III, but Effi was strongly opposed, and they decided to give him the middle name Christopher instead.  For most of his adult life, Barry went by his middle name, Christopher.

Jeff Strabone: Jeff Strabone is a Brooklyn-based American scholar, political activist and civic leader.  In 2016, his website "directelection.org" listed the names and addresses of members of the U.S. Electoral College, and he urged people to write to electors to ask them not to vote for president-elect Donald Trump, an effort which brought him national attention.  As a civic leader in Brooklyn, he has been active in promoting theatre preservation, building codes and housing issues, hospital preservation, and traffic flow.  He has been a leader of Brooklyn's Cobble Hill Association, a neighborhood preservation group.  He is the co-founder and chairman of the New Brooklyn Theatre.  In 2008, he changed his middle name to "Hussein" as a show of solidarity with then presidential candidate Barack Obama, who was running for the office of president, and who had been criticized for his Muslim-sounding middle name.  He is an associate professor of English and teaches British and African literature, and he was granted tenure at Connecticut College in 2016.  He commented about the post-election effort:

Julie Christmas: Julie Christmas (born 25 December, 1975) is an American musician from Brooklyn, New York.  Christmas is her legal middle name, named so after the fact that she was born on Christmas day.  She is the former lead singer of defunct Brooklyn-based noise rock band Made Out of Babies and the former lead singer of defunct post-metal supergroup Battle of Mice.  In 2010, she released a critically acclaimed solo album titled "The Bad Wife", and in 2016, she became a featured member on the Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna's album "Mariner".

Supporting paragraphs: The Joggers George M. Whitesides
Answer: McClelland