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The Names Have It!

J

Joey1986

Reading Firepoint525's thread about songs with numbers in the title got me thinking, how about songs with masculine or feminine names in the title? For example:

Delilah -- Tom Jones
Corina, Corina -- Ray Peterson
Jenny (867-5309) -- Tommy Tutone
Cathy's Clown -- The Everly Brothers
Wake Up, Little Susie -- The Everly Brothers
Linda -- Jan and Dean
Hey Mickey! -- Toni Basil
Midnight Mary -- Joey Powers
Hey Paula -- Paul & Paula
Mr. Lee -- The Bobbettes
Don't Mess with Bill -- The Marvellettes
Sherry \
Ronnie } -- Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Dawn /
Penny Lane -- The Beatles
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds -- The Beatles (BTW, the woman who inspired this song has died at 46 -- article here: http://tinyurl.com/ybauof5)
Walk Away Renee -- The Left Banke
Little Latin Lupe Lu -- The Righteous Brothers
It's Judy's Turn to Cry -- Lesley Gore
Rikki Don't Lose that Number -- Steely Dan
Maybelline -- Chuck Berry
Barbara Ann -- The Regents, later covered by The Beach Boys
Good Golly, Miss Molly -- Little Richard
Lucille -- Little Richard
Hang On, Sloopy -- The McCoys
Peggy Sue -- Buddy Holly
Hooray for Hazel -- Tommy Roe
Susie Darlin' -- Robin Luke
Johnny Get Angry -- Joanie Sommers
 
Denise--Randy & the Rainbows
Penny Lane--Beatles
Julia--Beatles
Ben--Michael Jackson
Sweet Mary--Wadsworth Mansion
Mary In The Morning--Al Martino
 
The Beatles made a cottage industry of using names as song titles. There were "Anna" (a cover version), "Michelle," "Eleanor Rigby," "Sgt. Pepper," "Lovely Rita," "Mr. Kite," "Julia," "Hey Jude," "Lucy in the Sky," "Polythene Pam," "Mean Mr. Mustard," "Lady Madonna," and in their solo careers, "The Lovely Linda," "Mrs. Vanderbilt," "Oh Yoko," and "Dear Yoko." And even a couple of nameless characters, like the "Nowhere Man" and "The Fool on the Hill." And these are just the ones that I can think of off the top of my head!

Penny Lane (the actual street, not the song) was named for a man whose last name was Penny. In an attempt at political correctness, the Liverpool town council voted to change the name of Penny Lane when it was determined that Mr. Penny had been a slaveowner. However, Beatles fans would hear nothing of it, and demanded that the street name be left Penny Lane. (I believe there had also been the problem of street signs disappearing there!)
 
Lucy O Donnell of "Lucy In The Sky" died this week, at age 46....she was a chilhood friend of Julian Lennon. Julian came home from school and had drawn a picture of his mate Lucy ODonnell and told john thats "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"...and the rest is rock n roll history.

Teddy - Connie
Frankie - Connie
Barbara -temptations (The white doo-wop group)
 
Oooooops! I need to start reading all the posts someone already referenced Lucy ODonnell...sorry.
 
Ida Jane, Little Mary, Margie, My Girl Josephine, Rose Mary – Fats Domino
Claudette, Jolie, Mama(?), Leah, Yo Te Amo Maria, Lana, Belinda – Roy Orbison
Gloria – The Cadillacs
Mary Lee – The Rainbows
Lily Maebelle – The Valentines
Florence – the Paragons
Deserie – The Charts
Oh Rose Marie – The Fascinators
Barbara-Ann – The Regents
Denise – Randy and the Rainbows
My Juanita – Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge
Elenore – The Turtles
Mother-In-Law – Ernie K. Doe (OK, just threw that in for kicks.)
Hey Paula – Paul and Paula
Judy In Disguise – John Fred and his Playboy Band
Sheila - Tommy Roe
Venus – Frankie Avalon
Runaround Sue – Dion
Norman – Sue Thompson
Abraham, Martin and John – Dion
Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price
Bobby’s Girl – Marcie Blane
Goodnight Irene - many artists, I'll pick Jim Reeves
Simon Says – 1910 Fruitgum Co.
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron – The Royal Guardsmen
Mr. Custer – Larry Verne
The Peter Gunne Theme – Ray Anthony & Orchestra
Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares
Johnnie - Chad Mitchell Trio
Ave Maria - Beyonce
 
Shirley!
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley!

Lincoln!
Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln
Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln!

Come on everybody!
I say now let's play a game
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody's name
The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn't there
But a B or an F or an M will appear
And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a
fo
And then I say the name again with an F very plain
and a fee fy and a mo
And then I say the name again with an M this time
and there isn't any name that I can't rhyme

Arnold!
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold!

But if the first two letters are ever the same,
I drop them both and say the name like
Bob, Bob drop the B's Bo ob
For Fred, Fred drop the F's Fo red
For Mary, Mary drop the M's Mo ary
That's the only rule that is contrary.

Okay? Now say Bo: Bo
Now Tony with a B: Bony
Then Bonana fanna fo: bonana fanna fo
Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony
Then a fee fy and a mo: fee fy mo
Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony
And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme

Every body do Tony!
Pretty good, let's do Billy!
Very good, let's do Marsha!
A little trick with Nick!
The name game
 
hornet61 said:
Shirley!
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley!

Lincoln!
Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln
Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln!

Come on everybody!
I say now let's play a game
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody's name
The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn't there
But a B or an F or an M will appear
And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a
fo
And then I say the name again with an F very plain
and a fee fy and a mo
And then I say the name again with an M this time
and there isn't any name that I can't rhyme

Arnold!
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold!

But if the first two letters are ever the same,
I drop them both and say the name like
Bob, Bob drop the B's Bo ob
For Fred, Fred drop the F's Fo red
For Mary, Mary drop the M's Mo ary
That's the only rule that is contrary.

Okay? Now say Bo: Bo
Now Tony with a B: Bony
Then Bonana fanna fo: bonana fanna fo
Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony
Then a fee fy and a mo: fee fy mo
Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony
And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme

Every body do Tony!
Pretty good, let's do Billy!
Very good, let's do Marsha!
A little trick with Nick!
The name game
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Extreme caution - don't do Chuck! ;) :D :-[
 
Back in the '70s Casey Kasem did a special edition of American Top 40 counting down the top women to appear in song. Number One was "Tammy" by Debbie Reynolds.
 
Mona Lisa - Nat "King" Cole
Betty's Being Bad - Sawyer Brown
 
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