The Song Name Game

[CTListener]

Even Now -- Barry Manilow

 

[tbolt909]

Even Flow -- Pearl Jam

 

[KeithE4]

Black Pearl -- Sonny Charles and the Checkmates Ltd. *

(This is how the group was billed on the cover of the single release in 1969. The group was usually just called Checkmates, Ltd.)

 

[CTListener]

A World Of Our Own -- Sonny James

I remember DJs back then saying "Sonny Charles" when introing "Black Pearl," usually without the group name.

 

[tbolt909]

Song For Sonny Liston -- Mark Knopfler

 

[CTListener]

Laugh At Me -- Sonny

 

[KeithE4]

Laugh, Laugh -- Beau Brummels

 

[tomservo]

Memory of Sonny Boy — Forest City Joe

 

[tbolt909]

Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes --
Mark Knopfler

(Had a tie on the previous posts, but Keith got in first)

 

[tomservo]

Smokes Quantity — Boards of Canada

Missed it by that much!

 

[ron]

Son of a Preacher Man: Dusty Springfield

(using "OF", I couldn't think of any song with the plural word "Smokes" - I had a bunch with the singular word "Smoke" though.) Thanks Tom for another most unusual title.

 

[tomservo]

Protestant Preacher — Seatrain

I think going from Smokes to Smoke or Smoked is perfectly fine, we've done a lot of "close but not perfect" matches in the past.

 

[CTListener]

Papa Don't Preach -- Madonna

Yeah, it's perfectly OK.

 

[ron]

You don't mess around with Jim: Jim Croce

(Thanks for the info! Being able to use derivatives of a word is big when you are trying to rack a brain especially when the memory is almost full)

 

[tomservo]

Don't Mess With The Messer — Koko Taylor

 

[KeithE4]

Give Me Back My Wig -- Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers

 

[hwkn]

Give Me Love[Give Me Peace On Earth]-George Harrison

 

[CTListener]

Peace Like A River -- Paul Simon

 

[KeithE4]

Cry Me A River -- Joe Cocker

 

[CTListener]

Old Man River -- Paul Robeson