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Musical Dice -- Girls' And Guys' Names In Song Titles

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     Many times, the most memorable songs are those that have girls' names in the titles or those that have guys' names in the titles. Such songs are the subject of today's topic.

     I have the girl's names by themselves in one list, then the guys' names in another list, and a third list for those titles that have both in the title. Only those that hit the top ten will be mentiones here. If I missed any, e-mail me at musicaldice323@gmail.com


Girls' Names In Song Titles

  • "Adia" -- Sarah McLachlan (1998, #3)

  • "Amanda" -- Boston (1986, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Mandy" -- Barry Manilow (1975, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Angie" -- The Rolling Stones (1973, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Angie Baby" -- Helen Reddy (1974, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Annie's Song" -- John Denver (1974, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Barbara Ann" -- The Beach Boys (1966, #2 for 2 weeks)

  • "Bennie And The Jets" -- Elton John (1974, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Beth" -- Kiss (1977, #7)

  • "Bette Davis Eyes" -- Kim Carnes (1981, #1 for 9 weeks)

  • "Billie Jean" -- Michael Jackson (1983, #1 for 7 weeks)

  • "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" -- The Looking Glass (1972, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Candida" -- Dawn (1970, #3)

  • "Cara Mia" -- Jay & the Americand (1965, #4)

  • "Carrie" -- Europe (1987, #3)

  • "Carrie-Anne" -- The Hollies (1967, #9)

  • "Oh Carol!" -- Neil Sedaka (1960, #9)

  • "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" -- Neil Diamond (1969, #4)

  • "Cathy's Clown" -- The Everly Brothers (1960, #1 for 5 weeks)

  • "Cecilia" -- Simon & Garfunkel (1970, #4)

  • "Cherry Cherry" -- Neil Diamond (1966, #6)

  • "Sister Christian" -- Night Ranger (1984, #5)

  • "Corinna Corinna" -- Ray Peterson (1961, #9)

  • "Dawn (Go Away)" -- The Four Seasons (1964, #3)

  • "Hey Deanie" -- Shaun Cassidy (1978, #7)

  • "Delta Dawn" -- Helen Reddy (1973, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Denise" -- Randy & the Rainbows (1963, #10)

  • "Diana" -- Paul Anka (1957, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Dirty Diana" -- Michael Jackson (1988, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Hello Dolly!" -- Louis Armstrong (1964, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Dominique" -- The Singing Nun (1963, #1 for 4 weeks)

  • "Donna" -- Ritchie Valens (1958, #2 for 2 weeks)

  • "Donna The Prima Donna" -- Dion (1963, #6)

  • "Who's Holding Donna Now" -- DeBarge (1985, #6)

  • "Come On Eileen" -- Dexy's Midnight Runners (1983, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Elenore" -- The Turtles (1968, #6)

  • "Elvira" -- The Oakridge Boys (1981, #5)

  • "Emma" -- Hot Chocolate (1975, #8)

  • "Gloria" -- The Shadows Of Knight (1966, #10)

  • "Gloria" -- Laura Branigan (1982, #2 for 3 weeks)

  • "Hooray For Hazel" -- Tommy Roe (1966, #6)

  • "Holly Holy" -- Neil Diamond (1969, #6)

  • "Jackie Blue" -- The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (1975, #3)

  • "Jean" -- Oliver (1969, #2 for 2 weeks)

  • "Blue Jean" -- David Bowie (1984, #8)

  • "Little Jeannie" -- Elton John (1980, #3)

  • "Jenny Take A Ride!" -- Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels (1966, #10)

  • "867-5309/Jenny" -- Tommy Tutone (1982, #4)

  • "Jet" -- Paul McCartney & Wings (1974, #7)

  • "Joanna" -- Kool & the Gang (1984, #2 for 1 week)

  • "Judy's Turn To Cry" -- Lesley Gore (1963, #5)

  • "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)" -- John Fred & his Playboy Band (1968, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Julie Do You Love Me" -- Bobby Sherman (1970, #5)

  • "Tell Laura I Love Her" -- Ray Peterson (1960, #7)

  • "Think Of Laura" -- Christopher Cross (1984, #9)

  • "Layla" -- Derek & the Dominoes [Eric Clapton] (1972, #10) [Eric Clapton's live acoustic version reached #12 in 1992]

  • "I'm Not Lisa" -- Jessi Colter (1975, #4)

  • "Lola" -- The Kinks (1970, #9)

  • "Lucille" -- Kenny Rogers (1977, #5)

  • "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" -- Elton John (1975, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" -- Los Del Rio (1996, #1 for 14 weeks)

  • "Maggie May" -- Rod Stewart (1971, #1 for 5 weeks)

  • "Take A Letter Maria" -- R.B. Greaves (1969, #2 for 1 week)

  • "My Maria" -- B.W. Stevenson (1973, #9)

  • "Maria Maria" -- Santana feat. Product GB(2000, #1 for 10 weeks)

  • "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame" -- Elvis Presley (1961, #4)

  • "Along Comes Mary" -- The Association (1966, #7)

  • "Proud Mary" -- Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969, #2 for 3 weeks)

  • "Proud Mary" -- Ike & Tina Turner (1971, #4)

  • "Hello Mary Lou" -- Ricky Nelson (1961, #9)

  • "Good Golly Miss Molly!" -- Little Richard (1958, #10)

  • "Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly" -- Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels (1966, #4)

  • "Mony Mony" -- Tommy James & the Shondells (1968, #3)

  • "Mony Mony" -- Billy Idol (1987, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Hey Paula" -- Paul & Paula (1963, #1 for 3 weeks)

  • "Peggy Sue" -- Buddy Holly (1957, #3)

  • "Penny Lover" -- Lionel Richie (1984, #8)

  • "Walk Away Renee" -- The Left Banke (1966, #5)

  • "Help Me Rhonda" -- The Beach Boys (1965, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" -- Steely Dan (1974, #4)

  • "Rosanna" -- Toto (1982, #2 for 5 weeks)

  • "Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?" -- Dawn feat. Tony Orlando (1973, #3)

  • "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" -- The Edison Lighthouse (1970, #5)

  • "Ruby Baby" -- Dion (1963, #2 for 3 weeks)

  • "Ruby Tuesday" -- The Rolling Stones (1967, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" -- Kenny Rogers & the First Edition (1969, #6)

  • "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" -- Helen Reddy (1973, #3)

  • "Lay Down Sally" -- Eric Clapton (1978, #3)

  • "Sara Smile" -- Hall & Oates (1976, #4)

  • "Sara" -- Fleetwood Mac (1980, #7)

  • "Sara" -- Starship (1986, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Shannon" -- Henry Gross (1976, #6)

  • "My Sharona" -- The Knack (1979, #1 for 6 weeks)

  • "Sheila" -- Tommy Roe (1962, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Oh Sheila" -- Ready For The World (1985, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Oh Sherrie" -- Steve Perry (1984, #3)

  • "Sherry" -- The Four Seasons (1962, #1 for 5 weeks)

  • "Hang On Sloopy" -- The McCoys (1965, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Runaround Sue" -- Dion (1961, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "A Boy Named Sue" -- Johnny Cash (1969, #2 for 3 weeks)

  • "Wake Up Little Susie" -- The Everly Brothers (1957, #1 for 4 weeks)

  • "Tammy" -- Debbie Reynolds (1957, #1 for 5 weeks)

  • "Valerie" -- Steve Winwood (1987, #9)

  • "Valleri" -- The Monkees (1968, #3)

  • "Venus" -- Frankie Avalon (1959, #1 for 5 weeks)

  • "Venus In Blue Jeans" -- Jimmy Clanton (1962, #7)

  • "Venus" -- The Shocking Blue (1970, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Venus" -- Banarama (1986, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Windy" -- The Association (1967, #1 for 4 weeks)


Guys' Names In Song Titles

  • "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" -- Paul & Linda McCartney (1971, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Amos Moses" -- Jerry Reed (1971, #8)

  • "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" -- Christopher Cross (1981, #1 for 3 weeks)

  • "Axel-F" -- Harold Faltermeyer (1985, #3)

  • "Ben" -- Michael Jackson (1972, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Don't Mess With Bill" -- The Marvelettes (1966, #7)

  • "Ode To Billie Joe" -- Bobbie Gentry (1967, #1 for 4 weeks)

  • "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" -- The Poppy Family feat. Susan Jacks (1970, #2 for 1 week)

  • "Billy Don't Be A Hero" -- Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods (1974, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Bobby's Girl" -- Marcie Blaine (1962, #3)

  • "Me And Bobby McGee" -- Janis Joplin (1971, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Charlie Brown" -- The Coasters (1959, #2 for 3 weeks)

  • "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues" -- Danny O'Keefe (1972, #9)

  • "Clair" -- Gilbert O'Sullivan (1972, #2 for 2 weeks)

  • "Daniel" -- Elton John (1973, #2 for 1 week)

  • "Danny Boy" -- Conway Twitty (1959, #10)

  • "Danny's Song" -- Anne Murray (1973, #7)

  • "Ballad Of Davy Crockett" -- Fess Parker (1955, #1 for 6 weeks)

  • "Duke Of Earl" -- Gene Chandler (1962, #1 for 3 weeks)

  • "Freddie's Dead" -- Curtis Mayfield (1972, #4)

  • "Jessie's Girl" -- Rick Springfield (1981, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Jesus To A Child" -- George Michael (1996, #7)

  • "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" -- Jim Croce (1972, #8)

  • "Jimmy Mack" -- Martha Reeves & the Vandellas (1967, #10)

  • "Big Bad John" -- Jimmy Dean (1961, #1 for 5 weeks)

  • "Johnny Angel" -- Shelly Fabares (1962, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Hey Jude" -- The Beatles (1968, #1 for 9 weeks)

  • "Hats Off To Larry" -- Del Shannon (1961, #5)

  • "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" -- Jim Croce (1973, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Vallance" -- Gene Pitney (1962, #4)

  • "Louie Louie" -- The Kingsmen (1963, #2 for 6 weeks)

  • "Brother Louie" -- The Stories (1973, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Mack The Knife" -- Bobby Darin (1959, #1 for 9 weeks)

  • "Michael" -- The Highwaymen (1961, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Message To Michael" -- Dionne Warwick (1966, #8)

  • "Mickey's Monkey" -- The Miracles (1963, #8)

  • "Mickey" -- Toni Basil (1982, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Tall Paul" -- Annette & the Afterbeats (1959, #7)

  • "Peter Gunn" -- Ray Anthony (1957, #8)

  • "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)" -- Manfred Mann (1968, #10)

  • "Ringo" -- Lorne Greene (1964, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Rocky" -- Austin Roberts (1975, #9)

  • "Romeo" -- Dino (1990, #6)

  • "When Smokey Sings" -- ABC (1987, #5)

  • "Tom Dooley" -- The Kingston Trio (1958, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Little Willy" -- The Sweet (1973, #3)


Girls' And Guys' Names In Song Titles

  • "(Just Like) Romeo And Juliet" -- The Reflections (1964, #6)

  • "Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde" -- Georgie Fame (1968, #7)

  • "Theme From Romeo And Juliet" -- Henry Mancini (1969, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" -- The Beatles (1969, #8)

  • "Jack And Jill" -- Raydio (1978, #8)

  • "Jack And Diane" -- John Cougar (1982, #1 for 4 weeks)


     Before I conclude this article, I feel it's only fair to mention a few girls' song titles and guys' song titles that failed to hit the top ten, but have become classics. For the girls, those honorable mentions include "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles (#11 in 1966), "Misty" by Johnny Mathis (#12 in 1959), and "Delilah" by Tom Jones (#15 in 1968). For the guys, the honorable mentions include "Alfie" by Dionne Warwick (#15 in 1967), "Fernando" by ABBA (#13 in 1976), and "Jesse" by Carly Simon (#11 in 1980).