Song titles that are girl's names
 

Alison by ElvisCostello
Beth by KISS
Melissa by Allman Bros

Name some more.

Compiled from my collection or from personal recollection:

Amie - Pure Prairie League
Veronica - Elvis Costello
<strike>Li'l Christine - Material Issue</strike>
Diane - Material Issue
<strike>Renee Remains The Same - Material Issue</strike>
<strike>Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue</strike>
Valerie - Steve Winwood
<strike>Christine Sixteen - KISS</strike>
Shandi - KISS
Angie - Rolling Stones
<strike>Angie Baby - Helen Reddy</strike>
Lenny - Stevie Ray Vaughan
<strike>Mary Had A Little Lamb - Stevie Ray Vaughan</strike>
Maria - Men At Work
<strike>Lisa Listen - Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories</strike>
<strike>Lisa, Listen To Me - Blood Sweat & Tears</strike>
<strike>Annie Christian - Prince</strike>
<strike>Annie's Song - John Denver</strike>
<strike>Good Judy Girlfriend - Carmen Electra</strike>
<strike>Come Back Traci - Sloppy Seconds</strike>
<strike>Stuffin' Martha's Muffin - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper</strike>
<strike>Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love-Child - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper</strike>
Mandy - Barry Manilow
Carmen - Paula Cole
Carmen - Tony Orlando & Dawn
<strike>Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally - Tony Orlando & Dawn</strike>
<strike>Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton</strike>
<strike>Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett</strike>
<strike>Dinner With Delores - Prince</strike>
<strike>My Sharona - The Knack</strike>
Lucinda - The Knack
Roxanne - The Police
Lorelei - Styx
<strike>Little Suzie - Styx</strike>
<strike>Suzi (Wants Her All-Day What?) - Extreme</strike>
Jill - Harry Connick, Jr.
Ana Ng - They Might Be Giants
<strike>Jenny (867-5309) - Tommy Tutone</strike>
<strike>Sweet Mary Of Silence - Mazzy Star</strike>
<strike>Hands Of Mary - Kari Wuhrer</strike>
<strike>Mary Ann Is A Pistol - Brother Phelps</strike>
<strike>The Return Of Maggie Brown - Del Amitri</strike>
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Desiree - Neil Diamond
<strike>Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie</strike>
<strike>Little Jeannie - Elton John</strike>
Barbara Ann - Beach Boys
<strike>I Ain't Sharin' Sharon - Jim Stafford</strike>
<strike>Cow Patty - Jim Stafford</strike>
Jennifer - Bobby Sherman
<strike>The Ballad of Dorothy Parker - Prince</strike>
Sarah - Prince
<strike>Darling Nikki - Prince</strike>
Angelia - Richard Marx
<strike>My Michelle - Guns N' Roses</strike>
Michelle - The Beatles
<strike>When Margaret Comes To Town - John Mellencamp</strike>
<strike>Jack & Diane - John "Cougar" Mellencamp</strike>
<strike>All For Leyna - Billy Joel</strike>
Pamela - Toto
Rosanna - Toto
Layla - Derek & The Dominoes/Eric Clapton
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Gloria - Van Morrison
<strike>Jamie's Cryin' - Van Halen</strike>
Liza Jane - Vince Gill
Leona - Sawyer Brown
<strike>Betty's Bein' Bad - Sawyer Brown</strike>
<strike>Black Betty - Ram Jam</strike>
Carrie Ann - Styx
Carrie Ann - The Hollies
Carrie - Europe
Amanda - Boston
Hollyann - Boston
<strike>Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry</strike>

Ok...that's about all I can come up with in my state of boredom. I'm going to bed now. :)

EDIT: Since the Count came back and elaborated, I scratched out the songs containing any other word other than a girl's name. I guess I should have realized that his description was actually pretty simple. :)

I made a cd like this about 4 years ago, I'll have to dig it up.

Most popular name seems to be Mary. There are 3 songs listed above, here are some more:

Proud Mary - CCR
Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty...
Crazy Mary - Pearl Jam
Suite Sister Mary - Queensryche
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix

Few others off the top of my head:

Della Brown - Queensryche
Lady Jane - Queesryche
Anna Lee - Dream Theater

Jack & Diane - John Mellencamp
Downeaster Alexa - Billy Joel (about a boat, but Alexa is his daughters name)

Unless I missed it above, I can't believe with the Mary mentions no one thought of:
"Mary, Mary" -The Monkees

Also (only listing what I own):
"All The Young Girls Love Alice" -Elton John
"Angeline" -Elton John
"Annie's Driftin' Heart" -Sue Foley
"Baby Jane" -Rod Stewart
"Be My Yoko Ono" -Barenaked Ladies
"Cappuccino Rosie" -Jason & The Scorchers
"Caroline" -Fleetwood Mac
"Christie Lee" -Billy Joel
"Citizen Jane" -Bernie Taupin (it's been awhile since I've heard the song, but I think that's the title, from his "Tribe" album)
"Cushie Butterfield" -Sting (don't ask who originally did it.. actually, not that I really know, but I think it may be 'traditional')
"Dear Yoko" -John Lennon
"Deborah" -Dave Edmunds
"Don't Listen To Linda" -The Monkees
"Donna" -Ritchie Valens
"Emily" -Elton John
"Enid" -Barenaked Ladies
"Gina" -Stray Cats
"Gloria" -Brian Setzer Orchestra
"Hello Mary Lou" -Ricky Nelson
"Jane" -Barenaked Ladies
"Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town" -Jon Bon Jovi
"Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie" -Eddie Cochran
"Joanne" -Michael Nesmith
"Josephine" -Billy Joel
"Lady Samantha" -Elton John
"Laura" -Billy Joel
"Leave Virginia Alone" -Rod Stewart
"Louise" -Oingo Boingo
"Maria" -Blondie
"Maria" -Brian Setzer
"Marie Provest" -Nick Lowe
"Mary" -Oingo Boingo
"Maybe Katie" -Barenaked Ladies
"Me & Sara Jane" -Genesis
"Michelle's Song" -Elton John
"Miranda" -Fleetwood Mac
"Miss Gradenko" -The Police
"Maureen" -Nick Lowe
"Oh Diane" -Fleetwood Mac
"Peggy Sue" -Buddy Holly (and the sequal, "Peggy Sue Got Married")
"Poor Jenny" -Nick Lowe/Dave Edmunds (a cover song)
"Romeo & Juliet" -Dire Straits
"Rosalinda" -Billy Joel
"Rosie In The Middle" -Brian Setzer
"(Be My Girl) Sally" -The Police
"Sandy" -Air Supply
"Santa Rosa Rita" -'68 Comeback Special
"Sue's Boogaloo" -Sue Foley
"Susie (Dramas)" -Elton John
"Suzie Q" -CCR, though I forget who did it originally.. Screaming Jay Hawkins..?
"Suzanne" -Peter Gabriel (cover of a Leonard Cohen song)
"Switchboard Susan" -Nick Lowe
"Take A Message To Mary" -Nick Lowe/Dave Edmunds (another cover song)
"There Goes Lucy" -Rembrandts
"Valleri" -The Monkees
"Welcome To The Room...Sara" -Fleetwood Mac

I'm sure I could think of more given time..

(in a constant state of editing...! Is my taste in music showing yet? ;) )

"Diane" - Hüsker Dü

"Edie" - The Cult.

Jenny - Stellastar*
Sara - Ween

Mary Jo - Belle and Sebastian

How about Cross Eyed Mary? Did not see it listed.

Jenny Was a Friend of Mine- The Killers
Julia- The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby- The Beatles
Judith- A Perfect Circle
Isobel- Bjork
Song for Myla Goldberg- The Decemberists
Jacqueline- Franz Ferdinand
All for you, Sophia- Franz Ferdinand

Also a "Sara" by Fleetwood Mac and Starship.

Alison-Slowdive
Alison-Pixies
Alice-Tom Waits
Martha-Tom Waits
Georgia Lee-Tom Waits
Venus-Television
Renee-Talk Talk
Ann-The Stooges
Marilyn Moore-Sonic Youth
Karen Koltrane-Sonic Youth
Tara-Roxy Music
Sylvia-Pulp

50s rockabilly Dale Hawkins. Later on he produced "Western Union" by The Five Americans.

I'm trying to limit these to what the OP said, titles that ARE girls' names, not just that have girls' names in the title:

Sexy Sadie - The Beatles
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
Lucille - Little Richard
Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Nadine - Chuck Berry
Wendy - The Beach Boys
Windy - The Association
Lola - The Kinks (you did say girls' names, not actual girls)
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Brandy - Looking Glass
Liza - composers: Gershwin, Gershwin, Kahn
Polk Salad Annie - Billy Joe Royal
Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams
Delilah - Tom Jones
Cherry Cherry - Neil Diamond
Laura - composer: Raskin
Diana - Paul Anka
Oh! Carol - Paul Anka (a bit of a cheat, with the Oh!)
Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
Sherry - The Four Seasons
Jennifer Juniper - Donovan
Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy
Candida - Tony Orlando and Dawn
Melissa - Allman Brothers (apparently the title isn't "Sweet Melissa")
Jessica - Allman Brothers

Sorry if there are any duplicates from others in the thread ...

My musical knowledge goes up to about 1975 and no further :blush:

Ah yes, you are correct! I even have it on a compilation... bad me!

I stuck to names first, but then I saw everyone else continuing on, so like a good American I blindly followed!

Gotcha covered on that one. :)

Mary Mary - Run DMC
Rhianna - Fleetwood Mac
Misty - Ray Stevens

Personally, I started naming songs on the assumption that the OP meant to say "songs that have girls' names in them" or "songs that contain girls' names". I guess he can clarify if he wants. :)

<strike>Julie, Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
Meet Virginia - Train
Lovely Rita Meter Maid - The Beatles
Song For Catherine - K's Choice</strike>
Pollyanne - Meredith Brooks
Maggie M'Gill - The Doors
Darlene - Led Zeppelin
<strike>Susannah's Pajamas - The Family
Think Of Laura - Christopher Cross</strike>

EDIT: Same here.

[title Nazi]

This is the Errol Garner/Johnny Burke song, right? "Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree ...".

"Misty" is this case is an adjective, not a name. Sample lyrics:

"I get misty just holding your hand"
"I get misty the moment you're near"
etc.

[/title Nazi]

You're correct. I gotta call the same thing on "Miss Gradenko" by The Police. It might be about a girl, but I don't think that qualifies as a girl's name.

:(



Thank you, Count, for this thread. It has kept my mind well entertained during work, and just thinking of lots of songs I haven't in ages!

Oh, I almost forgot. "Yoko" is a parasite, not a woman. ;)

:consume:?

Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds

Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

I can't believe I forgot about Wendy and Barbara Ann from the Beach Boys.

Here's a weird coincidence...

In naming songs early this morning, and perusing them again when I woke up earlier, I saw I had named "Gloria" by Laura Branigan. I was reminded that she passed away a while back, and I looked up her website to see how long ago it had been.

It's been exactly one year ago today! Weird, huh?

"Bitch" -Meredith Brooks













...What?

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