By Eli (152.163.252.68) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 03:53 pm:

I am not sure if we have hit on this as of yet, so how many songs can you name that have the name of a person, whether male or female in the title.

Here are a few to get the ball rolling.

Matilda
Melinda
Ruby, Dont Take Your Love To Town
Ruby Lee
Ruby Baby
Donna
Donna The Primadonna
Tynesia (Major Harris)
Lucille
Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor Monkees)
Angelina,Please Dont Leana On The Bell( Lou Monte)
Eddie My Love
I love You Eddie (The Crystals)
Bobby's Girl
Hard Hearted Hannah
Savannah ( Brandi Wells)
Claudine
Gloria ( all of them)
Ben
Jennifer Jupiter ( Donovan)
Michelle
Oh Carol
Beulah ( DJ Rodgers)
Bertha Butt
Anthony Boy ( Chuck Berry)
Eli's Comin
The Freddie
Henry The Eighth
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Oh Susannah
Tammy
Yvonne
Blanche (The 3 Friends)
Gina
Benny & The Jets
Caldonia
Marlena
Annie Had a Baby
Work With me Annie

By Vonnie (152.163.252.68) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 04:33 pm:

Here we go:

Peggy Sue
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Jimmy Mack
Maybelline
Sunny
Belle
Short fat fanny
Long tall Sally

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 04:54 pm:

Message To Michael-Dionne Warwick
Cindy-Tempts
Don't Mess Will Bill-Marvelettes
Billy, get back as fast as you can-Gladys Knight & The Pips
Til Johnny Comes-Brenda Holloway, Diana Ross & The Supremes
Jumping Jack Flash-Rolling Stones
Jack & Jill-Raydio
You're the one for me,Bobby-The Marvelettes
Jimmy Mack-Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Wake Up Susan-The Spinners
Annie Mae-Natalie Cole
This used to be the home of Johnnie Mae-Eddie Kendricks


More to come...

Handsome

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 05:03 pm:

Sexy Ida-Ike & Tina Turner
Malinda-Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
Jimmy Lee-Aretha Franklin
The House that Jack Built-Aretha Franklin
Bernadette-Four Tops

Handsome

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 05:16 pm:

Saga of Bill Bailey-Nancy Wilson (from the Coconut Grove Live album)
Peg-Steely Dan
Tyrone-Erykah Badu
Cassonova Brown-Teena Marie
Steelo-702

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 05:31 pm:

Joey-Natalie Cole
Romeo, Where's Juliet-Collage'
Roni-Bobby Brown
Tell Mama-Etta James
Sadie-Spinners
Darling Nikki-Prince
Jenny Wants To Know-Friends of Distinction, later Michael Franks
Maureen-Sade

By Des (81.152.91.76) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 05:35 pm:

Anna's Song - Marvin
Annie's Song - John Denver
Annabella - Rupert Holmes
Amelia - Joni Mitchell
Arnold Layne/Careful With That Axe,Eugene - Pink Floyd
Ariel - Dean Friedman
Hey,Larry - Dean Friedman
Caroline,No - Beach Boys
Help Me,Rhonda - BB's
Marcella - BB's
Mandy - Barry Manilow
Marlene - Todd Rundgren
Donna - 10 c.c.
I'm Mandy,Fly Me - 10 c.c.
Fernando - Abba
Lily The Pink - Scaffold (for Melandthensome)
Genevieve - Andrew Gold
Guinevere - CSNY
Lovely Linda - Paul McCartney
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney
John,I'm Only Dancing - David Bowie
Jake The Peg - Rolf Harris (yessssss !!!!)
My Cousin Kevin - The Undertones
Amanda - Dennis Edwards
Clair - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Making Plans For Nigel - XTC
Gary Gilmores Eyes - The Adverts
When Smokey Sings -ABC
My Sharona - The Knack

There won't be too many duplications from this list - some awful songs among the truly great...
Des

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 05:45 pm:

Bill, when are you coming home-The Supremes

Handsome

By Galactus (207.144.253.114) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 05:58 pm:

A few more:

Harry Hippy - Bobby Womack
Mickey's Monkey - Smokey and the Miracles
Toby - The Chi-Lites

By Soul Sister (65.43.167.42) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 06:40 pm:

I don't have time to do any posting as I should be packing & other things that need to get done but here goes a NY minute:

Sherrie
Dawn
Ronnie - all by the Four Seasons

Jan-Marvin Gaye
Annie Had A Baby-The Midnighters
Maria-Johnny Rivers
Mary-The Association
Peggy Sue-Buddy Hollie
Cathy's Clown-The Everly Brothers
Eddie My Love-Teen Queens
Barbara Ann-?
Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabrey (sp.)
Brandy-The O'Jays
Olivia-The Whispers
Peaches(Whispers Getting Louder)-Jackie Wilson
Bill(Wedding Bell Blues)-5th. Dimension
Carol-Neil Sedaka
Diana-Paul Anka
Hey Paula-Paul & Paula
Michael Row The Boat Ashore-Harry Belafonte ?
Tell Laura I Love Her-?
Lily Marlene-Nat King Cile
Cool Time Papa-Etta Jones
Your Daddy Wants His Baby Back-Derek Martin
Daddy's Home-Shep & Limelites
Come To Daddy Do (my sweet Embraceable You)-Jimmy Scott
Venus-Frankie Avalon
Venus In Bluejeans-Jimmy Clanton
Florence-The Paragons
Desiree-The Charts
Valarie-Jackie & The Starlighters
Gloria-Enchantment
Ruby-Ray Charles
My Cherie Amor-Stevie Wonder
Caroline-Neil Diamond
Cindy &
My Girl Sloopy- both by The Vibrations
When Sunny Gets Blue-Johnny Mathis
Sunny-Bobby Hebb
Nadine-The Dells
I'm No Romeo-Billy Stewart
Caldonia-Louis Jordan & His Tymphany Five
Freddie's Dead-Curtis Mayfield
Cassanova-Levert
Cassanova Brown &,
Dear Mr. Gaye-Teena Marie
Cassanova-Ruby Andrews
Song For Donny-The Whispers
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair-Steven Foster
\
I Quit!!

By paulie3shoes (205.188.209.109) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 10:40 pm:

eh, dis is ol paulie (over here)
whut bout dese songs
angelina plesee no leena ona da bell
gina
ant'ney boy ( huck berry or sumtin like dat)
eh marie
tarentele.is dat sumbodys name??eh
angel marie
mama..dat song makes paulie cry

dats all i kan t'ink bout cuz i aint got no big brane, capice??@#$%^&

By Edgar (200.46.135.130) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 12:39 am:

Nathan Jones - Supremes
Floy Joy - Supremes
Josa Lee - Diane Reeves
Johnny Raven - Supremes, Jackson 5
Willie and Laura Mae Jones - Dusty Springfield
Melodie - Supremes & Four Tops
Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down - Temptations
Freddie Um Ready - Syreeta

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 01:26 am:

RUBEN JAMES...KENNY ROGERS & THE 1ST EDITION
MR. BOJANGELS...VARIOUS ARTISTS
RUBY...KENNY ROGERS
I'VE GOT THE MARKET CORNERED ON THE COUNTRY STUFF!!!...
DES...YOUR LIST LOOKS SUSPICOUSLY ALPHABETICAL!!!...STUBASS

By MEL&THEN SOME (81.174.192.93) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 09:28 am:

Angelina,Oh Angelina-Stewart Ames-J&W(no.1000)
Suzy's Serenade-Bob Wilson-Sound Stage Seven(no.2578)
Freddies Dead-Curtis Mayfield-album track.
Oh Linda-Leroy Taylor-Brunswick(no.55345)
Carlena-The Just Brothers-Garrison(no.303)
Rosemary,what happened-Popcorn Wylie-Karen(no.1542)
Danny Boy-Jackie Wilson-Brunswick(no.55277)
Yvonne-Little Jerry Williams-Calla(no.116)
Connie-The Servicemen-Chartmaker(no.408)
Work with me Annie-Jock Mitchell-Impact(no.1004)
Mr Santa Claus-Nathanial Mayer-Fortune(no.550)
Bobby is my baby-Barbara Mason-Arctic(no.120)
Oh Mary-Marv Johnson-United Artists(no.359)
So Anna just love me-Roy Lee Jones-(uk)Action.
mel(andthensome)

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 10:43 am:

Laura/Baby Let's Swing...Todd Rundgren (sp?)
The flip of "We Gotta Get You A Woman", i've seen the song listed w and w/o Laura. It is my understanding Todd wrote it as a pagen to Laura Nyro.
Wendy...Beach Boys
Barbara Ann...someone (Regents?) besides the Beach Boys
Polk Salad Annie...Tony Joe White
Amos Moses...Jerry Reid

By Des (81.152.238.56) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 11:22 am:

STUBASS / How dare you accuse me in the construction of my list !!!!
I'll have you know that I,rather boringly,did,indeed,go through the alphabet mentally - and dredged some of the worst songs that had lodged in my memory banks purely from there!!!!
From my list only : J.Denver/Scaffold/R.Harris/Knack/Adverts do not have a home in my vinyl/cd collection.....I actually own all the others listed(true).
I'm appalled at the accusation.....

Just in case you take me literally (can never be sure that intended humour is successfully communicated on such a Forum) - I'm not really appalled at your accusation.....but I'm gonna have to revise my "List" posts now in future -- Doh!!!!!
Des

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 11:35 am:

HEY DES!!!...
*A* YOU'RE ADORABLE...
*B* YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL...
*C* YOU'RE THE CANDY OF MY EYE...
I THINK I'LL QUIT NOW BEFORE I GET TO *V* AND BEGIN TO VOMIT!!!...STUBASS

By lberra (207.65.214.91) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 02:10 pm:

lying here with linda on my mind. conway twitty

linda. jan and dean

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 03:14 pm:

More Name Game songs (Courtesy of Motown);

If Cleopatra took a Chance & Jamie-Eddie Holland
Claudia-The Contours
Danke Schoen, Wait Till My Bobby Gets Home, & Mobile Lil, the Dancing Witch-Martha & The Vandellas
Michelle, Barbara's Boy-The Four Tops
Sylvia-Stevie Wonder
Johnny One Note-The Supremes
Little Miss Sweetness-The Isley Bros.
Ode To Billie Joe-Bobbi Gentry, Diana Ross & The Supremes
Sunny-Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross & The Supremes
Eleanor Rigby
Hey Jude
Proud Mary
C.C. Rider
Cleo' Mood,Cleo's Back, Fanny Mae-Jr. Walker & The All Stars
Message From Maria-David Ruffin

Handsome

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 02:02 pm:

Toni, My Love-The Spinners

Handsome

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.23) on Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 02:37 pm:

'Sally Sayin' Something'
Billy Harner
Kama Sutra(no.226)
mel.

By medusa (66.73.6.174) on Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 07:29 pm:

Stagger Lee & Billy
Bonnie & Clyde~???
Gloria~Enchantment
Sweet Caroline~Neil Diamond
Frankie & Johnnie
Lucille~BB King
Alfie~Dionne Warwick
Johnny Angel~Nanette Fabre'
Sadie~Spinners
Lillian~Main Ingrediant
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Benny & The Jets~Elton John
just like ROMEO & JULIET~Reflections
Abraham, Martin & John~Dion?????
Shake Sherry Shake~Contours
Michael The Lover~???
Message To Michael~Dionne Warwick
Oh Danny Boy~Jackie Wilson

By Wonder B (193.252.209.66) on Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 02:59 am:

Gina Gina (He's just a ski instructor! LOL) Kid Creole & the Coconuts
And by the same band Annie I'm Not Your Daddy...

And what about probably the biggest selling single of all mentioned here : Billie Jean!

Wonder B

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 09:40 am:

Walk Away Renee-Four Tops
Rev. Lee-Roberta Flack

Handsome

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.49) on Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 10:59 am:

Corinna Corinna
Big Joe Turner
mel.

By Ron Murphy (68.42.89.162) on Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 11:24 pm:

MOJO HANNA - Henry Lumpkin & The Underdogs OH FREDDY - Connie Van Dyke