OT: Songs with Woman/Girl's Name

[rwdinsalem]

If you are old enough to remember Ricky Nelson’s singing debut on his family’s tv show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet then you are officially old! ( It was in April 1957 when he sang I’m Walkin’).

And written by Rockville, Connecticut's own Gene Pitney.

 

[Scud49]

From way back when:

 

[Scud49]

Johnny Mathis had one beautiful voice:

 

[Scud49]

Johnny Crawford - he of "The Rifleman" fame:

 

[Scud49]

Marie's the Name (His latest flame)

 

[Scud49]

Poco's "Rose of Cimmaron:

 

[Wasn’t me]

 

[Plebe]

Can someone post a running alphabetized list of all the songs that have been posted so far? Or get AI to do it? Please and thank you

 

[Plebe]

Named for Marlene Dietrich

 

[Wasn’t me]

 

[sno-cat]

 

[sno-cat]

 

[Bigboote]

Brilliant song from Blondie

 

[Cornell Lt]

 

[osceola48]

Brooks and Dunn again - Corinna, Corinna
Seems like a whole lotta folks have covered this one....

Always liked the Ray Peterson version.

 

[64Zcode]

Kenny Rogers and The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town

 

[sledog]

Wind cries Mary

 

[sledog]

Sweet Jane

 

[sledog]

Lola

 

[CL82]

 

[Hoops66]

...."from Mandy in Viet Nam fighting"

 

[Scud49]

Richie Valens:

 

[nwhoopfan]

Some very early Grimes. I guess she was always odd, but started out small time before going intergalactic levels of weirdness.

 

[Bigboote]

I just read David Thomas’s obit. Here’s one of Pere Ubu’s more accessible songs, which fits this thread:

 

[Bigboote]

The Kinks’ patriotic homage