Prompted by tinny’s idea for our future entertainment and amusement, I decided to collect songs with single-word girl’s names. Serendipitously, the GeeDees provide the ABC but I’ve had to include a couple of songs from artists I either detest or have never heard of. And I still can’t find one for Q, U, X, Y or Z.
Can you supply the missing songs (or suggest better alternatives for L or N)? If so, add them to the playlist.
Now, what else can I do with leftover turkey……?
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There is Urina by The Teenbeat, but as it’s a creepy paean to a young piece of jailbait, I’m not sure I’d recommend it as such.
I can definitely give you Alabama 3’s Yolanda, and Zelie by Angelique Kidjo.
Xanthe: https://youtu.be/h8O366mX42o?si=8BvxxnJw7mb8IsgX
L – No Lola, Lucille, Loretta? – is easy pickings for me, but I’m not sure you’d want my choices in a Chris playlist.
Louise by The Human League is a huge [and VERY personal] fave.
Lyla by The Mayfield Four.
Lucinda by Tom Waits.
Leilani by Hoodoo Gurus.
Lizzy by The Melvins.
Lorraine by Lori McKenna.
Lily by Susanna.
Leslie by King Creosote.
Never been sure of the gender of Nina Nastasia’s Lee.
A few more Ls…
Laura – Charlie Parker
Liza – Kanda Bongo Man
Lucille – B.B. King (Big Joe Turner excludes himself by repeating Lucille, Lucille)
Layla – Derek & The Dominos
And…
Louise – J. B. Lenoir
Lilly – Pink Martini (not a flower. A Clementine on the same album)
Lina – Franco & OK Jazz
Lorelei – Tom Tom Club
Little Queenie by Chuck Berry or 50ft Queenie by P J Harvey? Shoe-ins, I know. As for left over turkey, sounds like pie or curry to me…
Not single word songtitles those, Ali.
N. I’d’ve thought you’d’ve gone for Nadine.
[Yellow Card, DsD, apostrophe overdose! Ed.]
I’ll get back to you on that after I’ve done my time in the grammar sinbin.
I can’t get my head past personal favourites Natalie’s Party (Shack) and (The Toy Dolls’) Nellie The Elephant; neither of which qualify. I did once A-list John Coltrane’s Nancy, but that is then listed as (With The Laughing Face), so maybe out on the same technicality.
Nancy – Deep Dark Woods.
Naomi – Neutral Milk Hotel.
Nicole – Ash. Jeez, I haven’t played that in w-a-a-y too long!
Surely someone did a better job with Nikita than Elton John???
Ukraina by Flin-Flon is a jaunty one. Singer only refers to her as “Hey Sweet Stuff” so it could be a girl from Ukraine I guess. But that’s as close as I can get. Not sure how to add it though. Great list, Chris
OK, Juan Gabriel and Querida. It means ‘,beloved’ but is also a girl’s name. Don’t say I’m not trying. (Very trying – Ed ) https://youtu.be/EnGd_mB_j0A?si=xTomN88U7VMdKHXz
I’m technically challenged and cannot add to Chris’ youtube playlist, but I offer you Xena by Cléa Vincent
and
Queenie, Queenie by Tami Neilson (OK, that’s cheating just a teensy bit)
I believe Status Quo also have a Queenie
Yes they do!
Alphabet complete!
(C)
Thanks, folks. I’ve replaced L and N and added the new ones suggested (even though I’m not 100% convinced U, X and Z are definitely girl’s names).
Still need a Q though.
(C)
More adventures in pop. The Submarines Xavia works perfectly.
And DSD gets the nod for Nadine. also perfect.
Uschi by Stephan Sulke (German in-law pop)
There’s a great song by Cherokee Rose about a woman names Yipi but I’m unable to find a link. It could make it your way via DB if needed
Zazie by 8 1/2 souvenirs
or
Zazie by Kevin Macleod
Nice one Chris!
I have a Spotify playlist on this theme, which goes as follows, except I cheated with the last one which is the name of a clothes store:
Elvis Costello – Alison
Four Tops – Bernadette
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Christine
Beck – Debra
Barenaked Ladies – Enid
Loyle Carner – Florence
The Nips – Gabrielle
The Durutti Column – Helen
Björk – Isobel
Hugh Mundell – Jacqueline
Ben Folds Five – Kate
Joan Armatrading – Liza
Allman Brothers Band – Melissa
Neutral Milk Hotel – Naomi
Rayland Baxter – Olivia
Nirvana – Polly
Status Quo – Queenie
Scott Walker – Rosemary
Gilberto Gil – Sandra
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Tracy
Yeasayer – Uma
Richard Thompson – Valerie
Peter Hammill – Wilhelmina
Jason Isbell – Yvette
Macklemore – Zara
Brilliant! And only one duplicate 🙂
(C)
Others seem to have it covered, but I have a couple of one name favourites which I haven’t seen
Alice -Sisters of Mercy
Bernadette – IAMX
Candy – Iggy Pop
Deanna – Nick Cave &TBS
Emma -Sisters of Mercy
Francesca – Roy Harper
Grace – Jeff Buckley
Hope – Bauhaus
India – The Psychedelic Furs
Jo -Goldfrapp
Kathleen – Tindersticks
Lucy – Nick Cave &TBS
Maryam – Robert Wyatt
Francesca donds
Girl’s names was the topic of my first ever go at doing The Guardian’s RR. Here it is if you are at all interested in reading. A couple of one name titles here too.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/apr/07/readers-recommend-playlist-songs-with-girls-names?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Another attempt at an alphabet with no crossover, a few of the usual suspects eluded me though
The Mission – Amelia
Captain Sensible – Brenda
English Dogs – Carol
Microdisney – Dolly
The Icicle Works – Evangeline
Orange Juice – Felicity
The Killjoys – Ghislaine
Battalion Zoska – Heather
Play Dead – Isabel
Charlie Harper – Jo
Marillion – Kayleigh
This System Kills – Lisa
The Exploited – Maggie
The Gonads – Nadia
The Stranglers – Pawsher
– Q – ?
The Dickies – Rosemary
Subhumans – Susan
Roxy Music – Tara
– U – ?
The Warriors – Vanessa
-W – ?
-X – ?
– Y – ?
– Z – ?
Here are two more Yolanda’s. From Africa.
Kanda Bongo Man (this one is aka Yolande)
Ambrose Campbell & His Emergent Music
Boozoo Bajou have a Yma. Pretty bland.
Xiomara is salsa by Alfredo de la Fé.
I am pretty sure Zaïko Langa Langa’s Zena is a woman, but I’m not 100%.
U? I see there are a song or two called Uma, but I had to look that up. Not very interesting…
Kanda Bongo Man has the fun video. Not very good sound. There are better vids on YT for that.
Scanning just the computer, I see many. I thought I would attempt a non-English go. Didn’t get there…one instrumental and two doubtfuls.
A – Adriana (Wanda Se)
B – Beatrice (Mediæval Bæbes)
C – Carolina (Tarif De Haïdouks)
D – Didi (Cheb Khaled)
E – Emma (Touré Kunda)
F – Fidelina (Alejo Durán)
G – Gloria (Umberto Tozzi)
H –
I – Isambe (Kanda Bongo Man) [not guaranteed]
J – Joy (The Cranes)
K – Karollin (aka Karolin and Karolina) (Awilo Longomba)
L – Liza (Kanda Bongo Man)
M – Maria (Lokassa et Soukous All-Stars)
N – Nadia (Nitin Sawhney)
0 –
P – Paméla (Tchico Tchicaya)
Q –
R – ロージー (Rosie) (The Roosters)
S – Shira (Shaolin Afronauts) [instrumental]
T –
U –
V – Valerie (Alpha Blondy)
W –
X – Xiomara (Alfredo De La Fé)
Y – Yolanda (Ambrose Campbell & His Emergent Music)
Z – Zena (Zaïko Langa Langa) [not guaranteed]
It’s Wanda Sá. (I don’t know how to edit replies.)
A few letters had multiples.
N had Nena and Nina.
More than one Maria.
Anna by Kaouding Cissoko is a lovely one, but I had lots of African so went with Brazil for A.
I don’t think it would replace the Althea on this list, but there is also Alethea by Robin Trower…
Some more…
Babs – Nat King Cole
Carolina – Frankie Paul
Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel
Diana – Paul Anka
Eloise – The Damned
Gabrielle – Roy Davis Jr
Gloria – Patti Smith (Much more than a simple cover of Them)
Jezebel – The Drones
Jolene – Dolly Parton
Karen – The Go-Betweens
Lorelei – Tom Tom Club
Maggie – Desmond Dekker
Maria – Patti Smith
Mona – Bo Diddley
Naima – John Coltrane
Peg – Steely Dan
Roslyn – Pretty Things
Rose – The Mighty Beaver
Rosie – Alexis Korner
Roxanne – The Police
Sharron – Lui Lepke
Sandy – Sugar Minott
Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
Truganini – Midnight Oil
Vera – Pink Floyd
Venus – Television
Venus – Bananarama
Victoria – The Kinks
Now then, anyone want to attempt an A to Z of Boys?
A bit trickier, I suspect…..
(C)