# Married couples both named in the lyrics of separate popular songs. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989 "2010-10-22T11:15:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/21 "2010-10-22T14:39:00Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > In a recent thread about couples where the less well known partner ended up the better known partner someone mentioned Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. I thought this was pretty silly since even non-Americans know who he was. > > I also realized that they are the only married couple I can think of that have both been used in the lyrics of popular songs: > > _Goodbye Norma Jean > From the young man in the 22nd row > Who sees you as something more than sexual > More than just our **Marilyn Monroe** _ > > from _Candle in the Wind_ > > and > > \*Where have you gone, \*\*Joe DiMaggio \*\* > A nation turns it’s lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo) \* > > from _Mrs Robinson_ > > Is this unique? Les Brown wrote and recorded the song “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio” in 1941. It was a smash hit in its day. ---
**Author:** ![Meme\_Chose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Meme\_Chose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meme_Chose)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/22 "2010-10-22T15:55:53Z")
Joe DiMaggio also was mentioned in “Centerfield.” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/23 "2010-10-22T16:30:40Z")
Simon’s [A Simple Desultory Phillipic](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/A-Simple-Desultory-Philippic-lyrics-Simon-and-Garfunkel/912AF3649ACCF16648256896000EC212) and Billy Joel’s [We Didn’t Start the Fire](http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm) have lots of names to mine. Several of them have already been in other songs here, so they are good to add to the list of most mentions. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/24 "2010-10-22T16:41:46Z")
“If you covered him with garbage, George Sanders would still have style…” (Kinks, “Celluloid Heroes”) “She wants to be just like Zsa Zsa Gabor…” (Dion, “Donna the Prima Donna”) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/25 "2010-10-22T17:41:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis have been mentioned in different songs. > > John was mentioned in (among others) Dion’s “Abraham, Martin and John” and Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” ( JFK blown awway, what more do I have to say?"). > > Meanwhile, Jackie was mentioned in Rod Stewart’s “You Wear it Well” (“Madam Onassis got nothing on you”). She was also mentioned in “Jackie O” by John Mellencamp. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/26 "2010-10-22T17:46:11Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > “If you covered him with garbage, George Sanders would still have style…” (Kinks, “Celluloid Heroes”) > > “She wants to be just like Zsa Zsa Gabor…” (Dion, “Donna the Prima Donna”) Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/27 "2010-10-22T17:47:40Z")
There also was an opera about [Jackie O](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_O_(opera)) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/28 "2010-10-22T17:48:32Z")
How about if one partner isn’t actually named? “George Harrison of the Beatles” is mentioned in “Frank Mills” from _Hair_; while Patti Boyd Harrison was the real “Layla.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/29 "2010-10-22T19:07:18Z")
In the world of country: Trisha Yearwood’s “For a While” says… “Late at night, I write my own movie And I am the star when I close my eyes Except I look like _ **Julia Roberts** _ And you’re just the poor jerk that I walk on by.” Meanwhile, Mary Chapin Carpenter’s “I Feel Lucky” says… “Dwight Yoakam’s in the corner, trying to catch my eye \*\*\*Lyle Lovett’s \*\*\*right beside me with his hand upon my thigh.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/30 "2010-10-22T19:12:31Z")
Bobby Darin was mentioned in the Righteous Brothers’ “Rock and Roll Heaven.” “Bobby gave us Mack the Knife- look out, he’s back in town.” His former wife Sandra Dee was not only mentioned in a popular song, but was the title character to Rizzo’s big number in “Grease.” “Look at me, I’m Sandra Dee, lousy with virginity…” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/31 "2010-10-22T22:22:10Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Simon’s [A Simple Desultory Phillipic](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/A-Simple-Desultory-Philippic-lyrics-Simon-and-Garfunkel/912AF3649ACCF16648256896000EC212) and Billy Joel’s [We Didn’t Start the Fire](http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm) have lots of names to mine. Several of them have already been in other songs here, so they are good to add to the list of most mentions. The first one mentions Phil Spector. Eddie Money’s song “Take Me Home Tonight” mentions Ronnie Spector (“just like Ronnie said”). ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/32 "2010-10-23T11:00:48Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > There also was an opera about [Jackie O](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_O_(opera)) She’s also mentioned in the B52s’ “52 Girls” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/33 "2010-10-23T12:11:48Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > “If you covered him with garbage, George Sanders would still have style…” (Kinks, “Celluloid Heroes”) That song also mentions Mickey Rooney, while Alain Souchon had a song “La Beauté d’Ava Gardner”. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/34 "2010-10-23T13:53:45Z")
I can think of one that name-checks Courtney Love (“You Get What You Give” by The New Radicals), but none that mention Kurt Cobain (although “My Hero” and “Friend of a Friend” are reputedly about him). ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989/35 "2010-10-23T16:16:48Z")
Sheryl Crow mentions Kurt Cobain in her song ‘Maybe Angels’ “She knows Jesus, John Lennon and Cobain personally…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-both-named-in-the-lyrics-of-separate-popular-songs/557989.md?page=1)