# Music with one-word female name as its title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516 "2014-08-25T23:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/81 "2014-08-27T01:18:47Z")
[Fancy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lwqxZJ05R4) Also-are we counting two-word names? Because then we need [Peggy Sue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC_CdAxW-fk) [Amy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hov0CFYjQ0s) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/82 "2014-08-27T01:22:42Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Plenty of operas, including Carmen, Norma, Martha, Lulu, Daphne, Arabella, Salome, Elektra, etc. Quite so. To keep things more or less apples and apples, I think we should stick with compositions that are pretty much stand-alone songs or instrumentals that would play in less than 10 minutes (or so). Arias might bridge the gap, as would overtures and chamber pieces. The thing is, none of them are coming to mind that have the one word female name as a title. There have to be some, but I just haven’t thought of one yet. As a case in point to compare with, let’s say something along the lines of [Anitra’s Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4mdTgI02cg) (with the appropriate one-word title) might be one to aim for. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/83 "2014-08-27T01:26:23Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Also-are we counting two-word names? If we don’t stick with one-word titles we will open the flood gates and this thread will balloon into a monster! 😃 I believe we’re doing fine with the one-word batch. It might be fun to start another thread with some other criteria, though. Have at! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/84 "2014-08-27T01:43:16Z")
[Jezebel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsiE_rzzafE) - 10,000 Maniacs ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/85 "2014-08-27T01:50:15Z")
[Polly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSYplu_3fA) - Nirvana ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/86 "2014-08-27T01:50:18Z")
[Sherry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AapxXRlsdwA) [Sheila](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ClOAX9zFw) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/87 "2014-08-27T01:54:58Z")
Warning to Dopers: I was accessing SDMB on my iPhone and “(867-5309)” came up with a blue underline. Thinking it was a link, I touched it and came THIS close to calling Who-knows-who. BEVARE! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/88 "2014-08-27T01:56:40Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Warning to Dopers: I was accessing SDMB on my iPhone and “(867-5309)” came up with a blue underline. Thinking it was a link, I touched it and came THIS close to calling Who-knows-who. BEVARE! Caramba! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/89 "2014-08-27T02:01:56Z")
[Rio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA) by Duran Duran ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/90 "2014-08-27T02:04:47Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > [Rio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA) by Duran Duran You have won the thread! 😃 ETA: Yo! A cheat sheet: [http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs\_with\_girls'\_names\_in\_the\_title.php](http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_with_girls%27_names_in_the_title.php) ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/91 "2014-08-27T03:27:32Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Another [Gloria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybYgP48X2DY) - early U2. That’s Latin for “glory”, not a woman’s name. [Here’s Iggy Pop with another “Candy”](http://youtu.be/6bLOjmY--TA) [“Agatha” by Pond](http://youtu.be/PwJnDw-Wtg4) [“Angeline” by PJ Harvey](http://youtu.be/_f7CWCZIqvY) [“Judith” by Heather Duby](http://youtu.be/YrGlwcTz4bY) [“Evelyn” by Clan of Xymox](http://youtu.be/FCrAnh_4o0E) [“Suzanne” by Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions](http://youtu.be/kCXdnHa508M) [“Julia” by Horrorpops](http://youtu.be/90Zltb3qEu4) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/92 "2014-08-27T04:02:41Z")
[Lucille](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XdVefBj8UI) (Little Richard) [Lucille](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Zrr2cvKUI) (Frank Zappa) [Lucille](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y8QxOjuYHg) (B.B. King. It’s a one-word female name, even if the song is about a guitar.) ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/93 "2014-08-27T04:44:09Z")
[“Winona” Drop Nineteens](http://youtu.be/_4oCboj39jo) [“Delilah” Dresden Dolls](http://youtu.be/rnnMad3c9y4) [“Rapunzel” Emilie Autumn](http://youtu.be/D501_HsGtQo) [“Eleanor” The Gathering](http://youtu.be/PIHV9YNCdRk) [“Elizabeth” Ghost (aka Ghost BC)](http://youtu.be/DBc9efdALvI) [“Roxy” Girls Against Boys](http://youtu.be/cGeGWiiVlAg) [“Maria” Guano Apes](http://youtu.be/eDSQ9GsFl94) ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/94 "2014-08-27T05:09:32Z")
Here’s a few names already mentioned, but each is a different song from the one linked earlier: [Julia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ-3YQaqnsY) – Conway Twitty [Jezebel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfZmRzOmbCE) – Herman’s Hermits (actually Frankie Lane did it first, but I’ve always liked HH’s version) [Fancy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN99r6I-a5k) – The Kinks (though given Ray Davies’ predilection, there’s some debate as to whether this is a girl or not!) [Lorelei](http://www.allmusic.com/song/lorelei-mt0045093879) – Marty Robbins …and a new one: [Karen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxLA2-cXeWw) –The Rip Chords ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/95 "2014-08-27T09:19:19Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Well shut my mouth! :eek: What’s the French female version of Dominic? Dominique, per [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_%28given_name%29), whose list of Namesakes Real includes more than females. With the subject “Music with one-word female name as its title”, there are…thousands? of qualifiers from many eras and languages. Nine fine… [ul] [li][Franz Schubert](http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/schubert.php) wrote [Rosamunde](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN5X3U3x6_A) in 1824, here in a 35:56 version.[/li][li][Marianne & Michael](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marianne-michael-mn0000637381/biography) do a more contemporary version (one of thousands) of [Rosamunde](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqQMBl-Sl3w). (Please skip over if you are susceptible to earworms.)[/li][li]Among more contemporary females I like [Jamie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcgXK9DVRZY) by [Eddie Holland](http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C292).[/li][li][Leo Kottke](http://www.leokottke.com/) may also have heard [Louise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew2hbhAeNnc) by Maurice Chevalier.[/li][li][Rosetta](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufvOSpP3L7o) by [Earl Hines](http://www.biography.com/people/earl-hines-9339645), [Teddy Wilson](http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_wilson_teddy.htm), then [Art Tatum](http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/tatum.html). My favorite Teddy Wilson version of Rosetta is [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pGcP-R4lYE), from 1941.[/li][li][Maggie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKpijGINgoY) by [Mungo Jerry](http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/472160/Mungo-Jerry-sang-In-The-Summertime). Oh, Maggie, come along and spend some time…with me.[/li][li][Micaela](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iAltnybS1A), you’re welcome too. [Luis Carlos Meyer](http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Carlos_Meyer) sings the song that he wrote about “the woman that I love the most”. (Caution: another possible earworm.)[/li][li][Dinah](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeM-uvcIQqI) (is there anyone finer) found [Eddie Lang](http://www.redhotjazz.com/lang.html) and [Joe Venuti](http://www.redhotjazz.com/venuti.html). [/li][li][Emaline](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spg--fwmzSg), a mellow version (that Ben Folds Five never met?) for [Cab Calloway](http://www.npr.org/2007/12/26/17408371/cab-calloway-a-hi-de-ho-centennial).[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/96 "2014-08-27T15:37:39Z")
Some Mancini goodies: [Natalie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYaQO7g0cOc) [Holly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUHrDtFYG_A) [Joanna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvYcUeH4JDc) [Susan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzQYSZaNwkY) [Nancy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsSmnhyC9Ls) ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/97 "2014-08-27T17:49:24Z")
Another [Joanna](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsklsxReSe0) –Kool and the Gang and [Jo-Ann](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQysJlkBgL8) –The Playmates (a hyphenated word is still one word!) ---
**Author:** ![retired-annuitant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@retired-annuitant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/retired-annuitant)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/98 "2014-08-27T18:26:22Z")
How can we forget Barry Manilow ? – MANDY ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/99 "2014-08-27T18:29:09Z")
Ninja’d by **DChord**. I was just about to post Kool & the Gang’s “Joanna” but took the time to read through the thread first. Here’s another [Joanna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZg96WxJGY), by Cris Williamson. The link is to a cover by Meg Christian 'cos nobody has uploaded Cris’s original. Then there’s the first “[Angela](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp9StQhWGdc)”. For Angela Davis. And the first “[Sara](http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/sara)” was for Sara Dylan. Can’t post a link because YouTube isn’t allowed to have any Dylan originals. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/100 "2014-08-27T18:55:00Z")
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