# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/141 "2014-08-31T00:34:23Z")
Another [Ruby](http://youtu.be/qObzgUfCl28), by Kaiser Chiefs. [Annabel](http://youtu.be/TYrjiwLngbo), by The Duhks covering a Kat Goldman song. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/142 "2014-08-31T01:25:58Z")
Louis loved the broads. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiGBVfmu-C8) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/143 "2014-08-31T04:19:33Z")
“Carmelita”-Warren Zevon “Velouria”-Pixies [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHhox4_SeHQ) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/144 "2014-08-31T04:37:33Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ew3mtNZFrMY/hqdefault.jpg "Debbie Reynolds - Tammy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew3mtNZFrMY) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/145 "2014-08-31T05:02:32Z")
by Schubert: [Adelaide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD9cDsuGZMo) (same poem used by Beethoven) [Suleika](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqmPkxJams8) (two settings) [Alinde](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXHYVsdSC9w) [Iphigenia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz5wGD6nefw) ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/146 "2014-08-31T05:12:00Z")
Evangeline - The Band[Evangeline - The Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-rTkqn-4qg) (damn! I had forgotten what a voice Emmylou has) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/147 "2014-08-31T07:55:03Z")
Marie by Randy Newman, different from the 1920s song of the same name that **Labdad** mentioned in post #55. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/148 "2014-09-01T05:16:27Z")
[Annabella](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXGbNiXMcNY) –Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds (can’t find the song by itself on YouTube, but it starts at about 4:00 on this one) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/149 "2014-09-01T10:57:20Z")
[Carmela](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3OPYncqRTI) by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/150 "2014-09-01T15:25:35Z")
How about [Pamela, Pamela](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQSpgC-9Ogg) by Wayne Fontana? Not one word, but it is just the same name repeated. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/151 "2014-09-01T18:28:06Z")
Another [Jessica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FceDSfo8DAo), this one by Regina Spektor. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/152 "2014-09-01T18:35:20Z")
It’s a stretch, but depending on whether you interpret “Lady” as the woman’s name, [Lady](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0nUFgqSGus) could also work. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/153 "2014-09-02T04:28:40Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > How about [Pamela, Pamela](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQSpgC-9Ogg) by Wayne Fontana? Not one word, but it is just the same name repeated. I thought of a couple like that, but didn’t post them as I felt it was debatable whether they met the thread criterion: [Donna Donna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJHmLTiX78) –Donovan (and others…though the song isn’t really about a girl named Donna…but then the OP doesn’t stipulate this as a requirement!) [Susie Susie](http://www.allmusic.com/song/susie-susie-mt0000030871) – McKendrie Spring ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/154 "2014-09-02T04:58:49Z")
[Catherine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFu8VF8O30s) –Crabby Appleton [Judy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rszFbpCKe2o) – The dB’s [Rari](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spShUrAvVV4) – The Standells ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516/155 "2014-09-02T06:20:20Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > I thought of a couple like that, but didn’t post them as I felt it was debatable whether they met the thread criterion: > > [Donna Donna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJHmLTiX78) –Donovan (and others…though the song isn’t really about a girl named Donna…but then the OP doesn’t stipulate this as a requirement!) > > [Susie Susie](http://www.allmusic.com/song/susie-susie-mt0000030871) – McKendrie Spring [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9r57LWTBZDE/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCIMyb8CsR8UDsDZtfsyW5gjgBQCg "Corrina Corrina {Gerdes Folk City 1962} - Elston Gunn") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r57LWTBZDE) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-one-word-female-name-as-its-title/696516.md?page=7)