“Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” by the Tubes. Also a great B movie.
You remember Jimmy Soul’s If You Wanna Be Happy?
That was a slightly re-written cover of Roaring Lion’s Ugly Woman.
It has also been covered by Robert Mitchum, and by a singer known as The Charmer (who later joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Louis Farrakhan).
A staple of adult contemporary FM at a time when my parents wouldn’t let me change the radio dial while I was riding: “You’re the Only Woman” by Ambrosia.
Browsing the wikipedia article to refresh my memory, I noticed they had a previous single “Can’t Let A Woman”.
Also, Bruce Hornsby once was part of the group, which was a complete shocker to me.
“Woman of the World” by Aerosmith.
Hard Luck Woman - KISS
I never remember that. I’ve only been here lurking and then membering for over 20 years.
My Woman Has a Black Cat Bone - Albert Collins
“Billboard” list of “Woman” (and a couple of “Women”) songs starting from the mid 50’s, and that were well known.
I stopped at 1981, since my knowledge of more recent hits declines rapidly around then.
Singles only listed - no album cuts (such as “L.A. Woman” by the Doors).
1958 - Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley
1960 - A Woman, A Lover, A Friend - Jackie Wilson
1961 - Gypsy Woman - The Impressions
1962 - Devil Woman - Marty Robbins
1962 - I’ve got a Woman (part 1) - Jimmy McGriff
1963 - Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison
1964 - (Oh) Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
1964 - She’s a Woman - The Beatles
1966 - When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
1966 - Born a Woman - Sandy Posey
1966 - Woman - Peter & Gordon
1967 - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
1967 - Girl, You’ll be a Woman Soon - Neil Diamond
1967 - Kentucky Woman - Neil Diamond
1968 - Woman, Woman - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
1969 - Little Woman - Bobby Sherman
1969 - This Girl is a Woman Now - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
1970 - American Woman - The Guess Who
1970 - Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland
1971 - Black Magic Woman - Santana
1971 - Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders
1971 - If I Were your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips
1972 - I am Woman - Helen Reddy
1972 - Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies
1972 - Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright
1972 - Witchy Woman - The Eagles
1973 - Ain’t No Woman Like the One I’ve Got - The Four Tops
1974 - One Hell of a Woman - Mac Davis
1975 - Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
1975 - One Man Woman, One Woman Man - Paul Anka & Odia Coates
1976 - Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
1976 - Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
1978 - More Than a Woman - Taveres
1979 - When You’re In Love with a Beautiful Woman - Dr. Hook
1980 - A Woman in Love - Barbra Streisand
1981 - Woman - John Lennon
Honorable mentions:
1964 - Little Boxes - The Womenfolk
1966 - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan
1969 - Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
1972 - Woman is N****r of the World - John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band
Rock & Roll Woman - Buffalo Springfield
Earlier I mentioned The Other Woman by Ray Parker Jr. There is also A Woman Needs Love by him.
And I just listened to Foreigner 4. One of the songs on the album is Woman in Black.
Rock n’ Roll Woman - April Wine
Cat Stevens, Hard Headed Woman (from the Tea for the Tillerman album, not the same song as Elvis did in 1958)
Even Mark_Finn’s list from Billboard, several posts above, forgets this one (probably because it’s best left forgotten):
I Won’t Go Hunting With You Jake (But I’ll Go Chasin’ Wimmin) by Jimmy Dean (it was on the flip side of Big Bad John).
Not sure if these have been mentioned before:
- Kind Woman by Buffalo Springfield
- Woman by Mumford and Sons
Ratt has a song called “I Want a Woman”
“Reefer Head Woman” from Night in the Ruts by Aerosmith.
“Woman of a thousand years”
Fleetwood Mac pre Buckingham Nicks era
Wild Fire Woman - Bad Company
Alice Cooper-Woman of Mass Distraction, Woman Machine, and Only Women Bleed
Black Sabbath-Evil Woman
Def Leppard-Women
Deep Purple-Strange Kind of Woman