Sam–Olivia Newton-John, #20, 1977 (her dog)
Shannon–Harry Gross, #6, 1976 (another dog)
Jet–Paul McCartney, #7, 1974 (yet another dog)
Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog–Norma Tanega, #22, 1966
Bumble Bee–Searchers, #21, 1965 (You’re a bumble bee–an evil bumble bee)
What about Simon and Garfunkels ** The boxer **? 
All in a mouse’s night - Genesis
Sabertooth - Codeine
Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog - Jane Siberry
Among My Swan - Mazzy Star
The Funny Bird - Mercury Rev
I Came As A Rat - Modest Mouse
Oh! How The Dogs Stack Up - Mogwai
The Black Crow - Songs Ohia
Black Crow - Joni Mitchell
Pig - Sparklehorse
It’s not rock, but…
The Gnu Song - Flanders and Swann… heck their whole Bestiary.
And for artists…
Cat Power
Pedro the Lion
Barracuda by Heart
Zoo Blues by Manhattan Transfer
Robin
BRONTOSAURUS STOMP–THE PLITDOWN MEN
CHICKEN–THE CHEERS
Just happened to have played the above this afternoon.(same album)
SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR–BILL HALEY & THE COMETS
MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE–LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS
TENNESSEE BIRD WALK–BLANCHARD & MORGAN
MULE SKINNER BLUES–FENDERMEN
HOUND DOG IN THE WINDOW–HOMER & JETHRO
YOU CAN’T ROLLERSKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD–ROGER MILLER
RUNNING BEAR–JOHNNY PRESTON
MONKEY THAT BECAME PRESIDENT–TOM T HALL
MULE TRAIN–FRANKIE LAINE
CRY OF THE WILD GOOSE–FRANKIE LAINE
BYE, BYE BLACKBIRD–FOLK/STANDARD
POP GOES THE WEASEL–FOLK/STANDARD
THE BEAR WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN–FOLK/STANDARD
BLUE TAIL FLY–FOLK/STANDARD
Now *there’s * a coincidence. If that album also had “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots” and
“Car Trouble on a Lonely Road” then I am one of the
few other people in the world to have ever owned it.
Excellent tasts, ** exchicagoan **
And for you, a thousand bonus points for -ahem- thinking outside the box.
I couldn’t pass up mentioning:
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Songs:
“Let’s Do It” – Cole Porter (“Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.”)
“Let’s Misbehave” – Cole Porter (“They say that bears have love affairs and even camels.”)
“Mad Dogs and Englishmen” – Noel Coward
“High Hopes” – (“Once there was a silly old ant/tried to move a rubber tree plant”)
“Apeman” – The Kinks
“Sitting on the Backyard Fence” (about cats)
“Tiger Rag” (aka “Hold that Tiger”)
“The Tiger’s Wide Awake” (a knockoff of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)
“Flight of the Bumblebee” – Rimsky-Korsakoff
“Baby Elephant Walk” – Henry Mancini
“Carnival of the Animals” – Saint-Saens
“Dance of the Hours” (since you can’t think about it without thinking of the dancing hippos in Fantasia).
Songs
Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield)
The Lamb Dies Down on Broadway (Genesis)
Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix)
Pig (Dave Matthews Band)
I Am an Animal (Pete Townsend)
Mary Had a Little Lamb (Otis Redding)
Honey Bee (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (Yes)
Holy Lamb (Yes)
All the King’s Horses (The Firm)
Jundemurrah (sp?) Paul Kelly & the Messengers
Whitefish (Yes)
Butterfly (Mariah Carey)
Dixie Chicken (Little Feat)
When Doves Cry (Prince)
Wings of a Dove (Lucinda Williams & Nancy Griffith)
Bands
The Flying Lizards
The Screaming Iguanas of Love
The Black Crowes
Albums
Foxtrot (Genesis)
Horses (Patti Smith)
Does Party on Your Pussy (by the Red Hot Chili Peppers) count?
Um, that depends on the nature of the party.
And help me out with “Jundemurrah”. Is that an animal, animal nickname, or does it have prominent animal lyrics?
::scratches head::
Now *there’s * a coincidence. If that album also had “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots” and
“Car Trouble on a Lonely Road” then I am one of the
few other people in the world to have ever owned it.
Excellent tasts, ** exchicagoan ** **
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HOMETOWNBOY-------YEP!!!----“SHUTDOWN” Capitol records.
Started with ten titles, but it is now down to three that I didn’t see mentioned (probably have been though).
“Tie Me Kangaroo Down”
“The Unicorn” - Irish Rovers
“Snowbird” - Anne Murray
Monkey Man - Rolling Stones
Forgot the most obvious:
“Animal Zoo” by Spirit. It would be the theme song (“Better get your ass to the Animal Zoo”)
By-Tor And The Snow Dog by Rush. He can hang out with the penguins.
Yer gonna need a big cage for Blue Oyster Cult’s Godzilla.
OK then, what about The Bitch is Back- Elton John?