Women's first names in song

Bernadette --The Four Tops

**Renee **(Walk Away, Renee)–Left Banke (also The Four Tops)

**Molly **(Good Golly, Miss Molly)-- Little Richard

Sharona (My Sharona)–The Knack

Marie ([Marie’s the Name] His Latest Flame)–Elvis Presley

Alice (All the Young Girls Love Alice)–Elton John

Diane (Jack and Diane)–John Mellencamp

Barbara Ann–The Regents (also the Beach Boys)

Angie (Rolling Stones)

Dawn (Go Away) - Four Seasons
Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
Bertha - Grateful Dead

Jane - Barenaked Ladies
Enid - Barenaked Ladies
Ramona - Guster
Diane - Guster
Doreen - Old 97s
Valerie - Forget who did the original. Cover by Amy Winehouse
Zak and **Sara **- Ben Folds
Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
Julianne - Ben Folds Five
Kate - Ben Folds Five
Daria - Cake
If you see Natalie - Eels
Elizabeth, on the Bathroom Floor - Eels
Airline Amy - Weird Al
Hesitating Beauty (Nora Lee) - Wilco

Dear Eloise
Carrie Ann
Sorry Suzanne - all by the Hollies
Oh **Carol **- Paul Anka?
**Angie **- Rolling Stones

Libby - Blue October
Cassie - Flyleaf

“Martha” (Jefferson Airplane)
“Jane” and “Lightning Rose” (Jefferson Starship)
Jenny from “Back O’ the Moon” (10,000 Maniacs)
Rose from “My Sister Rose” (10,000 Maniacs)
Ginger, who is “always sincere, just not to one man” from “the Wrong Band” (Tori Amos)
Sugar Magnolia is apparently the name of Bob Weir’s g.f. as per the song lyrics (Grateful Dead)
“Guinevere” (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
Aunt Sara, Saffron, Sweet Thing & Peaches - all from “Four Women” (Nina Simone)
Frankie from “Frankie & Johnny” (traditional, but associated closely with Mae West)
Windy, who has “stormy eyes that flash at the sound of lies” (the Association)
“Georgy Girl” (the Seekers)

“And Then There’s Maude”, the theme song from Maude mentions Joan, Isadora, Betsy, and, of course, Maude.

The singer also mentions Lady Godiva, but doesn’t give her first name. :slight_smile:

Caroline - Concrete Blonde
Joey - Concrete Blonde
Flora (and how ‘bout you, Fauna?, ya’ wanna?) - Dinah-Moe-Hum by Frank Zappa
Suzy (Creamcheese) - FZ
Valerie - Steve Winwood (also a cover, but don’t know if it’s the same as Amy Winehouse)
Dona Maria - Dickey Betts Band
Sylvia - Focus (also an instrumental, though)
Kiko (and the lavender moon) - Los Lobos
Candy('s going bad) - Golden Earring
Guinnevere - CSNY
(Dreamboat) Annie - Heart
Martha('s madman) - Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Helen (Wheels) - Paul McCartney and Wings
Cindy (Incidentally) - Faces
Mary Lou - Steve Miller
Betty Lou('s comin out tonight) - Bob Seger
(In memory of) Elisabeth Reed - Allman Brothers (also an instrumental)
Holli (be home) - Dreams
(Romeo and) Juliet - Dire Straits (and Indigo Girls)
Amy - Pure Prarie League
(Black) Betty - Ram Jam

Gloria was written by Van Morrison

Althea—Grateful Dead

(Ramble on) Rose—Grateful Dead

How about “Amphetamine Annie” by Canned Heat! And Annie’s Song by John Denver. And “Work With Me, Annie” and “Annie Had a Baby” by Hank Ballard

Really scraping the bottom of the barrel, but there’s “Brandy” (you’re a fine girl) by the Looking Glass.

(Hey) Paula: Paul and Paula
Jolene: Dolly Parton
(My) Maria: Brookes & Dunn
(Take A Letter) Maria: R.B. Greaves

Wendy - from “Wendy” by the Beach Boys, and mentioned in “Born to Run” by Springsteen.

My mother claims that she was named after a song but I’ve never been able to find that song. It’s “Dorothy Lee.” Perhaps Dorothy is misspelled in the song title.

I thought Jude was a guy. (“Remember to let her into your heart.” “You were made to go out and get her.”)

Maureen - Sade
The Rainbow Tour, And The Money Kept Rolling In, " Etc. - Evita, Andrew Lloyd Weber (kind of cheat I guess)
Jesse, Rosie, Liza - Joan Armatrading
Proud Mary - Tina Turner
Shady Sadie, Hot Lunch - Fame
Bette Davis [Eyes] - Kim Carnes

Nevermind.

Does Me and Mrs. Jones (Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones (Billy Paul) count?

Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee’
They’re from around the way.

Around the Way Girl - L. L. Cool J.

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