Male names in international songs. Men's names referring to VIP's not included. You can also check relevant page http://ilovemyradio.blogspot.gr/2007/12/songs-referring-to-contemporary-pop.html
ADRIAN
Adrian - EURYTHMICS (LP Be Yourself Tonight, 1985)
ALEJANDRO
Alejandro - LADY GAGA (LP The Fame Monster, 2009)
ALFIE
Alfie - CILLA BLACK (1966), CHER (1966), DIONNE WARWICK (1967)
ANGELO
Angelo - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN (LP Images, 1977)
ANTHONY, ANTONIO
Jackie - SCOTT WALKER (LP Scott 2, 1967)
Lyrics: My name would be Antonio and all my bridges I would burn
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - BILLY JOEL (LP The Stranger, 1977)
Lyrics: Anthony works in the grocery store savin' his pennies for someday... "Sonny, move out to the country."
ARNOLD
Arnold Layne - PINK FLOYD (1967)
ARTHUR
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - CHRISTOPHER CROSS (OST Arthur, 1981)
BEN, BENNIE
Ben - MICHAEL JACKSON (LP Ben, 1972)
Bennie & The Jets - ELTON JOHN (LP Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)
BILLY, WILLIAM
All I Wanna Do - SHERYL CROW (LP Tuesday Night Music Club, 1994)
Lyrics: It's apropos of nothing he says his name is William but I'm sure he's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy
Don't Lose My Number - PHIL COLLINS (LP No Jacket Required, 1985)
Lyrics: Billy, don't lose my number
Son Of A Preacher Man - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (1969)
Lyrics: Billy Ray was a preacher's son and when his daddy would visit he'd come along when they gathered around and started talkin' that's when Billy would take me walkin'
William It Was Really Nothing - THE SMITHS (LP Hatful Of Hollow, 1984)
BOBBY
Bobby Brown - FRANK ZAPPA (LP Sheik Yerbouti, 1979)
Bobby's Girl - MARCIE BLANE (1962), SUSAN MAUGHAN (1962), TRACEY ULLMAN (1983)
Fell In Love With A Girl - THE WHITE STRIPES (LP White Blood Cells, 2001)
Lyrics: Bobby says it's fine he don't consider it cheating now
CHARLIE
Charlie Brown - THE COASTERS (1958)
Locomotive Breath - JETHRO TULL (LP Aqualung, 1971)
Lyrics: Old Charlie stole the handle and the train, it won't stop going
DANIEL, DANNY
Daniel - ELTON JOHN (LP Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player, 1973)
Tubthumping - CHUMBAWAMBA (LP Tubthumper, 1997)
Lyrics: Oh Danny Boy
DAVE, DAVY
Dave - BOOMTOWN RATS (LP In The Long Grass, 1984)
Davy - DANNY WILSON (LP Meet Danny Wilson, 1987)
DENIS
Denis - BLONDIE (1978)
EDDIE
Eddie Goes Underground - TONY CAREY (LP Some Tough City, 1984)
Into The Great Wide Open - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (LP Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)
Lyrics: Eddie waited til' he finished high school he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo he met a girl out there with a tattoo too the future was wide open
Spanish Eddie - LAURA BRANIGAN (LP Hold Me, 1985)
EUGENE
Hey Eugene - PINK MARTINI (LP Tea For Two, 2007)
FERNANDO
Fernando - ABBA (1976)
FRANKIE
Frankie - SISTER SLEDGE (LP When The Boys Meet The Girls, 1985)
Frankie's First Affair - SADE (LP Diamond Life, 1984)
FREDDIE, FREDERIC
Frederick - PATTI SMITH GROUP (LP Wave, 1979)
Freddie's Dead - CURTIS MAYFIELD (OST Superfly, 1972)
GEORGE
Fu-Gee-La - FUGEES (LP The Score, 1996)
Lyrics: Chicken George became Dead George stealin' chickens from my farm.
Georgy Porgy - TOTO (LP Toto, 1978)
HARRY
Our Last Summer - ABBA (LP Super Trouper, 1980)
Lyrics: and now you're working in a bank the family man, the football fan and your name is Harry how dull it seems, are you the hero of my dreams?
Sultans Of Swing - DIRE STRAITS (LP Dire Straits, 1978)
Lyrics: and Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the scene, he's got a daytime job, he's doing alright... 'Guitar George'
JACK
Hit The Road, Jack - RAY CHARLES (1961)
Jackie - BLUE ZONE (LP Big Thing, 1988)
Lyrics: Jack Jack Jackie, can't get you off my mind
JEREMY, JEREMIAH
Jeremy - PEARL JAM (LP Ten, 1991)
Joy To The World - THREE DOG NIGHT (LP Naturally, 1970)
Lyrics: Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine
JESSIE
Jessie's Girl - RICK SPRINGFIELD (LP Working Class Dog, 1981)
JIM
Cokane In My Brain - DILLINGER (1976)
Lyrics: Hey Jim, Jim, just a minute y'all
On & On - STEPHEN BISHOP (LP Careless, 1976)
Lyrics: Poor ol'Jimmy sits alone in the moonlight, saw his woman kiss another man so he takes a ladder steals the stars from the sky puts on sinatra and starts to cry
JOE
Hey Joe - THE LEAVES (1966), JIMI HENDRIX (1966)
Joe Le Taxi - VANESSA PARADIS (1987 / LP M & J, 1988)
Running In The Family - LEVEL 42 (LP Running In The Family, 1987)
Lyrics: My brother Joe & me
Tokyo Joe - BERTIE HIGGINS (LP Pirates & Poets, 1983)
Ventura Highway - AMERICA (LP Homecoming, 1972)
Lyrics: Tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe?
Walk On The Wild Side - LOU REED (LP Transformer, 1972)
Lyrics: Holly came from Miami F.L.A. hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. plucked her eyebrows on the way shaved her legs and then he was a she... Little Joe never once gave it away Everybody had to pay and pay
JOHN, JOHNNY, IVAN
Guns Of Brixton - THE CLASH (LP London Calling, 1979')
Lyrics: You see, he feels like Ivan born under the Brixton sun
Johnny - VAYA CON DIOS (1988 / a cover of Edith Piaf's 'Johnny, Tu N'es Pas Un Ange' 1953)
Johnny / Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed - THIN LIZZY (LP Johnny The Fox, 1976)
Johnny B. - HOOTERS (LP One Way Home, 1987)
Johnny B. Goode - CHUCK BERRY (1957), PETER TOSH (1983)
Johnny Can't Read - DON HENLEY (LP I Can't Stand Still, 1982)
Johnny Come Home - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS (LP Fine Young Cannibals, 1985)
Mysterious Ways - U2 (LP Achtung Baby, 1991)
Lyrics: Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon
New Kid In Town - EAGLES (LP Hotel California, 1976)
Lyrics: Johnny come lately
Not Now John - PINK FLOYD (LP The Final Cut, 1983)
Stories Of Johnny - MARC ALMOND (LP Stories Of Johnny, 1985)
The Boys Are Back In Town - THIN LIZZY (LP Jailbreak, 1976)
Lyrics: And that time over at Johnny's place, well, this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face
The Devil Went Down To Georgia - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (LP Million Mile Reflections, 1979)
Lyrics: The boy said, "My name's Johnny, and it might be a sin. But I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret, 'cause I'm the best that's ever been."
Walk Of Life - DIRE STRAITS (LP Brothers In Arms, 1985)
Lyrics: Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
and 3 favorite songs of mine:
Dear John - LOVE & MONEY (LP All You Need Is... 1986)
Johnny (New Light) - THE DREAM ACADEMY (LP The Dream Academy, 1985)
Johnny's Not Here - LOVE & MONEY (LP Dogs In The Traffic, 1991)
JOJO
Get Back - THE BEATLES feat. BILLY PRESTON (1969)
Lyrics: Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner but he knew it wouldn't last.
JONAH
Jonah - BREATHE (LP All That Jazz, 1987)
KENNETH
What's The Frequency, Kenneth? - REM (LP Monster, 1994)
LOUIE
Brother Louie - HOT CHOCOLATE (1973) STORIES (1973)
Brother Louie - MODERN TALKING (LP Ready For Romance, 1986)
Don't Cry For Louie - VAYA CON DIOS (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)
Highway 61 Revisited - BOB DYLAN (LP Highway 61 Revisited, 1965)
Lyrics: Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King I got forty red white and blue shoe strings and a thousand telephones that don't ring do you know where I can get rid of these things and Louie the King said let me think for a minute son and he said yes I think it can be easily done Just take everything down to Highway 61.
Louie Louie - RICHARD BERRY (1957), THE KINGSMEN (1963)
Mack The Knife - BOBBY DARIN (1958)
Lyrics: Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared babe, after drawin' out all his hard-earned cash and now MacHeath spends just like a sailor could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?
LUKA
Luka - SUZANNE VEGA (LP Solitude Standing, 1987)
MANUEL
Manuel - CATERINA VALENTE (1978)
MATTHEW
Hey Matthew - KAREL FIALKA (1987 / LP Human Animal, 1988)
Matthew & Son - CAT STEVENS (1966)
MAURICE
The Joker - STEVE MILLER BAND (LP The Joker, 1973)
Lyrics: Some people call me Maurice
NIGEL
Making Plans For Nigel - XTC (LP Drums & Wires, 1979)
Lyrics: We're only making plans for Nigel we only want what's best for him
PATRICK
Patrick, Mon Cheri - KIKI & PEARLY (1976)
RICKY
18 & Life - SKID ROW (LP Skid Row, 1989)
Lyrics: Ricky was a young boy he had a heart of stone
SEBASTIAN
Sebastian - COCKNEY REBEL (LP The Human Menagerie, 1973), ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΠΑΠΑΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ (LP Φοβάμαι, 1982)
SIMON
Simon Says - 1910 FRUITGUM Co. (1968)
STAN
Stan - EMINEM feat. DIDO (LP The Marshall Mathers, 2000)
STEVE, STEVEN, ETIENNE
Another One Bites The Dust - QUEEN (LP The Game, 1980)
Lyrics: Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
Chelsea Dagger - THE FRATELLIS (LP Costello Music, 2007)
Lyrics: I seen you and little Steven and Joanna round the back of my hotel oh yeah
Etienne - GUESCH PATTI (1987 / LP Labyrinthe, 1988)
The Speaking Hand - WOVEN HAND (LP Consider The Birds, 2004)
Lyrics: but I got a friend St. Steven
TED
I Wanna Be A Cowboy - BOYS DON'T CRY (LP Boys Don't Cry, 1986)
Lyrics: Following my man His name is Ted, Can you believe that? My name is Ted,and one day I'll be dead yo yo.
TIMOTHY
Timothy - THE BUOYS (1971)
TOM, TOMMY
Ashes To Ashes - DAVID BOWIE (LP Scary Monsters, 1980)
Lyrics: we know Major Tom's a junkie
Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst) - PETER SCHILLING (LP Fehler Im System, 1982)
Major Tom (Coming Home)- PETER SCHILLING (LP Error In The System, 1983)
Space Oddity - DAVID BOWIE (LP David Bowie,1969)
Lyrics: This is ground control to Major Tom
Tom's Diner - SUZANNE VEGA (LP Solitude Standing, 1987), D.N.A. feat S. VEGA (1990)
The Coward Of The County - KENNY ROGERS (LP Kenny, 1979)Lyrics: His mama named him Tommy but folks just called him yellow
VICTOR
Victor Should Have Been A Jazz Musician - GRACE JONES (LP Inside Story, 1986)
SONGS ABOUT COUPLES:
BILLY & PATTI
Young Turks - ROD STEWART (LP Tonight I'm Yours, 1981)
BILLY JOE & BOBBIE SUE
Take The Money & Run - STEVE MILLER BAND (LP Fly Like An Eagle, 1976)
Lyrics: This here's a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue, two young lovers with nothin' better to do
than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube
DESMOND & MOLLY
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da - THE BEATLES (1968), THE MARMALADE (1968)
Lyrics: Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace Molly is the singer in a band Desmond says to Molly girl I like your face and Molly says this as she takes him by the hand
JACK & DIANE
Jack & Diane - JOHN COUGAR (LP American Fool, 1982)
JACK & JILL
A Woman Needs Love - RAY PARKER Jr. & RAYDIO (1981)
Jack & Jill - RAYDIO (1977)
JEAN CLAUDE & LOUISE MARIE
I'll Meet You At Midnight - SMOKIE (LP Midnight Cafe, 1976)
Lyrics: Jean-Claude was a student at the University, Louise-Marie is just a world away.
JIMMY & MARY-ANNE (MARYANN)
Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - LOOKING GLASS (LP Subway Serenade, 1973), JOSIE COTTON (LP From The Hip, 1984)
JIMMY & BETTY
Leader Of The Pack - THE SHANGRI-LAS (1964), TWISTED SISTER (LP Come Out & Play, 1985)
JOHNNY & JUDY
It's My Party - LESLEY GORE (1963)
Lyrics: Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone Judy left the same time... Judy and Johnny just walked through the door like a queen with her king oh what a birthday surprise judy's wearin' his ring
JOHNNY & MARY
Johnny & Mary - ROBERT PALMER (LP Clues, 1980), TINA TURNER (OST Summer Lovers, 1982)
MANOLITO & ANGELITA
Puerto Rico - VAYA CON DIOS (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)
Lyrics: Wake up Angelita, your mama just turned off the light, Manolo is already waiting by the old water-pipe
TOMMY & GINA
It's My Life - BON JOVI (LP Crush, 2000), PAUL ANKA (LP Rock Swings, 2004)
Lyrics: This is for the ones who stood their ground For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Livin' On A Prayer - BON JOVI (LP Slippery When Wet, 1986)
Lyrics: Tommy used to work on the docks Union's been on strike He's down on his luck It's tough, so tough Gina works at a diner all day Working for her man She brings home her pay For love, for love
TOMMY & LAURA
Tell Laura I Love Her - RAY PETERSON (1960), RICKY VALANCE (1960)
but also:
CopaCabana (At The Copa) - BARRY MANILOW (LP Even Now, 1978)
Lyrics: Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl... and while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar... His name was Rico, he wore a diamond... But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar and then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two there was blood and a single gun shot but just who shot who?
VARIOUS NAMES:
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - PAUL SIMON (LP Still Crazy After All These Years, 1975)
Lyrics: You just slip out the back, Jack make a new plan, Stan you don't need to be coy, Roy Just get yourself free Hop on the bus, Gus you don't need to discuss much just drop off the key, Lee and get yourself free
Games Without Frontiers - PETER GABRIEL (LP Peter Gabriel 3, 1980)
Lyrics: Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane, Jane plays with Willi, Willi is happy again. Suki plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt, Adolf builts a bonfire, Enrico plays with it
(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea - ELVIS COSTELLO (1978)
Lyrics: Men come screaming, dressed in white coats shake you very gently by the throat one's named Gus, one's named Alfie
Love Makes The World Go Round - DEON JACKSON (1966)
Lyrics: That goes for Billy, Sherry, Bobby and Marsha and baby you and I
Bruce Willis covered the song in 1989 replacing the two first names with the names of his daughters.
Spirits In The Night - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND (LP Nightingales & Bombers, 1975)
Lyrics: Wild Bill, Hazy Davy and Killer Joe
SPECIAL EXCEPTION:
A Boy Named Sue - JOHNNY CASH (LP At San Quentin, 1969)
Recorded live at California's San Quentin Prison at a concert on February 24, 1969
Lyrics: the meanest thing that he (my daddy) ever did was before he left, he went and named me "Sue"... if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!
Listen to my relevant broadcast on Radio Boo from the same day:
http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/my-radio-boo-broadcast-male-names-in-songs-27082013-pt1-2
Airplay Pt. 1 (20:00-22:00):
20:00.21:00
The Centurians - Bullwinkle Part II (1963 / OST Pulp Fiction, 1994 / Zed's dead)
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie (1963)
Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack (1961)
The Coasters - Charlie Brown (1958)
Lesley Gore - It's My Party (1963)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1964)
Twisted Sister - Leader Of The Pack (LP Come Out & Play, 1985)
John Cougar - Jack And Diane (LP American Fool, 1982)
Rod Stewart - Young Turks (LP Tonight I'm Yours, 1981)
Robert Palmer - Johnny & Mary (LP Clues, 1980)
Tina Turner - Johnny and Mary (OST Summer Lovers, 1982)
Looking Glass - Jimmy Loves Mary Anne (LP Subway Serenade, 1973)
Josie Cotton - Jimmy Loves Maryann (LP From The Hip, 1984)
Smokie - I'll Meet You At Midnight (LP Midnight Cafe, 1976)
Paul Anka - It's My Life (LP Rock Swings, 2004)
Vaya Con Dios - Puerto Rico (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)
Caterina Valente - Manuel (1978)
Dillinger - Cokane In My Brain (1976)
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (LP Transformer, 1972)
Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown (LP Sheik Yerbouti, 1979)
The Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back (1969)
21:00-22:00
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (LP Live At San Quentin, 1969)
1910 Fruitgum Company - Simon Says (1968)
The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (LP The Joker, 1973)
Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie (1973)
The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton (LP London Calling, 1979)
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (LP The Game, 1980)
Guesh Patti - Etienne (1987)
Eurythmics - Adrian (LP Be Yourself Tonight, 1985)
Laura Branigan - Spanish Eddie (LP Hold Me, 1985)
Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number (LP No Jacket Required, 1985)
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do (LP Tuesday Night Music Club, 1994)
R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (LP Monster, 1994)
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (LP Graceland, 1986)
Sister Sledge - Frankie (1985)
Airplay Pt. 2 (22:00-01:00):
http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/my-radio-boo-broadcast-male-names-in-songs-27082013-pt2
22:00-23:00
Pink Martini - Hey Eugene (LP Hey Eugene! 2007)
Vaya Con Dios - Johnny (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)
Scott Walker - Jackie (LP Scott 2, 1967)
Vaya Con Dios - Don't Cry For Louie (LP Vaya Con Dios, 1988)
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959)
Deon Jackson - Love Makes The World Go 'Round (1966)
Blue Zone U.K. - Jackie (LP Big Thing, 1988)
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (LP Tubthumper, 1997)
Blondie - Denis (1978)
Patti Smith - Frederick (LP Wave, 1979)
U2 - Mysterious Ways (LP Achtung Baby, 1991)
Hooters - Johnny B (LP One Way Home, 1987)
Skid Row - 18 and Life (LP Skid Row, 1989)
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe (1966)
Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son (1966)
Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew (1987)
Suzanne Vega - Luka (LP Solitude Standing, 1987)
The Eagles - New Kid In Town (LP Hotel Califonia, 1976)
Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County (LP Kenny, 1979)
23:00-00:00
Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead (OST Superfly, 1972)
America - Ventura Highway (LP Homecoming, 1972)
Bertie Higgins - Tokyo Joe (LP Pirates & Poest, 1983)
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (LP Still Craty After All These Years, 1975)
Manfred Mann & The Earth Band - Spirits In The Night (LP Nightingales & Bombers, 1975)
Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (LP Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (LP Aqualung, 1971)
Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (LP The Stranger, 1977)
Peter Tosh - Johnny B. Goode (1983)
Toto - Georgy Porgy (LP Toto, 1978)
Stephen Bishop - On And On (LP Careless, 1976)
Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi (LP M & J, 1987)
Grace Jones - Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician (LP Inside Story, 1986)
Everything But The Girl - Alfie (1986)
00:00-01:00
Prefab Sprout - Goodbye Lucille #1 (LP Steve McQueen, 1985)
Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do) (OST Arthur, 1981)
Michael Jackson - Ben (LP Ben, 1972)
Elton John - Daniel (LP Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player, 1973)
Cockney Rebel - Sebastian (LP The Human Menagerie, 1973)
Woven Hand - The Speaking Hands (LP Consider The Birds, 2004)
Dido feat. Eminem - Stan (The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000)
DNA feat. Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (1990)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open (LP Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)
Paul Brady - Nobody Knows (LP Trick Or Treat, 1991)
Caterina Valente - Manuel (1978)
The Beatles - Hey Jude (LP Let It Be, 1970)
Paul & Paula - Hey Paula (1962)
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