Song Top 5 with a FEMALE name in its title

Rosalita - Bruce Springsteen
Frankie - Bruce Springsteen
Rose Darling - Steely Dan
Peg - Steely Dan
Martha My Dear - The Beatles

 

Brill Building songbook :

Lisa (Bacharach / David) - Burt Bacharach
Lisa Was (Barry Mann) - Bergen White
Ruby Baby (Leiber / Stoller) - Donald Fagen
(Marie's Her Name) His Latest Flame (Pomus / Shuman) - Elvis
Venus (Marshall / DeAngelis) - Frankie Avalon

 

1. The Allman Brothers Band - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
2. Derek & The Dominos - Layla
3. The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
4. The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance

 

Lyla - Oasis
Jolie - Al Kooper
Nicole- Don Ellis
Marjorine - Herb Alpert
Nancy - Mr. Sinatra

 

Peg/Josie/Rikki...Steeley Dan (tie)
My Sharona...The Knack (with guitar solo, not edited version)
Victoria...The Kinks
Allison...Elvis Costello
Sweet Jane...Velvet Underground

 

Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
Charlotte - Big Country
Shelley Brown - Shack
Cynthia - Bruce Springsteen
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones

 

Doreen-Half Man Half Biscuit

Delilah-The Dresden Dolls

Miss Trudy-Gorki’s Zygotic Mynci

Wendy-The Beach Boys

Emily-Joanna Newsom

(My youngest daughter’s middle name is Rosalita, which was sort of inspired by the song in as much as I’d read the track listing for the album and liked the name, but I didn’t actually hear it until after she was born. I liked it, but Leah remains my favourite Bruce girl’s name song)

(Edit #2 Emily substituted for Cosmia. Sadie could have been there, too, though possibly not Esme)

 

Christine - Motorhead
Janine - David Bowie
Sad Lisa - Cat Stevens
Maria's Bed - Bruce Springsteen
Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan
Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers

(The first is the name of my current lady friend; the others are all exes.)

 

Next batch
Flo and Eddie - Rebecca
The Kinks - Victoria
The Kinks - Sweet Lady Genevieve
Deep Purple - Emmaretta
Deep Purple - Why Didn't Rosemary?
The Move - Hello Susie
The Move - When Alice Comes Back to the Farm
The Move - Ella James
The Hollies - Sorry Suzanne
The Hollies - Carrie Anne
Caravan - Waterloo Lily
Caravan - Sally Don't Change It
Caravan - Wendy Wants Another 6" Mole
Camel - Elke
Neil Innes - Randy Raquel
Neil Innes - Kenny and Lisa
Little Richard - Lucille
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Annie Haslam - Celestine
John Wetton & Phil Manzanera - Suzanne
Them - Gloria
Todd Rundgren - Black Maria
Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor
Joe Walsh - Song for Emma
Blue Angel - Lorraine
Colin Blunstone - Caroline
The Beach Boys - Lady Lynda
The Beach Boys - Deidre
The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda
The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
The Grass Roots - Bella Linda
John Wesley Harding - Cathy's New Clown
Kate Bush - Lily
It Bites - Rose Marie
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Uriah Heep - Sweet Lorraine
Poco - Rose of Cimarron
Derek - Layla
Pure Prairie League - Amie
Marillion - Lady Nina
Marillion - Kayleigh
Mott the Hoople - Alice
Mott the Hoople - Trudi's Song
Mott the Hoople - Pearl and Roy

 

Amanda-Waylon
Ballard of Sally Rose-Emmylou
Run around Sue-Dion
Suite:Judy Blue Eyes-CS&N
Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town-First Edition
Susie Q-Dale Hawkins

 

Mary Anne - Marshall Crenshaw
Sheena is a Punk Rocker - The Ramones
Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke/The Four Tops
Marie Provost - Nick Lowe
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly

 

Tracy - The Cufflinks
Linda Let Me Be The One - Bruce Springsteen
Sunny - Bobby Hebb
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
Windy - Association

 

Donna The Prima Donna - Dion
Ruby - Dion

 

Help Me Rhonda- Beach Boys
Julie- Bobby Fuller Four
Amanda- Waylon Jennings
Peggy Sue-Buddy Holly
Julia- Beatles

 

"Take a Message to Mary" by The Everly Brothers
"Poor Jenny" by The Everly Brothers
"Jenny, Jenny" by Little Richard
"Charlena" by The Sevilles
"Kocaine Karolina" by Elle King
"Beautiful Delilah" by Chuck Berry
"Bloody Mary Morning" by Willie Nelson
"Delilah" by Tom Jones
"Wicked Ruby" (I can't recall the singer)
"Rose Marie" by Slim Whitman
"Linda on My Mind" by Conway Twitty
"Marie" by Jim Reeves
"Maybelline" by Chuck Berry

 

Alice is popular:

Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant
Boyce & Hart - Alice Long
Elton John- All the Girls Love Alice
Jimmy Webb - Alyce Blue Gown (sic)

 

Steve Winwood - Valerie (remix)
Marillion - Kayleigh
Iggy Pop (with Kate Pierson) - Candy
Richard Marx - Angelia
Starship - Sara

they're all the same theme

 

Cecilia--Simon and Garfunkel
Hey There Delilah--Plain White T's
Ella Jean--Timothy B. Schmit
Adalia--Madina Lake
Josie--Steely Dan

 

Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley - Robert Palmer
Plaistow Patricia - Ian Dury
Nettie Moore - Bob Dylan
Marliese - Fischer-Z
Ruby Lee - Joe Cocker
Oh Patti - Scritti Politti
Mary - Supergrass

 

"Mary Jane" by Alanis Morissette
"Mary" by Sarah McLachlan
"Adia" by Sarah McLachlan

 

More ladies:

Bob Lind - Cheryl's Goin' Home
The Beach Boys - Deirdre
Bob Lind - Eleanor
The Turtles - Elenore (sic)
Eskimo Joe - Please Elise
Barry Ryan - Eloise

 

Smart-ass edition:

April Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkel
Rainy Day In June - The Kinks
May This Be Love - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Joy and Jubilee - Bonnie Prince Billy
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley

 

"Leah" by Roy Orbison

 

Sad Lisa - Cat Stevens
For Emily Whenever I May Find Her - Simon & Garfunkel
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
Eileen - Keith Richards
Sweet Suzanne - Buzzin' Cuzzins

 

Glancing quickly here are a few I like that I didn't notice.

Carol - Chuck Berry
Nadine - Chuck Berry
Mona - Bo Diddley
Caroline - Status Quo