Songs Including Names In The Title Playlist Pt. 2

My apologies but there were just too many tunes scratching at my brain with the kind of insistent talons only songs can have. Rather than endure that singular torture a melody that won’t let you go can inflict, there’s a Part 2 to my initial “Songs With Names in their Titles” playlist. Again, having no car and zero interest in what teenagers like, my knowledge of songs ends with the last century. There’s also quite a bit of Bruce in the late 70s. Sorry, not sorry.

Mack the Knife — Bobby Darin

Kitty’s Back – Bruce Springsteen

So Like Candy – Elvis Costello

Valerie (I insist it be the slower BBC version) – Amy Whitehouse

Claudette – Dwight Yoakum

Lucille – Little Richard

Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac (Live)

Miss Otis Regrets – Ella Fitzgerald

Gloria – Laura Branigan

Isobel – Björk

Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry

Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) – Bruce Springsteen

Clementine — Bobby Darin

Mr. Brightside – The Killers

A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash

Michelle – The Beatles

Sherry Darling – Bruce Springsteen

Goodbye Earl – The Dixie Chicks

Kameika – Fiona Apple

Sarah Never Said Goodbye – Eleni Mandell

Benny and the Jets – Elton John

Candy’s Room – Bruce Springsteen

Mary, Don’t You Weep – Aretha Franklin or Swan Silvertones

Hit the Road, Jack – Ray Charles

 

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