I Love Lucy, the theme song for the hit comedy TV series was first written as an instrumental by Harold Adamson. He later added the lyrics sung by Desi Arnaz in the episode "Lucy's Last Birthday". There are many TV shows featuring a female lead, such as Gidget, Hazel, Jeannie, and Maude. But the most well known is Lucy! Staring in her own show, Lucile Ball became the iconic female lead for TV sit-com comedy. The original show ran from 1951 to 1957 and continued in various forms until 1960 and it can probably be seen today as it lives on in reruns.
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Oscar Winner
The first time an Academy Award was presented for Best Original Song was in 1934
and in 1937 the award went to Harry Owens for his song, Sweet Leilani, featured in
the movie Waikiki Wedding staring Bing Crosby. The song as sung by Bing and it
became one of the biggest hits of 1937. Leilani is a popular Hawaiian name and
Harry wrote the song in honor of his new baby daughter. The song was also
featured in the 1938 movie, Cocoanut Grove. Other girls name songs that have
won the Oscar include Mona Lisa, written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston, and
Gigi, written by Frederick Loewe and Alan Lerner.
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Learn about other songs with female names in the title or lyrics at www.GirlsNameSongs.com/list with the song List page with over 2,200 songs!
For My Mother
You should not be surprised to learn that some of the girls name songs on the list are songs written about the writer's or artist's own mother. John Lennon wrote the song Julia about his mum. Singer-composer and guitar player, Damon Johnson, of Brother Crane, wrote the song Voice of Eujena about his mother. And Philomena was written for his mother by Phil Lynott, founder, front man, and primary song writer of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. The song speaks of a son’s love and his wish to let her know how he feels. Lynott also wrote a song called Sarah dedicated to his Grandmother, Sarah, for whom he named his daughter. He also wrote a different song, also called Sarah, for his daughter! Legendary Phil Lynott passed away at the age of 36 in 1986.
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Learn about other songs with female names in the title or lyrics at www.GirlsNameSongs.com/list with the song List page with over 2,200 songs!
Young Singing Stars
Michael Jackson began his professional singing career at age six when he joined his brothers’ group, The Jackson Brothers. When Michael began singing lead vocals the band changed their name to The Jackson 5. At that same time period, Donny Osmond began singing with his brothers professionally. Donny made his public debut on the Andy Williams show at age five and began his trip to stardom with his brothers, The Osmonds.
Hi Hi Hazel was a regional hit in 1966, sung by Gary and The Hornets. Back in 1966 Gary & The Hornets band members ranged from 6 to 13 years old! They were from Franklin, Ohio and were popular in the Dayton and Cincinnati area in 1966 and 1967. The number of young singing stars is far too many to include in this short post, but I cannot end without mentioning that Paul Anka was just sixteen when he wrote and recorded his hit song, Diana, in 1957.
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Hi Hi Hazel was a regional hit in 1966, sung by Gary and The Hornets. Back in 1966 Gary & The Hornets band members ranged from 6 to 13 years old! They were from Franklin, Ohio and were popular in the Dayton and Cincinnati area in 1966 and 1967. The number of young singing stars is far too many to include in this short post, but I cannot end without mentioning that Paul Anka was just sixteen when he wrote and recorded his hit song, Diana, in 1957.
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Bubble-Gum
Tracy charted at number five and was the title song on the 1969 album, Tracy, by the Cuff Links. The lead singer was Ron Dante, the bubble-gum music king who also sang lead for The Detergents and The Archies as well as numerous commercial jingles and other anonymous studio gigs. The Cuff Links (Ron Dante) followed Tracy with a not-so-successful girls name song, When Julie Comes Around. These songs were the work of songwriter-producer team, Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. With The Archies, Dante performed the 1969 hit, Sugar Sugar, the number one best selling single in 1969.
Ron, who was born Carmine Granito, is a talented singer, songwriter, and producer. When performing with “The Archies” he sang all the parts, including the female parts by singing falsetto! Dante went on to be a successful producer for Barry Manilow and often sang backup on Barry’s recordings. He sang backup with Barry Manilow on the 1974 hit single, Mandy. Ron Dante continues to be active in the music industry; recently, in 2006, releasing the CD, California Weekend.
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Ron, who was born Carmine Granito, is a talented singer, songwriter, and producer. When performing with “The Archies” he sang all the parts, including the female parts by singing falsetto! Dante went on to be a successful producer for Barry Manilow and often sang backup on Barry’s recordings. He sang backup with Barry Manilow on the 1974 hit single, Mandy. Ron Dante continues to be active in the music industry; recently, in 2006, releasing the CD, California Weekend.
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English only?
I started out trying to keep my list to English-only songs but soon I became aware of some very significant non-english girls names songs that I wanted to add to the list. I invite you to listen to the song, Esther as sung by Lucius Banda.
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Learn about other songs with female names in the title or lyrics at www.GirlsNameSongs.com/list with the song List page with over 2,200 songs!
Love Sick
And Aubrey was her name. David Gates wrote the hit song Aubrey in 1972 and released it on Bread's album Guitar Man. It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard charts. This is a beautiful melancholy song about a love that was never fully realized. The song is about loving a girl and wishing to spend a lifetime with her but for some reason she disappeared. We are never really told why in the song, but just that the relationship was short-lived and now she is gone and he misses her so. I have not seen any official explanation but some have theorized that she died. One person said that they heard it was written by David about a neighbor whom he never really got to know. After she died suddenly, he felt remorse and wished he had gotten to know her. Another person pointed to the recent split with his wife. But no matter what the motivation, the song Aubrey is one of the most beautiful and heart-wrenching songs written about an unrealized love. Try not to cry when you listen to it!
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Learn about other songs with female names in the title or lyrics at www.GirlsNameSongs.com/list with the song List page with over 2,200 songs!
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