Dandy-Herman's Hermits (1966)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQRAN8euAEM


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Sheila-Tommy Roe (1962)

(I used to sing this to my cat only I changed the name to Sheena which was the cat's name. lol)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDWM3bLEB3M


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Bruce Springsteen
"Rosalita"
1973

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC4bf67s5lQ

Cindy-Ricky Nelson (1959)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwMjiXcrHTI


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"Rosalie" - Bob Seger

About music director Rosalie Trombley. Also covered by Thin Lizzy.  Here's their version:

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"Amie" - Pure Prairie League

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"Angelina" by Harry Belafonte in 1961

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbKNICg-REA

Steve Winwood - Valerie
Already included on this topic, on the first page...


"Valerie" by Steve Winwood (1987)

Not to be confused with "Valleri" by the Monkees (pronounced the same way)

"Clair" is a song by Gilbert O'Sullivan, released in 1972 as the first single from his second album Back to Front. It was written by O'Sullivan and produced by Gordon Mills, and is one of O'Sullivan's biggest-selling singles.

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"Frankie" is a song by American vocal group Sister Sledge, released as a single in 1985. It is taken from their eighth studio album, When the Boys Meet the Girls (1985).

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"Terry" is the debut single by British singer Lynn Ripley, who performed under the name Twinkle. It reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1964, spending a total of fifteen weeks on the charts. The track also reached number 5 on the Canadian charts, spending four weeks in the top 40 in February 1965, and number 2 on the Hong Kong charts in March 1965. The song is about the death of a young man named Terry, killed in a motorcycle accident. It was banned by both the BBC, and by ITV's Ready Steady Go! on grounds of taste (the last line, "Please wait at the gates of heaven for me, Terry" indicated the intention of suicide), but despite (or possibly because of) this, it shot up the charts. It was Twinkle's only top 10 hit, although her follow-up, "Golden Lights" (later covered by the Smiths), reached number 21 in the UK.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3zNKWyLfus
Anna (Go To Him)-Beatles
That song has more than a single word in the title of the song.

"Stan" is a song by American rapper Eminem, with vocals sampled from the opening lines of British singer Dido's song "Thank You". It was released in 2000, as the third single from Eminem's third album, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). "Stan" peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "Stan" topped the charts in 12 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Ireland.

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This song started playing in my head.  Then I remembered this topic.  Then I hesitated because I could have sworn that somebody had already posted it.  But after searching through the past 10 pages with CTRL-F, I can't find it.  So, sorry if this is a duplicate.  Otherwise, from my high school years:

"Jane" - Jefferson Starship


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Joan Armatrading
"Rosie"
1983

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbibpTBQTqE

Jim Capaldi
"Eve"
1972

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M3XZgwq_fk

"Stan" is a song by American rapper Eminem, with vocals sampled from the opening lines of British singer Dido's song "Thank You". It was released in 2000, as the third single from Eminem's third album, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). "Stan" peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "Stan" topped the charts in 12 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Ireland.


Eminem had another song whose title was a first name: "Kim" (from the same album as "Stan", in fact)

"Almaz" is a single by American female soul singer Randy Crawford, which was released in 1986. The song reached number four in the UK Singles Chart. "Almaz" is one of the few songs Randy Crawford has written by herself, and the first of her own compositions that was released as a single.

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"Lucille" is a song written by Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in 1977 as the second and final single from the album Kenny Rogers. It became Rogers' first major hit as a solo artist after leaving the successful country/rock group The First Edition the previous year. An international hit, it reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart and number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Overseas, "Lucille" reached the top of the UK Singles Chart in June 1977, the first of Rogers' two number 1 singles there.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvGpvQbkccE

Barry Manilow - Mandy

"Lucille" is a 1957 rock and roll song originally recorded by American musician Little Richard. Released on Specialty Records in February 1957, the single reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B chart, 21 on the US pop chart, and number 10 on the UK chart. It was composed by Albert Collins (not to be confused with the blues guitarist of the same name) and Little Richard. First pressings of Specialty 78rpm credit Collins as the sole writer. Little Richard bought half of the song's rights while Collins was in Louisiana State Penitentiary. The song foreshadowed the rhythmic feel of 1960s rock music in several ways, including its heavy bassline and slower tempo, inspired by the chugging of a train the band had been riding. The scene-setting sections also feature stop-time breaks and no change in harmony, and it has a darker sound because most of the instruments use a low register.

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A hit from my childhood:

"Elenore" - The Turtles

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Till I get my new computer, I will only post the songs in word format, and add the video later.

"Sandy" is a song from the 1978 film Grease, written by Louis St. Louis and Screamin' Scott Simon (of Sha Na Na), and performed by John Travolta, in character as Danny Zuko. It was released as a single in several countries, giving Travolta a no. 2 hit in the UK.

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"Sam" is a song performed by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. It was written by Don Black, Hank Marvin and John Farrar. It was released in January 1977 as the third and final single from the Newton-John's eighth studio album, Don't Stop Believin' and peaked in the U.S. at number one on the Easy Listening chart and number twenty on the Hot 100. It reached number six in the UK Singles Chart.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpXkQ2XDyPI
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"Sherry" is a song written by Bob Gaudio and recorded by The Four Seasons. "It was the band's first nationally released single and their first number one hit, reaching the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in September 1962.

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"Mona" - Quicksilver Messenger Service

A cover of "Mona (I Need You Baby)" by Bo Diddley.

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Don Partridge, English singer and songwriter, known as the "king of the buskers". He performed from the early 1960s first as a folk singer and later as a busker and one-man band, and achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK and Europe. His debut recording of his own song, "Rosie", reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1968. Following its success, Partridge quit busking for a more orthodox professional singing career.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E77lRJNs3k
The Electric Company Cast- Randy 

"Caroline" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1973. It was included on the band's 1973 album Hello! The song was written by band leader Francis Rossi and roadie / harmonica player Bob Young on a table napkin in the dining room of a hotel in Perranporth, Cornwall, in 1971.

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"Geno" is a 1980 single by Dexys Midnight Runners. Written by Kevin Archer and Kevin Rowland, it was the band's second single and their first UK number one, staying at the top of the Singles Chart for two weeks. The song charted at number two in Ireland. The song is a tribute to soul singer Geno Washington, and performed in approximately the style of Geno Washington's Ram Jam Band. Rowland and Archer began working on the song in early 1979, with Rowland writing lyrics to Archer's music. The song bears resemblance to Zoot Money's Big Roll Band's "One and Only Man" and the Turtles' "Happy Together".

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"Harry"
Catherine Howe
Originally 1975, re-released 1984

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If anyone is offended by the F word, you may not like this one, but I personally think this song is superb! I crank it quite often in my car!! 

Hardwell featuring Harrison - Sally (2015)
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Another "Sally":

"Sally" is a popular song written by Leo Towers, Harry Leon and Will E. Haines. It was first sung by Gracie Fields in the 1931 film Sally in Our Alley. "Sally" was released on His Master's Voice as the B-side of the record "Fall In and Follow the Band". Merseybeat group The Koobas covered the song in 1967 and released it as a single on Columbia. Gerry Monroe scored a hit with the song in 1970 and it was also released by Karl Denver in 1966. Paul McCartney covered the song during a soundcheck at Wembley on his 1990 world tour; the song was released on the live album Tripping the Live Fantastic.

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"Sonny" - Rod Stewart

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The Radha Krishna Temple
"Govinda"
1971

Produced by George Harrison.

I love the arrangement of this song. It just builds and builds and swirls and swirls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y_A7bWMdHo

"Rupert" from the TV show based on the famous cartoon character, Rupert Bear (inaccurately referred to as "Rupert the Bear" in the song's lyrics). The song was written by Len Beadle and Ron Roker, sung by Jackie Lee, and reached No. 14 in the United Kingdom charts in 1971.

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The English Beat - Jeanette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RM7LZ7vp0E

"Geraldine" is a 2008 single by Scottish indie rock band Glasvegas. It was released in 2008 and reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number one on the Scottish Singles Chart.

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Joni Mitchell
"Carey"
1971

From the classic "Blue" album. This song got a lot of AM airplay in summer 1971.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfZJ6sHeA6k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j1_haYQF0I
Boz Scaggs - Simone (1980)

The KBC Band
"Mariel"
1986

Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner, Marty Balin and Jack Casady came together for this album in 1986. This is a Kanter/Balin epic about the late Nora Astorga, a Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter in the Nicaraguan Revolution, a lawyer, politician, judge and the Nicaraguan ambassador to the United Nations from 1986 to 1988. For the song Kantner called her Mariel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnIdzkHeTlk

A mid-tempo cut from their first album, America -

America - Clarice (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPC7TrNE1DU

"Gloria" has been mentioned; however I can think of at least 3 distinct hit songs having that title.  The "Them" version has been posted.  There is a 1970's hit by a soul group, Enchantment.  And this early 80's smash:

Laura Branigan - Gloria (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXx0pWpszKg

"Gloria"...I can think of at least 3 distinct hit songs having that title... a 1970's hit by a soul group, Enchantment...


Since I mentioned it already -

Enchantment - Gloria (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOqmXhNzRY

Henry Gross - Shannon
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"Gloria" has been mentioned; however I can think of at least 3 distinct hit songs having that title.  The "Them" version has been posted.  There is a 1970's hit by a soul group, Enchantment.  And this early 80's smash:

Laura Branigan - Gloria (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXx0pWpszKg

Yep, I’m pretty sure I mentioned them on the Same Title Different Song thread. I really liked the Laura Branigan one. O0


I prefer the full (unedited) song better
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Boz Scaggs - Jojo (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b42Qno-99LQ

"Ruby" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2007 as the lead single from their second studio album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007). It became the band's first British number-one single in 2007 and ended 2007 as the year's 10th-biggest-selling single in the UK, with total sales of 313,765. As of September 2016, it has sold over 600,000 copies in the UK as stated by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). "Ruby" was voted number 13 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007, Australia's largest annual music poll.

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Connie Francis - Frankie (1959)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkVq_6LJ2e0

"Lola" - The Kinks


Parodied 15 years later by Weird Al as "Yoda" :D

Not mentioned yet (until now): "Beth" by Kiss.

The Who - Athena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8iTjP5cTcQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg-Q-Acv4qs
Elton John- Nikita
This song has already been posted in this topic.

Here: http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=65265.msg4215799#msg4215799

"Laura" is a 1945 popular song. The music, composed by David Raksin for the 1944 movie Laura, which starred Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, is heard frequently in the movie. The film's director, Otto Preminger, had originally wanted to use Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady" as the theme, but Raksin was not convinced that it was suitable. Angered, Preminger gave Raksin one weekend to compose an alternative melody. Raksin later said, and maintained for the rest of his days, that when, over that weekend, his wife sent him a "Dear John" letter, the haunting theme seemed to write itself. The lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer after the film made the tune popular, so he had to title the song "Laura". According to Mercer, he had not yet seen the movie when he wrote the lyrics but was aware that it was a romantic, somewhat haunting story. The song became a jazz standard and has been recorded more than 400 times. Some of the best-known versions are by Woody Herman, Dave Brubeck, Johnny Johnston, Emil Newman, David Rose, Billy Eckstine, Charlie Parker, J. J. Johnson, Carly Simon, Frank Sinatra, Spike Jones and Julie London (included on her 1955 debut album Julie Is Her Name, Vol. 1).

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"Valerie" is a song by English indie rock band The Zutons from their second studio album, Tired of Hanging Around (2006). The song was later covered by Mark Ronson, with lead vocals provided by Amy Winehouse, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in 2007.

The Zutons
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Mark Ronson, featuring Amy Winehouse
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"Lola" - The Kinks



Parodied 15 years later by Weird Al as "Yoda" :D


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Another fictional name:

"Godzilla" - Blue Oyster Cult

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This might be an edge case, but in the context of the song, Lather is a name of guy (apparently inspired by JA drummer Spencer Dryden) who just turned 30 years old, and therefore is of the age group who can't be trusted (as famously declared by Abbie Hoffman Jerry Rubin John Lennon Jack Weinberg).

"Lather" - Jefferson Airplane

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The Pretenders - Thumbelina (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7iAMhtuUwg

The Pretenders - Thumbelina (1984)


“Thumbelina" is also the title of a show tune from the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen written by American songwriter Frank Loesser and performed by Danny Kaye.

Another one to add to the Same Title Different Song thread!

Another fictional name:

"Godzilla" - Blue Oyster Cult




Another awsome "monster" song from 5 years earlier:

"Frankenstein" - The Edgar Winter Group

(Some pedant is probably going to inform me that, "Acutally, Frankenstein is the name of the monster's creator...".  Yeah, I know.  :) )

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A childhood summertime classic from 1973:

"Jet" - Paul McCartney and Wings

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From 1980:

"Flash" - Queen

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The single version is just titled "Flash", but the album version is titled "Flash's Theme".

"Albatross" is a guitar-based instrumental by Fleetwood Mac, released as a single in November 1968, later featuring on the compilation albums The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK) and English Rose (US). The piece was composed by Peter Green.

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Country Joe & The Fish
"Maria"
1969

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpbaLzRyVU

Country Joe & The Fish
"Mara"
1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpbaLzRyVU

Country Joe McDonald
"Mara"
1971
from the soundtrack of the film "Quiet days In Clichy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyu900d9yAA

"Maria" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story, sung by the lead character Tony. The music was written by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The song was published in 1956. "Maria" is sung by the male lead Tony when he learns the name of the girl he's fallen in love with is "Maria". The name "Maria" is spoken or sung in the song 30 times.

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Here sung by Ansel Elgort from the American musical romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg "West Side Story" (2021)

"Fernando" is a song written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, from the Swedish musical group ABBA. The song was written for their fellow group member Anni-Frid Lyngstad and was included on her 1975 album Frida ensam. The following year, "Fernando" was re-recorded by ABBA. It was released in March 1976 as the brand new track for the 1976 compilation album Greatest Hits, and was also included on the group's fourth studio album, Arrival, in Australia and New Zealand.

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"Joey" is an epic story-song from Bob Dylan's 1975 album Desire. It was written by Dylan and Jacques Levy, who collaborated with Dylan on most of the songs on the album. Like another long song on the album, "Hurricane", "Joey" is biographical. It tells the story of the life and death of mobster Joey Gallo, who was killed on his birthday at Umberto's Clam House in Little Italy, on April 7, 1972. The song was produced by Don DeVito.

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"Joey" is an epic story-song from Bob Dylan's 1975 album Desire. It was written by Dylan and Jacques Levy, who collaborated with Dylan on most of the songs on the album. Like another long song on the album, "Hurricane", "Joey" is biographical. It tells the story of the life and death of mobster Joey Gallo, who was killed on his birthday at Umberto's Clam House in Little Italy, on April 7, 1972. The song was produced by Don DeVito.

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My favorite Bob Dylan album.



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"Joey" is an epic story-song from Bob Dylan's 1975 album Desire. It was written by Dylan and Jacques Levy, who collaborated with Dylan on most of the songs on the album. Like another long song on the album, "Hurricane", "Joey" is biographical. It tells the story of the life and death of mobster Joey Gallo, who was killed on his birthday at Umberto's Clam House in Little Italy, on April 7, 1972. The song was produced by Don DeVito.

Interesting, I did not realize there were multiple songs called “Joey.”



"Joey" by Concrete Blonde (1990)

"Maria", sometimes known as "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?", is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.

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"Donna" is the first single by British art pop band 10cc. Released in 1972, it peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Lol Creme and Kevin Godley. The melody line is similar to the Beatles song "Oh! Darling".

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"Skewball" was the name of an 18th-century British racehorse, most famous as the subject of a broadsheet ballad and folk-song. Th 1963 rendition (titled "Stewball") by Peter, Paul and Mary, itself based on the classical version recorded during the early 1940s by folk singer Woody Guthrie.

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The melody was also the basis for the song "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band, which has become a Christmas standard since its release in 1971.

"Iesha" is the debut single by Another Bad Creation, from the album Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! Released on October 2, 1990, the song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #6 on the R&B chart.
The name Iesha is a girls name of Arabic origin.

"Carrie" is a song performed by Cliff Richard and released in December 1979 as the third single lifted from Richard's album Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile. It reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and became an international hit.

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"Alfie" is a song by British singer-songwriter Lily Allen from her debut studio album, Alright, Still (2006). Written by Allen and Greg Kurstin, the song was released as the fourth and final single from the album, on 5 March 2007, by Regal Recordings. In the United Kingdom, it was marketed as a double A-side single, along with "Shame for You". While the melody incorporates a sample of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet on a String", the lyrics directly describe Allen's real life younger brother (aged 20 at the time of the single's release), actor Alfie Allen, criticising him for laziness. The single peaked inside the top 20 of the charts in New Zealand and on the UK Singles Chart, where it became her third single to do so.

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"Mandy" is a popular song by Irving Berlin, published in 1919. It was originally used for an Army-themed musical revue called Yip Yip Yaphank during World War I. For the number, soldiers in the show dressed in blackface and in drag. This song and chorus line was also re-created for the 1942 play and the 1943 Warner Brothers film This Is The Army. The number became a hit when it was re-used in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1919, where it was performed by Eddie Cantor, Van and Schenck and Marilyn Miller. This song was performed by Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Ann Sothern, George Murphy, The Nicholas Brothers, and The Goldwyn Girls in the 1934 film Kid Millions. The song was revived in the 1954 movie White Christmas, where it was sung by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary Clooney.

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Melinda"
recorded live in 2003

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVc0kp3dWV8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpXkQ2XDyPI
Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons- Marlena


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpXkQ2XDyPI
Marlena - Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
Already included on this topic by yourself.