It’s no secret that boys start garage bands to get the girl. In rock and roll, women’s names have often been in the titles of great songs. Here are a few…
“Maybelline” by Chuck Berry was released in 1955 and is considered a rip off from the Bob Wills country song “Ida Red.” The song is in the Grammy Hall of Fame and has been credited with being a significant influence in rock and roll.
“Alice’s’ Restaurant” by Arlo Guthrie is based on an odd yet true story. Arlo was arrested for loitering on Thanksgiving Day in Massachusetts. As luck would have it, the arrest kept him from being drafted, so as a musician against the Vietnam War in 1965, Arlo turned his experience into an anti-war anthem sing along.
Described as a power love ballad song “Amanda” by Boston released in 1986, the song was first single from Boston who hadn’t put out an album in over six years. The song hot Gold in Canada with mid-chart success in the US, never charting in the UK.