Sunday, 10 May 2026

Saturday Snapshots #447: Songs About Famous Female Singers

Thank you for playing this week's Snapshots.

Here are 15 songs dedicated to famous ladies of song...


15. Christ's sons' lay a band... that would cause a kerfuffle.

"Christ's sons' lay a band" was a very convoluted anagram.

Crosby, Stills and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 

Written by Stephen Stills, about his ex... blue-eyed Judy Collins.

14. Poster boys.

The Wanted - Walks Like Rihanna

13. Originally called Landscape: Noon. 

John Constable's painting, originally titled Landscape: Noon, became more famous as The Haywain.

The Haywains - Dusty Springfield 

...or you could have had...

The Haywains - Bobbie Gentry's Tears

12. Be happy in Italian, with Nina.

"Felice" is be happy in Italian. With Nina Simone.

Simone Felice - Courtney Love

11. They gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.

That's a quote from To Kill A Mockingbird, regarding Arthur 'Boo' Radley.

The Boo Radleys - It's Lulu!

10. Part lion, part eagle - all Vicious.

A Griffin was part-lion, part-eagle. Sid was Vicious.

Sid Griffin - Ode to Bobbie Gentry

9. Calendar Girls.

Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono

8. Often thought of as a Nancy boy.

Because he often duetted with Ms. Sinatra.

Lee Hazlewood - Dolly Parton's Guitar

7. Sand aggregates water.

Mix 'em together and what have you got?

The Concretes - Diana Ross

6. They're not interested in your Bomber, your Burner, or your Chopper.

No Raleighs! They only want to steal your BMX.

The BMX Bandits - Kylie's Got A Crush On Us

5. Go Wild, Hey-Billy-Poppa and Derek Dick.

Go Wild In The Country; Hey Joe, Billy Joe (see above), Poppa Joe; Derek Dick is Fish.

Country Joe & The Fish - Janis

4. What you talking about, Willis (junior)?

Bruce Willis's daughter is called Rumer.

Rumer - Aretha

3. Sounds like a coal train for John and Andy in Tennessee.

Robbie Coltrane meets John / Andy / Tennessee Williams.

Robbie Williams (featuring the Pet Shop Boys) - She's Madonna

2. Kurt loves fishing for pubs. What does he use?

He uses a...

Courtney Barnett - Ode to Odetta

1. Diana keels over when she's around him.


"Diana keels" was an anagram.

Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol! 

(Written about Carole King.)

I had a load of these left over, so I'll bore you with them tomorrow.

More Snapshots next Saturday.


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