Sinister: Lloyd's Names, and the rest

[P F]

The other day somebody mailed re. the dearth of unusual names in pop songs. 
(Odd, given the proliferation of ditto in pop stars' children's names?) But 
some do spring.

1. The oddest name in pop that I've heard is in Ray Davies' 'Holiday 
Romance'. So odd is the name that I've forgotten it. It's a bit like 
Millicent or Tabitha.

2. Speaking of a Millicent, Lloyd Cole had one in 'Big World', B-side of 
'Lost Weekend' (1985). And LC has used loads of other unusual names: Jesus, 
Jody (but not Judy?), Rusty, Jesse... (see Papercuts 2 for more details).

3. 'One little girl's called Jane-Marie / Another little girl's called  
Felicity / One little girl's called Sally-Joy...'

4. 'Michelle / Ma Belle / Sont des mots qui...'

I don't know: there are loads. What we should do is a names-in-songs 
service. Folk who feel under-represented in pop should say so, and it 
shouldn't take long to come up with a song that does feature their name.

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