Song Names Jer - K
| Laila/Layla | Laila
- Blue System Laila Khaled - Magtens Korridorer Layla - Eric Clapton |
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| Lalena | Lalena - Donovan | |
| Lamar | Lamar Vannoy - The Bouncing Souls | |
| Lara | Lara's Theme (from Dr. Zhivago) - George Davidson | |
| Larry | Larry
- Catie Curtis Hats Off To Larry - Del Shannon Hey Larry - Dean Friedman I Remember Larry - Weird Al Yankovic Larry, the Asshole - Fluffer's Union Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn - Wesley Willis |
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| Laura | Laura
- Johnny Mercer & David Raksin; covered - many Laura - Jimmy Nail Laura - Scissor Sisters Laura - Flogging Molly Laura - Cal Tjader Laura - Johnny Hallyday |
Laura
- Billy Joel Laura Laurent - Bright Eyes Laura's Theme - Craig Armstrong Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson Think of Laura - Christopher Cross Willie and Laura Mae Jones - Dusty Springfield Ghost of Laura Palmer - Swallow the Sun |
| Lauren | Lauren's Cathedral - Mando Diao | |
| Lauretta | Lauretta's Cousin Laurinda - Donovan | |
| Laurie (see also Lori) | Laurie (Strange Things Happen) - Dickey Lee | |
| Laurinda | Lauretta's Cousin Laurinda - Donovan | |
| Lazlo | Lazlo's Career - Moxy Früvous | |
| Lea | The Ballad of Lea and Paul - K's Choice | |
| Leah | Ah
Leah - Donnie Iris My Beautiful Leah - PJ Harvey |
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| Lee | Lee
- Tenacious D Lee - Moxy Früvous Lee Remick - Michael Smith Leigh and Me - Starflyer 59 |
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| Leila | Leila
Came Round & We Watched - Four Tet Like Leila Khaled Said - The Teardrop Explodes |
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| Lena | Lena
- The Lovin' Spoonful Lena - Harry Belafonte |
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| Lenny | Lenny
and Terence - Carter USM Lenny Bruce - Bob Dylan Song for Lenny Bruce - Tim Hardin Rodney King (Song for Lenny Bruce) - The Boo Radleys |
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| Leona | Leona - Millencolin | |
| Leonardo | Hey Leonardo (She Liked Me For Me) - Blessid Union of Souls | |
| Leroy | Leroy
- Wheatus Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce Bring Back Leroy Brown - Queen Mrs. Leroy Brown' - Loretta Lynn |
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| Leslie/Lesley | Lesley
Parlafitt - Bromheads Jacket Ode to Leslie - BJ Snowden Leslie Anne Levine - The Decemberists Leslie - The Skydiggers |
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| Lester | How
Lester Lost His Wife - of Montreal Sometimes (Lester Piggott) - James |
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| Levi | Levi Stubbs' Tears - Billy Bragg | |
| Levon | Levon - Elton John | |
| Lewis (see also Louis) | Lewis (Mistreated) - Radiohead | |
| Leyna | All For Leyna - Billy Joel | |
| Liam | Liam - In Extremo | |
| Lilian | Lilian - Depeche Mode | |
| Lilith | Heart
of Lilith - Inkubus Sukkubus Liliywhite Lilith - Genesis |
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| Lily | Lilly
- Pink Martini Lily - Joan Baez Lily - Kate Bush Lily, Are You Happy? - Hall & Oates Lily and the Blackwater - Michael Smith Lily Dreams On - Cotton Mather Lily (My One and Only) - Smashing Pumpkins Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan Lily the Pink - The Scaffold Pictures of Lily - The Who Waterloo Lily - Caravan |
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| Linda | Dreams
of Linda - The Cowsills Bella Linda - The Grass Roots I Saw Linda Yesterday - Dickie Lee Linda Let Me Be the One - Bruce Springsteen Linda on My Mind - Conway Twitty Looking for Linda - Hue and Cry Linda Lu - Ray Sharpe The Lovely Linda - Paul McCartney Linda Blair Was Born Innocent - The Mountain Goats Lady Lynda - Beach Boys |
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| Lindsey | Lovely Lindsey - Katrina and the Waves | |
| Linus | Linus - Linda Sharar | |
| Lionel | Lionel Say - Jim's Big Ego | |
| Lisa | Happy
Birthday, Dear Friend Lisa - Jens Lekman I'm Not Lisa - Jessi Colter Life after Lisa - Bowling for Soup Lisa - Roger McGuinn Lisa Brown - The Rankin Family Lisa Likes Rock´n´Roll - Ian Hunter Lisa Says - The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed Losing Lisa - Ben Folds* Morning Miss Lisa - Sugarplum Fairy My Lisa - Bay City Rollers Sad Lisa - Cat Stevens Sweet Little Lisa - Dave Edmunds |
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| Liza | Come
Back Liza - Harry Belafonte My Sweet Liza - Cliff Eberhardt Liza and Louise - NOFX Liza Jane - Vince Gill Liza Radley - The Jam Little Liza Jane - Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer |
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| Lizzy | Dizzy
Miss Lizzy - Larry Williams, covered - The Beatles Lizzy - Ben Kweller |
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| Lois | Dennis
and Lois - The Happy Mondays Lois Lane - Uncle Bonsai |
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| Lola | Lola
- The Kinks Lola Stars And Stripes - The Stills Lola's Theme - Shapeshifters |
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| Lolita | Lolita
- Prince Lolita - Stereophonics on Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Lolita - Suzanne Vega Lolita - Elefant |
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| Loreen | Loreen - Sandra | |
| Lorelei
- Alison Brown Lorelei - Styx |
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| Lori (see also Laurie) | Lori
Glory - Stina Nordenstam Lori Meyers - NOFX Lori's Long Legs - Annie Gallup Lori's Song - Trout Fishing in America Tell Lorrie I Love Her - Keith Whitley |
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| Lorraine | Lorraine
- Bad Manners Lorraine - Cyndi Lauper Lorraine's My Nurse - Blancmange Sweet Lorraine - Patty Griffin |
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| Lou (see also Lu) | Lou
Marsh - Phil Ochs (Tony, This Song is Called) Lou Weed - The Dandy Warhols Iron Clad Lou - Hum (band) |
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| Louie | Brother
Louie - Modern Talking Brother Louie - Stories Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen Louie Louie - The Kinks |
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| Louis (see also Lewis) | Louis
- The Roches Louis CXIV - Fukkeduk You Sound Like Louis Burdett - The Whitlams Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt Louis Quatorze - Bow Wow Wow |
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| Louisa | Louise Louisa - Mew | |
| Louise | Louise
- Beth Amsel Louise - Maurice Chevalier Louise - Harry Belafonte Louise - Jim Henry Louise - John Lee Hooker Louise - The Human League Louise - NOFX Louise - Paul Revere and the Raiders Louise Louisa - Mew Louise's Church - Laura Nyro Louise McGhee - Son House Cherokee Louise – Joni Mitchell Für Luise - Cluster & Eno |
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| Lu (see also Lou) | Lu - Laura Nyro | |
| Luanne | Luanne - Foreigner | |
| Lucas | Mad Lucas - The Breeders | |
| Lucille | Lucille
- B.B. King Lucille - The Everly Brothers Lucille - Little Richard Lucille - Kenny Rogers Lucille - Big Joe Turner Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up - Frank Zappa |
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| Lucretia | Lucretia
My Reflection - The Sisters of Mercy Lucretia MacEvil - Blood, Sweat & Tears |
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| Lucy | Almost Lucy - Al
Stewart Forgetful Lucy - Adam Sandler Fuck You Lucy - Atmosphere Lucy - See Spot Run Lucy - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Lucy - Hanson The Ballad of Lucy Jordan - Marianne Faithfull Ballad of Lucy + Ted - Phranc |
Lucy At the Gym
- Jill Sobule Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles Lucy's Door - Harry Belafonte Lucy's Shoe - Spacehog Lucy's Smile - Rob Laurens There Goes Lucy - The Rembrandts Lucystoners - Amy Ray Juicy Luicy - Klaatu |
| Luka | Luka - Suzanne Vega | |
| Lulabelle | Lullabelle - Hanson | |
| Lulu | Baby
Lulu - Stereolab Don't Bring Lulu - The Andrews Sisters |
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| Lydia | Lydia
- the Butchies Lydia - Dean Friedman Lydia the Tattooed Lady (written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg made famous by Groucho Marx) |
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| Lyla | Lyla - Oasis | |
| Mabel | Hello,
Mabel - Bonzo Dog Band Mabel - Goldfinger Mabel - Procol Harum Have You Seen Mabel - Rocky Bill Ford Big Mabel Murphy - Dallas Frazier |
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| Macarena | Macarena - Los del Rio | |
| Madeline | Madalaine
- Winger Madeleine - Jacques Brel Madeleine-Mary - Bonnie Prince Billy Madeline - Fairport Convention Madeline - Hanson Madeline - Yo La Tengo |
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| Madonna | Madonna
- Masters of Reality Do It With Madonna - The Androids Lady Madonna - The Beatles She's Madonna - Robbie Williams |
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| Magdalena | Magdalena
- A Perfect Circle Magdalena - David Gray Magdalena - Frank Zappa For the Hand of Magdelena - The Lowest of the Low |
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| Magdalene | Magdelene - Boston | |
| Maggie | Maggie
- The Exploited Maggie's Farm - Bob Dylan (covered - The Residents and Rage Against the Machine) Aunty Maggie's Remedy - George Form- I Can't Let Maggie Go - Honeybus Maggie Mae (traditional); recorded - The Beatles Maggie - Rod Stewart Maggie McGill - The Doors |
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| Magnolia | Dear Magnolia - Mark Erelli | |
| Maisie | Maisie - Syd Barrett | |
| Malcolm | Sweet Brother Malcolm - Richard Ashcroft | |
| Mandy | I'm
Mandy, Fly Me - 10cc Mandy - Albert One Mandy - Barry Manilow Mandy Dandy - The Equals Mandy Goes to Med School - The Dresden Dolls |
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| Marcella | Marcella - The Beach Boys | |
| Marcus | Marcus Said - Sloan | |
| Margaret | Margaret
- Jill Sobule Margaret on the Guillotine - Morrissey Margaret Freeman - The Residents Stand Down Margaret' - The English Beat |
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| Margarita | Margarita - Great Big Sea | |
| Marge | Dear Marge - Stereolab | |
| Margie | Margie's
at the Lincoln Park Inn - Tom T. Hall (covered - Bob- Bare) Margy Nairs Her Forearms - Ratsy |
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| Margo | Margo's
Waltz - Lloyd Cole Margot Fonteyn - Eddie From Ohio |
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| Maria | (How
Do You Solve a Problem like) Maria from The Sound of Music Jalapeño Maria - Austin Lounge Lizards Mamma Maria - Ricchi e Poveri Maria - Blondie Maria - Kathleen Edwards Maria - Green Day Maria - Kristina Olsen Maria - Rage Against the Machine Maria - Steven Curtis Chapman Maria - Louise Taylor Maria from The Sound of Music |
Maria
from West Side Story Maria Elena - The Smithereens Maria Magdalena - Sandra Maria Maria - Santana Maria's Little Elbows - Sparklehorse My Maria - B.W. Stevenson, remade - Gear Daddies and Brooks & Dunn O Maria, - Beck Quick Silver Daydreams (Of Maria) - Townes Van Zandt Take A Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves Where Is Maria - Greg Brown Mr. Jones - Counting Crows (mentions Maria) |
| Mariah | Big
Black Mariah - Tom Waits They Call The Wind Mariah - The Kingston Trio |
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| Marian | Marian
- The Sisters of Mercy Oh, Marion - Paul Simon |
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| Marianne (see also Mary Ann(e) | C'mon
Marianne - The Four Seasons Marianne - Sergio Endrigo (a hit in English for Cliff Richard) Marianne - The Easy Riders Marianne - Tori Amos Marianne - Vennaskond Marianne (Fare You Well) - Harry Belafonte Marianne (Sifting Sand) - Harry Belafonte So Long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen |
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| Marie | Absolutely
Sweet Marie - Bob Dylan Marie - Einstein's Little Homunculus Marie - Townes Van Zandt Marie Laveaux - Bob- Bare Marie Marie - The Blasters (covered - Shakin' Stevens) (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley The Day I Met Marie - Cliff Richard Oh Marie - Sheryl Crow Sweet Marie - The Anniversary Wings For Marie (Pt 1) - Tool |
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| Marietta | Marietta - Katell Keineg | |
| Marilyn | Marilyn
- Dan Bern Marilyn Monroe - Sonic Youth Who Killed Marilyn? - The Misfits |
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| Marisa | Marisa - Dave's True Story | |
| Marjorie | Marjorie - April Wine | |
| Mark | I
Wanna Cut my Hair Like Marky Ramone - The Spazzys Mark Rothko Song - Dar Williams Mark Twain - Harry Belafonte |
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| Marlena | Marlena
- The Four Seasons Three Marlenas - The Wallflowers Otis and Marlena – Joni Mitchell |
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| Marlene | Marlene
- Todd Rundgren Marlene on the Wall - Suzanne Vega Too Late Marlene - Duran Duran Lili Marlene - (written by Hans Leip) |
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| Marly | Dear Marly - Ferron | |
| Marsha | My Favorite Marsha - Alison Brown | |
| Marshall | Marshall Mathers - Eminem | |
| Martha | For
Martha - Smashing Pumpkins Little Martha - Allman Brothers Martha - Tom Waits Martha My Dear - The Beatles Martha's Foolish Ginger - Tori Amos Martha's Harbour - All About Eve Message to Martha - Burt Bacharach and Hal David (hit version - Adam Faith, covered - many) |
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| Martin | Abraham,
Martin & John - Dion (notably covered - Harry Belafonte and Marvin
Gaye) Martin, Doom! It's Seven O'Clock - The Boo Radleys Letter to Dr. Martin Luther King - Sweet Honey in the Rock Martin Luther King - Harry Belafonte |
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| Martina | Martina - Phranc | |
| Mary | Mary,
Mary - Run-DMC (reworked from sample of Mary, Mary - The Monkees) Mary, Mary, So Contrary - Can Mary Queen of Arkansas - Bruce Springsteen Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte Mary's Place - Bruce Springsteen Mary's in India - Dido Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson Mary Tyler Moore - Barbara Kessler Mary Without Sound - Motion City Soundtrack Creek Mary's Blood - Nightwish Mo Mary - Harry Belafonte Now Mary - The White Stripes Oh, Sweet Mary - Big Brother & The Holding Company Poor Mary Lane - Moxy Früvous Mary Long - Deep Purple Mary Melody - Mad Caddies Mary Blaize – Kate Rusby |
Pretty
Mary - Trout Fishing in America Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival (notable cover - Ike & Tina Turner) Regarding Mary - Patty Griffin Soundtrack to Mary, - Soul Coughing Devilish Mary - The Skillet Lickers Sweet Lady Mary - The Faces Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion Sweet Mary of Silence - Mazzy Star Take a Message to Mary - The Everly Brothers The Mary Getaway - The Working Title The Nancy & Mary Music - Frank Zappa The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix Tom and Mary - Ben Folds Marys of the Sea - Tori Amos Mary Hooley - Phranc Mary Lee Jones - Lindsey Buckingham |
| Mary Ann (see also Marianne) | Mary
Ann - Alice Cooper Mary Ann - various (most famous by Harry Belafonte) Mary Ann - Ray Charles Mary Anne - Marshall Crenshaw Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand - The Who Mary-Anne - Sam Shaber |
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| Mary Ellen | Mary Ellen Makes The Moment Count - a-ha | |
| Mary Jane | Cellophane
Mary Jane - Mark Wirtz Last Dance With Mary Jane - Tom Petty Mary Jane - Rick James Mary Jane - Alanis Morissette Mary Jane - The Miracle Workers Mary Jane - The Spin Doctors Mary Jane - The Vines Mary Jane - Tumbleweed Mary Jane – Simone White The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake What's the New Mary Jane - The Beatles |
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| Mary Jean | Mary Jean - Marshall Crenshaw | |
| Mary Lou | Hello,
Mary Lou - Gene Pitney (notable covers - Creedence Clearwater Revival,
Ricky Nelson, The Statler Brothers) Mary Lou - Sonata Arctica Mary Lou - Bob Seger |
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| Matilda | And
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle, The Pogues Matilda, Matilda - Harry Belafonte Matilda Mother - Pink Floyd Waltzing Matilda - Banjo Patterson |
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| Matthew | Matthew
and Son - Cat Stevens Tonight Matthew, I'm Going to Be with Jesus - Half Man Half Biscuit |
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| Matty | Matty Groves - Fairport Convention | |
| Maud | Squarer For Maud - National Health | |
| Maureen | Maureen
- Nick Lowe Dusk at Maureen's - the Rapture |
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| Maurice | A Day In The Life Of Maurice Haylett - Caravan | |
| Max | Ozzie
& Max - Sam Bush Max Ernst - Mission of Burma Second Chance for Max Headroom - Sum 41 |
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| Maxine | Maxine
- Eminem Maxine - Sharon O'Neill |
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| Maxwell | Maxwell
Murder - Rancid Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles |
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| Maya | Maya
- Ferron Maya - Sugababes |
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| Maybelline | Maybelline - Chuck Berry | |
| Maydell | Maydell - The Allman Brothers Band | |
| Maylee | Maylee, I Had A Dream - Eddie From Ohio | |
| Maynard | Maynard's Dick - Tool | |