Here are the answers to yesterday’s piece challenging you to name UK #1 hit singles containing boys’ names.
In year order:
Name | Artist | Song | Year |
Joe | Frankie Laine | Hey Joe | 1953 |
Hernando | Johnston Brothers | Hernando’s Hideaway | 1955 |
Mack | Bobby Darin | Mack The Knife | 1959 |
Johnny | John Leyton | Johnny Remember Me | 1961 |
Michael | Highwaymen | Michael | 1961 |
Clyde | Georgie Fame | Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde | 1968 |
Jack | Rolling Stones | Jumping Jack Flash | 1968 |
Jude | Beatles | Hey Jude | 1968 |
John | Beatles | Ballad Of John & Yoko | 1969 |
Ernie | Benny Hill | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) | 1971 |
Vincent | Don McLean | Vincent | 1972 |
Billy | Paper Lace | Billy Don’t Be A Hero | 1974 |
Fernando | Abba | Fernando | 1976 |
Angelo | Brotherhood Of Man | Angelo | 1977 |
Figaro | Brotherhood Of Man | Figaro | 1978 |
Geno | Dexy’s Midnight Runners | Geno | 1980 |
Frankie | Sister Sledge | Frankie | 1985 |
Amadeus | Falco | Rock Me Amadeus | 1986 |
Ebeneezer | Shamen | Ebeneezer Goode | 1992 |
Jesus | George Michael | Jesus To A Child | 1996 |
Stan | Eminem | Stan | 2000 |
David | Busted | Who’s David? | 2004 |
Axel | Crazy Frog | Axel F | 2005 |
Chico | Chico | It’s Chico Time | 2006 |
Marvin | Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor | Marvin Gaye | 2015 |
In name order:
Name | Artist | Song | Year |
Amadeus | Falco | Rock Me Amadeus | 1986 |
Angelo | Brotherhood Of Man | Angelo | 1977 |
Axel | Crazy Frog | Axel F | 2005 |
Billy | Paper Lace | Billy Don’t Be A Hero | 1974 |
Chico | Chico | It’s Chico Time | 2006 |
Clyde | Georgie Fame | Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde | 1968 |
David | Busted | Who’s David? | 2004 |
Ebeneezer | Shamen | Ebeneezer Goode | 1992 |
Ernie | Benny Hill | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) | 1971 |
Fernando | Abba | Fernando | 1976 |
Figaro | Brotherhood Of Man | Figaro | 1978 |
Frankie | Sister Sledge | Frankie | 1985 |
Geno | Dexy’s Midnight Runners | Geno | 1980 |
Hernando | Johnston Brothers | Hernando’s Hideaway | 1955 |
Jack | Rolling Stones | Jumping Jack Flash | 1968 |
Jesus | George Michael | Jesus To A Child | 1996 |
Joe | Frankie Laine | Hey Joe | 1953 |
John | Beatles | Ballad Of John & Yoko | 1969 |
Johnny | John Leyton | Johnny Remember Me | 1961 |
Jude | Beatles | Hey Jude | 1968 |
Mack | Bobby Darin | Mack The Knife | 1959 |
Marvin | Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor | Marvin Gaye | 2015 |
Michael | Highwaymen | Michael | 1961 |
Stan | Eminem | Stan | 2000 |
Vincent | Don McLean | Vincent | 1972 |
If pushed I would allow the following, but I don’t feel that Cupid is really a boy’s name, and although Jack is a boy’s name, it’s not used in that sense in Steve “Silk” Hurley’s “Jack your body”.
Name | Artist | Song | Year |
Cupid | Connie Francis | Stupid Cupid (double A-side with Carolina Moon) | 1958 |
Jack | Steve “Silk” Hurley | Jack Your Body | 1987 |