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 |
