Artist	Song
Ernie K-Doe	A Certain Girl
Elvis Costello	Alison
Jimmy Cliff	Dearest Beverley
Flaco Jimenez with Dwight Yoakam	Carmelita
Was (Not Was)	Earth to Doris
My Morning Jacket	Evelyn Is Not Real
Sonny Burgess	Fannie Brown
Freakwater	Burying Geraldine
Jim Kweskin	Hannah
Billy Bragg & Wilco	Ingrid Bergman
Flying Burrito Brothers	Juanita
Townes Van Zandt	Kathleen
Raincoats	Lola
Tom Waits	Muriel
Chuck Berry	Nadine (Is That You?)
The Band	Ophelia
Tom T. Hall	Pamela Brown
Bob Dylan	To Ramona
Dale Hawkins	Susie Q (1956 demo)
Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	I'll Take Tallulah
Old 97's	Victoria
Matthew Sweet	Winona
Marshall Crenshaw	Yvonne
The Byrds	The Girl With No Name

Comment:

Episode #35 of Bob Dylan's "Theme Time Radio Hour" addressed "Women's Names." I tried to cover as many letters as I could, but quit without finding a Q, U, X, or Z name/song that I really liked. Bob didn't bother with such an alphabetical approach, which was undoubtedly the smarter way to go. He played the Kink's original version of "Lola," so I couldn't resist including the Raincoat's cover version. (Flaco Jimenez's "Carmelita" is a cover of the Warren Zevon song, incidentally.) The Frank Sinatra song is from the 1942 musical comedy "Ship Ahoy," which marked his film debut. The song's title refers to the main character, dancer Tallulah Winters, played by Eleanor Powell - not to Tallulah Bankhead. However, "Ingrid Bergman" is Woody Guthrie's tribute to that actress. And while Matthew Sweet's "Winona" wasn't originally written for actress Winona Ryder, it is named after her. Mix title is from Dylan's "Outlaw Blues."

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