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The Namecheck

50 years since the release of the iconic and much-covered ‘Jolene’ – we’re looking for songs with names in the title.

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Sun 11 Feb 202418:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Arlo Parks

    Caroline

    • Transgressive.

  • The Fall

    I Am Damo Suzuki

  • The House of Love

    Christine

    • Fontana.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Laura

    • Parlophone.

  • CMAT

    Peter Bogdanovich

  • Ash

    Jack Names the Planets

  • Four Tops

    Bernadette

    • Motown.

  • First Aid Kit

    Emmylou

    • WITCHITA.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Jackie Down The Line

    • Partisan.

  • The Velvet Underground

    Sweet Jane

    • Polydor.

  • Alvvays

    Archie, Marry Me

    • Alvvays.
    • Transgressive.
    • 001.

  • The Durutti Column

    Otis

    • Vini Reilly.
    • London Music Stream/Because Music.
    • 7.

  • The Prodigy

    Charly

    • XL Recordings.

  • Dandy Livingstone

    Rudy A Message To You

    • Trojan.

  • Emmy the Great

    MIA

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Arabella

    • AM.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 001.

  • Patti Smith

    Gloria

    • ARISTA.

  • Prince

    The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

  • Efterklang

    Sedna

  • Wilson Pickett

    Hey Jude

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1969 (Vol 2).
    • Connoisseur.

  • Glasvegas

    Geraldine

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 1.

  • Camera Obscura

    Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Elefant Records.

  • PJ Harvey

    A Perfect Day Elise

    • COLUMBIA.

  • The Kingsmen

    Louie Louie

    • The Sound Of The 60's, Part 7 (Var).
    • Old Gold.

  • Interpol

    Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Feb 202418:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music