Has anyone compiled a list of songs that mention Peggy Sue?

Of course there's "Peggy Sue" and "Peggy Sue Got Married." Also, "Barbara Ann" and "Splish Splash." Plus I recently saw the fifties film "Go Johnny Go" and Jo-Ann Campbell sings a song in it that mentions Peggy Sue, but I don't recall the name of it.

I heard a song on the radio this morning (that I don't know the name of) that mentions Bonie Maronie, one fo teh girls that Ritchie Valens sung about. In one of his other songs, Ooh My Head, he sings "Well Bonie Maronie, Peggy Sue now ain't going to be arounf no more." Besides the fact that this song mentions Peggy Sue it's also ironic that about a year (not sure exactly when this was recorded) from the time this song was heard, that the guys that sang so passionately about their girls, namely Bonie Maronie and Peggy Sue, wouldn't "be around no more".

Thank you buddy-blue for your message. I checked back on that Jo-Ann Campbell song and it was "Mama (Can I Go Out Tonite)."

I guess I should number the songs. So far we have:

1. Peggy Sue
2. Peggy Sue Got Married.
3. Barbara Ann
4. Splish Splash
5. Mama (Can I Go Out Tonite)
6. Ooh My Head

I also did a search and found references to the following songs, none of which I've heard or heard of before:

7. Buddy and Peggy Sue
8. Ballad of Donna and Peggy Sue
9. Peggy's Sue Skylight
10. Peggy Sue's Homecoming

Isn't there a movie called Peggy Sue Got Married also? I haven't heard of songs 7-10 either....so I guess I'll just add them to my 'to find' list.

Yes, I saw that movie when it first came out. It was so-so (I'm not a big Nicolas Cage fan). If I remember correctly, they played Buddy's undubbed version of the song during the opening credits. I much prefer his recordings undubbed to the dubbed versions. Some of the overdubbing that has been done to his home recordings is horrendous.

Come to think of it, here is a list of the songs that mention "Heartbreak Hotel" either on the title, or in the words to the song. Suffice to say, they are all different songs..

1) Heartbreak Hotel, by Elvis Presley, of course
2) Room at the Heartbreak Hotel, by U2
3) Heartbreak Hotel for you, by Helen Love
4) Heartbreak Hotel by the Jacksons
5) Heartbreak Hotel, by Whitney Houston
6) Robert and Steven in the Heartbreak Hotel by the Mekons
7) Program Ten: Heartbreak Hotel by Stan Freberg
8) The King is Gone, by Roddy Mcovell
9) All American Boy by Bill Parsons

And just for the record, here are the 200 plus ( two hundred plus)songs written with, inter alia, Elvis in mind

"Abel And Elvis"-Willie "Loco" Alexander"A Century of Elvis"-Belle & Sebastion "Alcohol & Pills"-Fred Eaglesmith "All American Boy"-Bill Parsons "All the Way From Memphis"-Mott the Hoople "American Roulette"-Robbie Robertson
"A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel"- U2 "Angel"-The Eurythmics "Angels Song: Dear Elvis Presley"-Kaleidoscope "Apology"-Chuck Prophet
"Baby Boom Che"-John Trudell "Ballad Of Elvis And Pricilla" - The Red Elvises
"Baptise Me Over Elvis Presley's Grave"-Flies on Fire "Bastard Son Of Elvis"-Denzil "Big As Life" - Hamell on Trial "Big Train From Memphis"-John Fogerty "Bigger Than Elvis"-Sonny Burgess "Black Velvet"-Alannah Myles
"Bloc Bloc Bloc"-O.M.D. "Blue Moon Revisited"-Cowboy Junkies "Bones Of Elvis"-Nik Turner "Boy From Tupelo"-Emmylou Harris "Bringing Out The Elvis"-Louise Hoffsten "Bringing Out The Elvis"-Faith Hill "Burma Shave"-Tom Waits "Bye Bye Birdie"-Ann Margeret "Bye Bye Elvis"-Genee Harris "Bye Bye Johnny"-Bruce Springsteen "Calling Elvis"-Dire Straits "Champagne Dreams"-Cybelvis Monroe "Changes Comin' On"-Alabama "Chocolate Elvis"-Tosca(Opera) "Dashboard Elvis"-Bob Lowery "Dear Elvis"-(with love from)Audrey
"Dear 53310761"-The Threeteens "The Delivery Man"-Elvis Costello"Don't Blame It On Elvis"-The Fabulous McClevertys "Don't Knock Elvis"-Felton Jarvis "Don't Step in my Blue Suede Shoes"-Clive Gregson "Elvis"-Big Head Todd "Elvis"-i AM "Elvis"-Julie Lang "Elvis"-Stark Raving Chandler "Elvis"-superGarage "Elvism"-Burger Ink "Elvis & Andy"-Confederate Railroad "Elvis and Bears"-Red Elvises "Elvis and His Boss"-The Residents "Elvis and I"-Denis Leary "Elvis Christ"-Gothik "Elvis & Marilyn"-Leon Russell
"Elvis and Me"-The Kids "Elvis and Me"-Dance Hall Crashers "Elvis and Me"-Jimmy Webb
"Elvis Ate America"- Passengers (U2) "Elvis Beats"- Sleepy C "Elvis, Be True"-Liz Phair
"Elvis Don't Come Back from the Grave"-T.I.D.E.
"Elvis Has Left the Building"-Frank Zappa
"Elvis Imitator"-Jimmy Buffet
"Elvis Inside of Me"-The Strangemen
"Elvis is Dead"-Living Colour
"Elvis Loved His Mama" -Jimmy LaFave
"Elvis is Everywhere"-Mojo Nixon
"Elvis, Marilyn and James Dean"-Bellamy Brothers
"Elvis of Maryville"-Cindy Lee Berryhill
"Elvis of the Night"-Evangeline
"Elvis on the Radio, Steel Guitar in My Soul" - The KLF "Elvis on Velvet"-The Stray Cats
"Elvis Perez"-Lalo Guerrero "Elvis Presley Blues"-Gillian Welch "Elvis Presley Blvd"-Billy Joel Elvis Presley & America"-U2
"Elvis Presley For President"-Lou Monte
"Elvis Presley Heart"-Intensive Care
"Elvis, Satan & Jimmy Page"-Bitch Funky Sex Machine) "Elvis Slept Here"-Slo Leak
"Elvis Superstar" - Matrimony "Elvis Was my Daddy"- Crack the Sky "Elvis Was a Narc"-Pinkart & Bowden "Elvis' Corvette"-Didjits
"Elvis' Rolls Royce"-Was (Not) Was (with Leonard Cohen) "Elvis' House"-Figures on a Beach "Face Down"-Prince (not) Prince
"Female Elvis"-Gods Child "Fight The Power"-Public Enemy "Finite=Alright"-David Byrne
"Free Fallen"-Tom Petty "From Galway to Graceland"-Richard Thompson "From Graceland to the Promised Land" - Merle Haggard "Graceland"-Paul Simon "Graceland"-Charlie Sexton
"Graceland'-Dan Bern "The Greatest Star Of All" - Skip Jackson "Halfway to Elvis"-
"Hallucinating Elvis"-Duran Duran
"Happy BirthdayElvis"-Loudon Wainwright III
"Harrow Road"-Big Audio Dynamite
"He Ate Too Many Jelly Donuts"-Rick Dees
"Hey Elvis!"-Billy Ray Cyrus "Hey Memphis"-LaVern Baker "Hey! Mr. Presley"-Peter De Bree
"Hollywood Situation"-Hudson Brothers
"Home on a Monday"- Little River Band
"Hot for Elvis"-Soulshaker "Hound Dog Man"- Roy Orbison
"Hypertext Elvis"-Bongo Poets "I Dreamed I Was Elvis" - Sonny Cole "I Have Returned"-The Unknown "I Remember Elvis Presley"-Danny Mirro
I Saw Elvis in A UFO"- Ray Stevens
"I Saw Elvis Presley Last Night"-Gary Lewis & The Playboys
"I Try To Think About Elvis"-Patti Loveless
"I Used To Be Somebody"-June Carter Cash
"I Wish I Could Meet Elvis"-Alex Chilton
"I'm Hanging Up My Rifle"-Bobby Bare
"Idol" by Alton Yi "If You Don't Know"-George Hamilton IV "It Came From the South"-Al Anderson "It´s Damn Shame About You"-Lind Espen
"Jesus Mentioned"-Warren Zevon "Jesus and Elvis"- Greg Brown Just Like New-Wynonna Judd
"King"- Marillion "The King is Gone"-Ronnie McDowell "The King Is Gone(and So Are You)"-George Jones"King's Call"-Phil Lynott
"Life Without Elvis"-Bela Fleck & The Flecktones "A Liddle Biddy Help From Elvis"-Space "Little Elvis"-Carnival Art
"Maybe Angels"- Sheryl Crow "Man in the Moon"-R.E.M. "Me & Elvis"-Human Radio "Me And Elvis"-Flying Circus "Memphis Rocks"-Billy Swan
"Midnight Radio Elvis"-Big Head Todd "Mighty Big Car"-Fred Eaglesmith "Moondog"-Prefab Sprout "My Boy Elvis"-Janis Martin
"My Dog Thinks I'm Elvis"-Ray Herndon"My My. Hey Hey(Out of the Blue)"-Neil Young
"Oh Elvis!"-Reed Harper & the Three Notes
"Oh! It Was Elvis"-Carmela Rosella "Old King"-Neil Young "105"-Fred Eaglesmith
"On Elvis Presley's Birthday"-Elliott Murphy "Only Elvis"-Uncle Bonzai "Outdoor Elvis" - The Swirling Eddies "Picture Elvis"- Moist "Pretend I'm Elvis (For Just One Night)" - Terry Taylor "Porcelain Monkey"-Warren Zevon
"Queen Elvis"-Robyn Hitchcock "Queen Of Memphis"-Confederate Railroad
"Real Good Looking Boy"-The Who Redneck Heaven"-Billy Ray Cyrus "Return of the Grievous Angel"-Gram Parsons "Return Of The All American Boy"- Billy Adams & The Rock-a-Teers "Riding With The King"-John Hyatt "Small Town Saturday Night"-Hal Ketchum "The Sock" - The Valentines
"Stranger Than You"-Joe Jackson "Summer Days"-Bob Dylan "619-239-KING"- Mojo Nixon "That's Why"- John Gorka "Tennessee Hero"-Johnny Wakelin "The Class"-Chubby Checker "The Elvis Blues"-Otto Bash "The Elvis Thing"-The Tractors
"The Elvis Presley Express"-Carl Perkins
"The King Is Coming Back"-Billy & Eddie
Thee kimg iS coMINF;"There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" -Kristy McCall
"The Story of Elvis Presley"-Jim Ford "The Gift of Elvis"-The Problems "The Windfall (Everything For Nothing"-Joni Mitchell "Too Tired to be Elvis"-Heather Eatman "Tupelo"-Nick Cave "Tupelo, Memphis Flash"-Jerry Reed
"Tupelo's Too Far"-Ronnie McDowell "Turning Into Elvis"-KYF Breweer
"Uncle Sam's Call" - Jimmy Woodall "Velvet Presley"-The Wildhearts
"Wake Up Elvis"-Alan Charing "Walking in Memphis" -Mark Cohen "Wendy Under the Stars"-Odds "Went to See the Gypsy"-Bob Dylan
"What is This Generation Coming To?"-Robert Mitchum "What Would Elvis Do?"-Cee Cee Chapman
What Would Elvis Do?"-Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
"Where's Elvis"-Paul Mousavi "White Man's Melody"-Cyndi Lauper (Largo) "Who Shot Elvis?"-Mecca Normal Wrong Side of Memphis-Trisha Yearwood "Yabba Dabba Do"-The Earls of Suave

Wow! That's quite a list. I like that one title:

quote:

"There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis"

Now all we need is a song about Peggy Sue AT Heartbreak Hotel.

leave it to gallivant to change the subject to Elvis, no matter what the thread refers to....

Elvis single handedly turned Buddy from a country artist to a Rock and Roller, so even to those who would deny the KING his throne still owe him for that.