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Presumably made before the MP of the same name became well known?
I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
I'm having so much fun
My lucky number's one
Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!
I used to think that Jackie Wilson (if that what the song is named after) was a woman for many years just like a lot of Motown regulars, hence the spelling of his name, but he is a man, hence his inclusion on here.
I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
I'm having so much fun
My lucky number's one
Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!
Patti Smith - Frederick
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
The Sweet - Little Willy
Various - John Barleycorn
Peter Wynyard - Neville Thumbcatch
Donovan - Bert's Blues
Jacques Brel - Jef (and Fernand)
The Shamen - Ebenezer Goode
Ian Dury - Billericay Dicky
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army.
Led Zeppelin - Hats off to Roy Harper
And remember when they performed it on Top of the Pops with a giant picture of darts player Jocky Wilson behind them?
Up in Emley Moor... mondegreen.
Sue Lawley and Calling Cheryl Baker come to mind - the mondegreens of celebrity names in songs...
I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
I'm having so much fun
My lucky number's one
Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!
That is a man's name - I am surprised that the BBC didn't do a "Frankie Goes to Hollywood" over that song title as it is also refers to something associated with men as well...
Interesting how we think of song titles that have just a person's name and nothing else.
I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
I'm having so much fun
My lucky number's one
Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!
Have we done Johnny Remember Me by John Leyton? - I assume that Leyton is also the "Johnny" referred to in the song.
I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
I'm having so much fun
My lucky number's one
Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!
I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
I'm having so much fun
My lucky number's one
Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!
Not quite, but a lot of late 1980s songs with the name "Jack" in them, such as "Jack Your Body" and "I'd Rather Jack".
I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
I'm having so much fun
My lucky number's one
Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!
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