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 Since Buddy Clark's hit in 1946 more songs seem to have been written about "Linda" than almost any other girl. This page is home to a list of those songs.

An interesting historical note about the Buddy Clark hit is that it was written by Jack Lawrence for his lawyer, Lee Eastman's, 5 year old daughter, as a birthday gift. This Linda grew up and married Paul McCartney and had another song written for her, "The Lovely Linda."

By far the most recorded songs seems to be "Linda Lu," a blues song written by Ray Sharpe, which was recorded by many blues as well as country and rock singers.

If you know of any that aren't listed here, please EMAIL me.

Since "linda" is the Spanish word for "pretty" I have avoided listing Spanish language songs, since I am only listing songs about the girl, " Linda."

Song titles marked with an asterisk (*) are re-works of the Buddy Clark hit. Not all of the re-works are included, there are many more!

Many others were recorded by multiple artists, I have only included my favorites.

Links are to YouTube recordings of the songs

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Linda Songs
My Collection

 

Title

Artist

1         

 Linda

Buddy Clark

2         

The Lovely Linda

Paul McCartney

3         

 Oh Linda

Gordon Lightfoot

4         

 Lynda (Do You Wanna Dance?)

Steve Warner

5         

Linda *

Jan & Dean

6         

I Saw Linda Yesterday

Dickie Lee

7         

Linda Write Me a Letter

Choya

8         

Along Came Linda (Instrumental)

Duane Eddy

9         

Close to Linda

Billy Walker

10    

Bella Linda

The Grassroots

11    

Linda Won't You Take Me In

Murray McLaughlan

12    

Chaquita Linda

Bill Haley

13    

Linda Put the Coffee On

Ray Materick

14    

Linda on My Mind

Conway Twitty

15    

Linda Lou

Mark Collie

16    

Linda the Untouchable

Sounds of Sunshine

17    

Little Linda

Bloodstone

18    

Linda-Linda

The Tee Set

19    

A Linda Song

Barry Manilow

20    

Linda You're Losing a Good Thing

Ronnie McDowell

21    

Linda

Gladys Knight & the Pips

22    

Linda *

Paul Peterson

23    

Don't Listen To Linda (First Recorded Version)

The Monkees

24    

Don't Listen To Linda (Slow Version)

The Monkees

25    

Linda Let Me Be the One

Bruce Springsteen

26    

Linda

Randy Newman

27    

Send My Love to Linda

Jimi Hendrix

28    

Leave Linda Alone (YouTube)

 Wayne Haas

29    

Linda *

Perry Como

30    

It All Depends on Linda

Bobby Bare

31    

 Linda Lou

The Tractors

32    

Linda *

Dale Hawkins

33    

 Linda

 The Delneros

34    

 It All Depends on Linda

 Johnny Burnette

35    

 Looking for Linda

Hue and Cry

36    

 Linda

New Riders of the Purple Sage

37    

 Twisting with Linda

The Iseley Brothers

38     

Linda *

Jimmy Clanton

39    

 Lucky Lady Linda

Phil Sampson

40     

 Lookin' at Linda

 Mac Davis

41    

 Looking for Linda

Jack Scott

42    

 Slow Down Linda

Eric Clapton

43    

 Linda

Fleetwood Mac

44    

 Linda *

Jim Reeves

45    

 She's My Linda

 John Niems

46    

Linda What’s Her Name

Don Vinson

47    

 Linda Lu

Ray Sharpe

48    

 Lady Linda

The Beach Boys

49    

 Linda *

Adam Wade

50    

Linda

E.C.Davis

51    

 Linda Goes to Mars

John Prine

52     

 Baby Linda

 Porter Wagoner

53     

 Where is Linda

 Curtis Little

54    

 Long Legged Linda

 Scotty Schober & The Stampeders

55    

 Linda Comes Running

 Jim Ford

56    

 "Linda di Chamounix" (an opera)

 Gaetano Donizetti (composer)

57    

 Along Came Linda

Tommy Boyce

58     

Linda (YouTube)

Michael Cox

59     

Linda  (Dutch Song on YouTube)

Frank Boeijen Groep

 

 Here are some songs that I don't (yet) have in my own collection.

 Song

 Artist

 Comment/Albums

 Dreams of Linda

  Lee G

 Rap

 A Girl Called Linda

Steve Hackett

  Wild Orchids

 A Girl Called Linda

  Johnny Douglas & His Orchestra

 The Golden Age of Light Music: The 1950s Volume 2 - Midnight Matinee

 Beautiful Linda

 Glenn Barber

 Country Masters

 Bella Linda

 Symphonic Hits

 Symphonic Hits

 Chubby Linda

 David Dragov

 For He's A Jolly Good Fellow

 Happy Birthday Linda

 Ingrid Dumosch

 

 Hey Linda

 The Go

  The Go

 If Linda Likes It

 Fugitive

 Glue Mateo

 Lady Linda

 R.B. Greaves

 

Legend of a Girl Child Linda

 Donovan

 Sunshine Superman

Legend Of A Girl Child Linda

 Joan Baez

 Rare & Live

 Linda

 The Empires

 Pop Classics: Can't Do Sixty No More

 Linda

 Crew de Graz

 First Cut

 Linda

 Bing Crosby With Judy Garland & Al Jolson

 

 Linda

 Bruce Mattys

 Robbing the Vaults - The Great Lost Bruce Mattys

 Linda (Instrumental)

 Bud Shank

 New Gold!

 Linda

 The Frost

 Rock And Roll Music

 Linda

 King Curtis

 Have Tenor Sax Will Blow

 Linda

 Mark Islam

 The Recent Past

 Linda

 Nourallah Brothers

 Nourallah Brothers

 Linda

 Rick Dill

 Unfinished Business

 Linda (Explicit)

 The Revolvers

 A Tribute To Cliches

 Linda * (Barbershop)

 The Tulsa Tradition

 2000 International Barbershop Quartet Contest

 Linda (Guitar)

 Tut Taylor

 Friar Tut

 Linda (In German)

 Bernhard Brink

 European Masters: Unverwundbar

Linda (Is The Girl For Me)

 Riki Troy

 Doo-Wop Classics Vol. 10 [Musicnote Records]

>Linda Darling

 The Hawking Brothers

 The Hawking Brothers

Linda Gets a Brand New Dog

 Stephen Bennett

 Ten

 Linda Jane

 R. Harlan Smith

 Original Hits Original Recordings

 Linda Lou

 Foghat

 Zig Zag Walk

 Linda Lou

 Johnny Chester

 The Best Of Johnny Chester
Going Places Just For Fun

 Linda Lou

 Kenny & The Be-Bops

 Rock'n'Roll & Rock-a-Billy Inferno

  Linda Lou

 Waylon And Sammy

 Bourbon Street Cajuns

 Linda Lu

 Philip Walker

 Live At Biscuits And Blue

 Linda Lu

 The Political Blockheads

 Help! I'm Stalin...And I Can't Get Up!

 Linda Lu

 Adventurers

 Stomp! - Northwest Killers Vol. 1

 Linda Lu

 Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys

 Anthology

 Linda Lu

 Bobby Fuller

 El Paso Rock: Volume 2 More Early Recordings

 Linda Lu

 Cameo Blues Band

 All Play and No Work

 Linda Lu

 Dan Mahar

 Long Stone's Throw

 Linda Lu

 David "Honeyboy" Edwards / Floyd Jones / Kansas City Red / Sunnyland Slim / Big Walter Horton

 Old Friends

 Linda Lu

 Left Hand Frank

 Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1

 Linda Lu

 Ricky Van Shelton

 A Bridge I Didn't Burn

 Linda Lu

 The Dreadful Snakes

 Snakes Alive!

 Linda Lu

 The Oozie Blues

 The Oozie Blues

 Linda Lu

 Young Neal & The Vipers

 One's Enough

 Linda Love

  Ole Berthelsen

 Hello Friend

 Linda Wants To Be Alone

 Gary Wilson

 Mary Had Brown Hair

 Linda Would

 Square

 This Magnificent Nonsence

 Linda's Song

 3 Kisses

 It All Comes Down to Me

 Little Miss Linda

 Mac Curtis

 Good Rockin' Teddy

 Lonesome Linda

 John Sheehan

 Modern Man

 Lost Linda

 Joe Croker

 All the Pretty Girls

 Lucky Linda

 UHF

 Lottery

 Miss Linda's Still Fine

 Mac Curtis With The Rimshots

 Rockabilly Ready

 Mississippi Linda

 Frank Lamonea

 Bad "L" Dog

 My Sweet Linda

 Eric Stone

 Boatsongs #2/The Legend of the Lost Soul

 Shakin' With Linda

 Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels

 Breakout...!!!

 Song For Linda

 Cobb Bussinger

 Breath of Life

 Song for Linda

 Maurice Sutherst

 Touch The Sky

 

A reader has asked about a Linda Song that I haven't heard of before
The song has in it a lyric like:
"Have you heard a sweeter word than Linda?"

The answer is "Linda" by Michael Cox.
The only copy I've found is this
YouTube Video

 

Feel free to contact me if you know of any other songs or have a question.

 

If you're looking for any of these songs, contact me for more information or

 

This page last updated July 22, 2012