Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Live |
This
book, written by one of Van Morrison's most dedicated fans, recounts
the story, from a fan's prospective, of Van Morrison's epic 2008 tour
performing songs from his landmark 1968 album, Astral Weeks. |
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 All previous links to Amazon have been disabled at their request, it is suggested that you shop for songs and albums from the iTunes Store. |
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Linda Songs |
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Title |
Artist |
1
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Buddy Clark |
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2
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Paul McCartney |
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3
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Gordon Lightfoot |
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4
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Steve Warner |
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5
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Jan & Dean |
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6
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Dickie Lee |
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7
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Choya |
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8
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Duane Eddy |
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9
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Billy Walker |
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10
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The Grassroots |
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11
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Murray McLaughlan |
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12
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Bill Haley |
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13
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Ray Materick |
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14
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Conway Twitty |
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15
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Mark Collie |
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16
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Sounds of Sunshine |
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17
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Bloodstone |
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18
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The Tee Set |
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19
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Barry Manilow |
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20
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Ronnie McDowell |
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21
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Gladys Knight & the Pips |
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22
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Paul Peterson |
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23
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Don't Listen To Linda (First Recorded Version) |
The Monkees |
24
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Don't Listen To Linda (Slow Version) |
The Monkees |
25
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Bruce Springsteen |
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26
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Randy Newman |
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27
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Jimi Hendrix |
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28
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Leave Linda Alone
(YouTube) |
Wayne Haas |
29
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Linda * |
Perry Como |
30
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Bobby Bare |
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31
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The Tractors |
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32 |
Linda
* |
Dale Hawkins |
33
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The Delneros |
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34
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Johnny Burnette |
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35
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Hue and Cry |
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36
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New Riders of the Purple Sage |
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37
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The Iseley Brothers |
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38 |
Linda
* |
Jimmy Clanton |
39
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Phil Sampson |
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40 |
Mac Davis |
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41
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Jack Scott |
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42
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Eric Clapton |
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43
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Fleetwood Mac |
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44
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Linda * |
Jim Reeves |
45
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She's My Linda |
John Niems |
46
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Don Vinson |
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47
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Ray Sharpe |
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48
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The Beach Boys |
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49
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Linda * |
Adam Wade |
50
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E.C.Davis |
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51
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John Prine |
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52 |
Porter
Wagoner |
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53 |
Curtis
Little |
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54
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Scotty
Schober & The Stampeders |
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55
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Jim Ford |
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56
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"Linda di Chamounix" (an opera) |
Gaetano Donizetti (composer) |
57
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Tommy Boyce |
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58 |
Linda
(YouTube) |
Michael
Cox |
59
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Linda
(Dutch Song on YouTube) |
Frank
Boeijen Groep |
Here are some songs that I don't (yet) have
in my own collection. |
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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 |
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Hey Linda |
The Go |
The Go |
If Linda Likes It |
Fugitive |
Glue Mateo |
Lady Linda |
R.B. Greaves |
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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 |
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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 |
Foghat |
Zig Zag Walk |
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Johnny Chester |
The Best Of Johnny Chester |
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Kenny & The Be-Bops |
Rock'n'Roll &
Rock-a-Billy Inferno |
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Waylon And Sammy |
Bourbon Street Cajuns |
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Philip Walker |
Live At Biscuits And Blue |
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The Political Blockheads |
Help! I'm Stalin...And I Can't Get Up! |
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Adventurers |
Stomp! - Northwest Killers Vol. 1 |
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Bill Monroe And The
Bluegrass Boys |
Anthology |
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Bobby Fuller |
El Paso Rock: Volume 2 More Early Recordings |
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Cameo Blues Band |
All Play and No Work |
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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 |
Gary Wilson |
Mary Had Brown Hair |
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Square |
This Magnificent Nonsence |
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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 |
Mitch Ryder And The Detroit
Wheels |
Breakout...!!! |
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Cobb Bussinger |
Breath of Life |
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Maurice Sutherst |
Touch The Sky |
A reader has asked about
a Linda Song that I haven't heard of before
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If
you're looking for any of these songs, contact me for more information or
This page last updated July
22, 2012