Songs About Guys Named Jo[h]n/ny

June 11, 2009 – 7:24 am |

Not too long ago we made the family trek to Nickelodeon Universe, and I observed that being the youngest of three kids must … well, kind of suck sometimes.  Our little guy was about an inch too short for most of the rides his siblings could go on.  This led to choruses of “Sorry, buddy, you’re too little for this.”  Followed by huge tantrums.  Followed by choruses of “You are WAY too big to act like that.”  Talk about a confusing message.

Anyway, it’s only a little something, but I decided that next week we’d do another, long overdue Mixtape Monday, only this time we’d focus on my number 3, with songs all about guys named Jo[h]nny, a project I’ve been thinking of, but haven’t been able to complete.  I tried to do a quick lyrics search, but this one is a little tricky because most of the lyrics sites include writing credit with the lyrics, so I get a lot of hits on songs BY people named Johnny.

A quick review of my own iTunes turned up: Mysterious Ways, Johnny B. Goode, and Bad Company’s Shooting Star, and, of course, no list of Johnnys would be complete without the famous fiddler from The Devil Went Down to Georgia.    So, help a mommy out … can you add some?