SONGS ABOUT A GUY NAMED JOHNNY: A BASIC JOHNNY PLAYLIST

When's the last time you met a "Johnny?"  Though it's possibly the most common character name in any song, I can't recall ever meeting a Johnny in real life.  I know some Johns and some Jacks, too.  No Johnny's though.  You probably meet at least 10 Brians per year.  But can you name any Brian Songs—besides the tear-jerker James Caan movie? I had three roommates named Collin when I was in college.  Hell, I would bet there's probably eight to 10 Collins in every dormitory across the country. No songs immortalize the name Collin, however.  

When I really focus and think about it,  the only Johnny's I even know of are musicians themselves.  There's Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis,  Johnny Depp—he plays guitar in case you didn't know.  Where were we? Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Jonny Greenwood, Johnny Rotten Johnny Winters...

What about the non-musicians? Johnny Damon, Johnny Carson, Johnny Knoxville...

Johnny Knoxville...

Johnny Knoxville...

I wish I could find out the answer to why there are so many Johnny songs.  I don't think I have the means to accomplish this.  Maybe I'll tweet Barbara Walters or Scott Pelley and they can do some research.  I'm sure respectable newspeople like them would find this to be very compelling stuff that the public needs to know about.  

I don't want you to feel like I wasted your time with this post.  So let's listen to some of the best "Johnny songs."  if you're into contributing, feel free to comment with some others.  It'd be kind of cool if we could catalogue all the Johnny songs.  It would serve no one and there wouldn't be any tangible reward, but it's a project.  And maybe we could make The Times Picayune or something.  I'm pretty sure they're no longer a daily newspaper, so maybe they could use some content.  I make no promises. 

I swear, I thought I had a point when I started writing this. I swear!

Songs About A Guy Named Johnny: A Basic Johnny Playlist