Songs About... Animals

Animals in the title

Barracuda (Heart)
Hound Dog (Elvis; Ma Rainey; Big Mama Thornton)
Hot Dog (Elvis)
Tiger Man (Elvis; Rufus Thomas)
Tiger (Fabian)
I Am The Tiger (ABBA)
I've Got The Tiger By The Tail (Ray Charles)
Bear Cat (Rufus Thomas)
Honky Cat (Elton)
Nashville Cats (Lovin' Soonful - an animal AND a place name!  WO!)
Buffalo Soldiers (Bob Marley)
And Your Bird Can Sing (Beatles)
Blue Jay Way (Beatles)
Rocky Racoon (Beatles)
I Am The Walrus (Beatles)
Harry The Hairy Ape (Ray Stevens)
A Dog's Life (Elvis)
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey (Beatles)
Bluebird (Paul McCartney)
Snowbird (Anne Murray)
Teddy Bear (Elvis)
Too Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry; Elvis)
Three Cool Cats (Coasters; Beatles)
A Horse With No Name (America)
I'll Be Doggoned (Marvin Gaye)
Wild Horses (Rolling Stones)
Cold Turkey (John Lennon)
Free Bird (Lynyard Skynyard)
Mary Had A Little Lamb (Paul McCartney)
You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd (Jim Stafford)
Spiders And Snakes (Jim Stafford)
Piggies (Beatles)
Song Of The Shrimp (Elvis)
Do The Clam (Elvis)
Crawfish (Elvis)
Muskrat Love (Captain & Tennille)
Muskrat Ramble
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
Octopus' Garden (Beatles)
Mississippi Squirrel Revival (Ray Stevens)
Running Bear
Free As A Bird (John Lennon)
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport (Rolf Harris)
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
Little Red Rooster (Rolling Stones; Howlin' Wolf?)
Milkcow Blues Boogie (Elvis)
Teddy Bear Picnic
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry, etc)
Bird Dog (Everly Bros)
Skybird (Neil Diamond)
La Paloma Blanca
If I Could Talk To The Animals (Rex Harrison)
Animal Instinct (Elvis)
Lions And Tigers And Bears
Wolf Call (Elvis)
Muleskinners Song
Candida (I know, it's a yeast - is this really the what the dude is singing?)
What's New, Pussycat (Tom Jones)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They
Bat Out Of Hell (Meatloaf)
Disco Duck (Rick Dees)
Leave My Kitten Alone (Beatles)
Baby Elephant Walk (Henry Mancini)
The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)
Dooley's Junkyard Dogs (James Brown)
Hey Bulldog (Beatles)
I Dig A Pony (Beatles)
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Vera Lynn)
See You Later, Alligator (Bill Haley)
El Toro (Elvis)
The Bullfighter Was A Lady (Elvis)
Cattle Call
The Mickey Mouse Club March
Butterfly (Charlie Gracie)
Butterflies Are Free
Clambake (Elvis)
Wild Horses - Perry Como
Doggin' Around-Jackie Wilson
Pony Time-Chubby Checker
Ride Your Pony-Lee Dorsey
Leave My Kitten Alone-Little Willie John
Let's Turkey Trot-Little Eva
Mickey's Monkey-Miracles
I Go Ape-Neil Sedaka
The Monkey's Uncle-Annette
Paper Tiger-Sue Thompson
Walkin' My Cat Named Dog-Norma Tanega
Walking The Dog-Rufus Thomas
The Monkey Time-Major Lance
Ape Call-Nervous Norvus
Harry The Hairy Ape-Ray Stevens
Hound Dog Man-Fabian
The Duck-Jackie Lee
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)-Perry Como
Shaggy Dog-Mickey Lee Lane
The Horse-Cliff Nobles
Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road - Loudin Wainright 3rd
Bulldog - Fireballs
Green Mosquito - Tune Rockers
Inch worm - Danny Kaye
I'm a hog for you - Coasters
Scrimp boats - Jo Stafford
May the bird of paradise - Little Jimmy Dickens
Blue bird over the mountain - Ercel Hickey (Beach Boys)
I tat I saw a prett cat - Mel Blanc
Monkey time - Major Lance
Puppy love - Paul Anka
Puppy love - Barbara Lewis (diff song)
Gonna find me a blue bird - Marvin Rainwater
Bumble bee - Lavern Baker/Searchers
Peter rabbit - Dee Jay & Runaways
Yellow Bird by ?
White Bird by It's a Beautiful Day (?)
Hungry Like the Wolf- Duran Duran
The Bluebird of Happiness - Jan Peerce (1948) & Lee Andrews & The Hearts
Walking My Cat Named Dog
You and Me and A Dog Named Bo
How much is That Doggie in the Window
Birds of a Feather
"Hot Canary" -instrumental from early 50s.  Redone as "Hep Canary" by Johnny and the Hurricanes.
"Baby Elephant Walk" -Henry Mancini (you didn't say they have to be PETS!)
Alley Cat - another instrumental.
The Siamese Cat Song - Peggy Lee (from "Lady and the Tramp")
The Whistler and His Dog - an OLD, OLD one by Sousa.
Our Hour (The Puppy Love Song) - Spike Jones (1947, but recently reissued on CD)
The Cat Came Back - ?  (country singer in the late 50s made a version)
Pretty Polly - Mel Blanc
The Children's Marching Song (with the line "Give the dog a bone")
"The Unicorn" by the Irish Rovers, 1967 I think,
"Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric
"The Horse" Cliff Nobles & Co.
"If I Could Talk To The Animals"  by David Niven
"At The Zoo" by Simon & Garfunkle
"The Birds & The Bees" by Jewel Akins
Old Shep by Elvis
Hound Dog - Elvis
Two Hound Dogs - Bill Haley & The Comets
Yellow Bird - Harry Belafonte?
What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Tiger Rag
Baby Elephant Walk
Fins - Jimmy Buffett
Tie Me Kangaroo Down
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Mockingbird
Rockin' Robin
"Apeman" - The Kinks
"Cat Scratch Fever" - Ted Nugent
"Fox On The Run" - Country Gentlemen (on my top 100 country songs & versions)
"Listen To The Mockingbird" - Patti Page
"When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob',Bob', Bobbin' Along" - (Patti Page or Dinah Shore?)
"Foxy Lady" (qualifying ?) - Jimi Hendrix Experience
"(She's A) 20th Century Fox" - Jim Morrison & The Doors
"Bird On A Wire" - Leonard Cohen
"Dogs And Ferrets" - Steeleye Span
"(Everybody's Got Something To Hide, 'scept For) Me And My Monkey" - Beatles
"Born Free" - Roger Williams
"Leave My Kitten Alone"  unreleased cover track by The Beatles
"Bird Dog" - Everly Brothers
"Stop Doggin' Me Around" - Jackie Wilson
"White Bird" - It's A Beautiful Day  1967
"Walkin' The Dog" - Rufus Thomas
"Year Of The Cat" - Al Stewart
"Bluebird" - Paul McCartney & Wings  (popular song image, huh?)
"Kitty Come Home" - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
"The Duck" - (somebody or other?)
"The Fish" - Mindy Carson (1956)
"The Fish" - Bobby Rydell (1961?)
I love my dog - Cat Stevens
I'm a Tiger   - Lulu
"Bye-bye Blackbird" - Rosemary Clooney or The McGuire Sisters
Alley Cat, The  Fabric, Bent
Atomic Dog      Clinton, George
Bad Dog No Biscuit      Norwood, Daron
Bird Dog        Everly Brothers
Black Cat       Jackson, Janet
Black Cat Bone  Collins, Albert & Johnny Copeland
Black Dog       Led Zeppelin
Cat's Eyes      Fame, Georgie
Cleopatra's Cat Spin Doctors
Cool Cat Blues  Fame, Georgie
Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse   TV
Diamond Dogs    Bowie, David
Doggy Dogg World        Snoop Doggy Dogg
Doghouse Polka  Wagner, Babe
Dogs    Pink Floyd
Doin' The Dog   Knack
Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat     Disney
Felix The Cat   TV
Given The Dog A Bone    AC/DC
Hot Dog Presley, Elvis
Hound Dog       Presley, Elvis
How Come My Dog Don't Bark      Dr. John
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window   Page, Patti
Josie & Pussycats       TV
Memory (Cats)   Streisand, Barbra
My Cat Fell In The Well Manhattan Transfer
Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?      Little Richard
Pussycat Moon   Webster, Katie
Rene & Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War  Simon, Paul
Rosalie / Scald Dog     Dr. John
Siamese Cat Song, The   McFerrin, Bobby
Stray Cat Strut Stray Cats
Top Cat TV
Underdog        TV
Walking The Dog Thomas, Rufus
Gonna Buy Me A Dog--The Monkees
Fish Heads--Barnes & Barnes
"Cats in the Cradle"   Harry Chapin
Three Little Fishes - Kay Kyser
Too Many Fish in the Sea - Mitch Ryder
The Bird's the Word - Rivingtons
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo
"Tie me Kangaroo Down, Sport" - Rolf Harris
"Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen
"Brontosaurus Stomp" by the Piltdown Men
"Mickey's Monkey" by Smokey Robinson
"Blackbird" by the Beatles
"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" Lobo
"King Kong--Your Song" Bobby "Boris" Pickett
"Year of the Cat" Al Stewart
"Muskrat Love" (ack!) Captain and Tenille
"Running Bear" (why do I keep thinking it was Ray Preston?)
"Fight of the Bumblebee" by Al Hirt, as the theme for "Green Hornet"
> And your Bird can Sing- Beatles
> Bird's the Word- Rivingtons
> Bird Dog- Everly Bros
> Birds and Bee- Jewel Aiken
> Birdland- Chubby Checker
> Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton
>  Blackbird - Beatles
> Mocking Bird - Charlie & Irez Foxx
> Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport - Rolf Harris
> Horse with No Name - America
> Horse - Cliff Nobels
> Fly Robin Fly - Silver Convention
> Doggin' Around - Jackie Wilson
> Pony Time - Chubby Checker
> Ride Your Pony - Lee Dorsey
> The Snake - Al Wilson
> Snowbird - Anne Murry
> Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford
> Surfin' Bird - Trashmen
> I'm a Walrus - Beatles
> Yellow Bird - Arthur Lyman
> Yellow Dog Blues - Johnny Maddox
> Bluebird - Buffalo Springfield
> Muskrat Love - Captain & Tennille
> Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
> Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
> Baby Elephant Walk - Lawrence Welk
> How Much is That Doggie in the Window - Patti Page
> Cat in the Window - Petula Clark
> Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
> Disco Duck - Rick Dees
> Walkin' My Cat Named Dog - Lobo
> Mickey's Monkey - Miracles
> One Monkey Don't Stop No Show - Honey Cone
> I've Got A Tiger By The Tail - Buck Owens
Copy Cat- Cadillacs
Jay Walker- Cadillacs
Three Cool Cats- Coasters
Turtle Dovin'- Coasters
Glowworm- Mills Brothers
The Chicken and the Hawk- Joe Turner
The Juicy Crocodile- Cellos
Boll Weevil- Fats Domino
Little Bee- Fats Domino
The Rooster Song- Fats Domino
Skylark- Clovers
Too Much Monkey Business- Chuck Berry
Bluebird of Happiness- Lee Andrews & Hearts
Milkcow Blues Boogie- Elvis Presley
Honey Bee- Spiders
The Barking Dog- Crew Cuts
How Much Is That Hounddog in the Window- Homer & Jethro
Here Comes Peter Cottontail- ?
Pigs Idea - The Cats and the Fiddle
Hep Cat's Holiday - The Cats and the Fiddle
We Cats Will Swing For You - The Cats and the Fiddle
When Elephants Roost in Bamboo Trees - The Cats and the Fiddle
Public Jitterbug #1 - The Cats and the Fiddle
Tiger Rag - Mills Brothers
Love Bug Will Bite You - Mills Brothers
Bird in the Hand - Mills Brothers
Yellow Bird - Mills Brothers
Birds of a Feather-Frank Sinatra
Spider's Web-LaVern Baker
Pig Latin Blues-Todd Rhodes
Hog Maw and Cabbage Slaw-Todd Rhodes
Jungle Bunny-Fabulous Pearls
Hambone-Dee Clark
Kangaroo Hop-Dee Clark
The Barking Dog-Crew Cuts
Every Dog-Gone Time- Orioles
Shrimp Boats-Orioles
Bar Fly-Orioles
Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep-Orioles
Mustang-Rockin' R's
Pork and Beans-Solotones
Little Turtle-Joe Bennett/Sparkletones
Bird Watchin'-Spinners
Jimmy Wilson     Call Me Hound Dog               Big Town 103
Frank Motley        New Hound Dog                  Big Town 108
Cupids               My Dog Likes Your Dog          Decca 30279
Freddy Mitchell     Moondog  (1952)                 Derby 493
Volare Bros.                      Bird-a-dog                    Dot 15824
Little Murph & the All Stars   My Dog Loves Your Dog   Epic 9207
Diablos    The Way You Dog Me Around
Jay Johnston       Walk A Dog                  Freedom 44018
Jack and Jill                  Red Dog                  MGM 12670
Bill Davis Trio                 Wailin' For Moondog     Okeh 7033
Patti Jerome                My Doggie Wags His Tail         Rama 219
Joe Montgomery             Coll Cat                               Abbott 189
Peppermint Harris      There's a Dead Cat On The Line   Aladdin 3141
Ray Stevens(Yes it's the same guy)   Cat Pants         Capitol4030
Bullmoose Jackson         Bearcat Blues                    King 4551
McCoys                        Full Grown Cat                     RCA 7354
Miller Sisters                   Ten Cats Down                    Sun 255
Billy & Lilly      Aolysius Horatio Thomas the Cat    Swan  4030
Ray Campi            Caterpillar                       TNT 145
Chordettes            Hummingbird                  Cadence  1267
Sammy Hagan & Viscounts            Wild Bird             Capitol 3818
Robins         A Little Bird Told Me                       Knight 2008
John Lee Hooker      Bluebird Blues                  Modern 886
Lee Mitchell            A Little Blue Bird Told Me           Phillips 3530
Ray Whittaker       See The Little Birdies              Ray Note  3
Schuyler Bros.           The Snake                           Sunbeam  110
Richard Barrett         The Snake and the Bookworm    20th Cent fox 150
Victorians                  Cowbell Rock                              End 1033
Blues Rockers          Calling All Cows                         Excello 2062
John Zacherle       Lunch With Mother Goose               Cameo  139
Gum Drops           Pigeon                                        King 5051
Chuck Sims              Little Pigeon                         Trend 000X
Bobby Christian    The Spider and the Fly                Wing 2102
Sammy Turner       The Flying Flea                          RCM 3702
Commandos             Pony Express                         Symbol  906
Joe Turner                When the Rooster Crows    Fidelity  3000
Teardrops                  Jellyfish                                Dot 15669
Gene Morris               I Crawfished                        Winston 1032
Jerry Demar              Cross-eyed Alley Cat              Ford 1003
Billy Bland          Chicken In the Basket                  Old Town 1016
Lloyd Price        Chicken and the Bop                     KRC  301
Clarence Samuels     Chicken-hearted Woman      Excello 2093
Jack Larson              Roaches                              Fraternity 853
Carpets                     Chicken Backs                      Federal 12269
Dee Clark                Kangaroo Hop                      Falcon   1002
Five Jets                    Crazy Chicken                     Deluxe 6064
Dave Rich                  Chicken House                   RCA 7045
Marvin & Johnny      Hey, Chicken                       Aladdin 3335
Atmospheres        Fickle Chicken                     UA 5023
Lalo Guerrero      Take Me Out To The Bullfight   Real 1309
"Aba Daba Honeymoon" - Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter
"Ape Call" - Nervous Norvus
"The Pum-Pa-Lum (Bad Donkey)" - Steve Lawrence
"Bird Dog" - The Everly Brothers
"Boogie Bear" - Boyd Bennett
"The Doggie in the Window" - Patti Page
"Experiments with Mice" - Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
"Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" - Perry Como
"Hot Dog Buddy Buddy" - Bill Haley & His Comets
"Hound Dog" - Big Mama Thornton
"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley
"I Go Ape" - Neil Sedaka
"I'm a Hog for You" - The Coasters
"Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy" - Annette
"Leave My Kitten Alone" - Little Willie John
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" - Elvis Presley
"The Lonesome Polecat" - The McGuire Sisters
"Make Like a Bunny, Honey" - Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll¹s Orchestra
"Muskrat Ramble" - The McGuire Sisters
"Oh! Susanna" - The Singing Dogs
"Pussy Cat" - The Ames Brothers
"See You Later, Alligator" - Bill Haley & His Comets
"See You Later, Alligator" - Bobby Charles
"Teach Me Tiger" - April Stevens
"Tiger" - Fabian
"Tiger Lily" - Rusty Draper
"Torero" - Renato Carosone
"(You Hit the Wrong Note) Billy Goat" - Bill Haley & His Comets
"Bird Dog" - The Everly Brothers
"The Bird on My Head" - David Seville
"Bluebirds Over the Mountain" - Ersel Hickey
"The Bluebird, the Buzzard & the Oriole" - Bobby Day
"Chee Chee-Oo Chee (Sang the Little Bird)" - Perry Como & Jaye P. Morgan
"Flamingo l'Amore" - The Gaylords
"Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" - Marvin Rainwater
"Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" - Eddy Arnold
"Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" - Joyce Hahn
"The Hot Canary" - Florian Zabach
"The Hot Canary" - Florian Zabach
"Hummingbird" - Les Paul & Mary Ford
"Humming Bird" - Frankie Laine
"I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat" - Mel Blanc
"Little Pigeon" - Sal Mineo
"Lovey Dovey" - Clyde McPhatter
"Lullaby of Birdland" - The Blue Stars
"Mockin¹ Bird Hill" - Patti Page
"The Mocking Bird" - The Four Lads
"The Mocking Bird" - The Four Lads
"Rockin' Robin" - Bobby Day
"Song of the Sparrow" - Mitch Miller & His Orchestra
"Sweet Bird of Youth" - Nat "King" Cole
"Tweedlee Dee" - LaVern Baker & The Gliders
"Tweedlee Dee" - Georgia Gibbs
"When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" - Pat Boone
"Yellow Bird" - The Mills Brothers
Hound Dog- Elvis Presley
>Bird Dog- Everly Brothers
>Rockin' Robin- Bobby Day
>I'm a Hog For You- Coasters
>Old Shep- Elvis Presley
"Poor Butterfly" (Hilltoppers)
My Pigeon's Gone - The 5 Keys
"Count Your Blessings instead of Sheep" (Eddie Fisher)
Milk Cow Blues-George Vann
Bird Dog- Illinois Jacquet
Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn
Hen Party-Amos Milburn
Wolf on the River-Amos Milburn
There's a Dead Cat on the Line-Peppermint Harris
Greyhound-Amos Milburn
Cat Hop-Dodgers
Hey Chicken-Marvin & Johnny
Howling Wolf Blues- Lightnin' Hopkins
Cool Bunny-Art Pepper
Stewed Pig's Knuckles-Calypso Mac Niles
King Kong-Big T. Taylor
Every Dog has it's Day-Peppermint Harris
Wet Rat-Peppermint Harris
Hound Dog-Eddie Hazelwood
Two Cats-Harry the Hipster
City Mouse and Country Mouse-Harry the Hipster
Three Little Pigs-Dick Hugg
Bumble Bee--Lavern Baker
I Smell A Rat--Big Mama Thornton
The Chicken--Cheers
Chicken Baby Chicken--Tony Harris
Signifying Monkey--Smokey Joe
Muskrat Ramble--Freddy Cannon
Wings Of A Dove--Ferlin Husky
Hound Dog Man--Fabian
The Fish--Bobby Rydell
Too Many Fish In The Sea--Mitch Ryder (OK, it's in the 60's)
I'm A Hog For You--Coasters
The Bluebird, The Buzzard and The Oriole - Bobby Day
Sing Until the Cows Come Home- Ames Brothers
Pussy Cat- Ames Brothers
Sparrow in the Treetop- Andrews Sisters
Three Little Piggies- Andrews Sisters
Pretty Butterfly- Mills Brothers
The Be-Bop Mouse- Cellos
Love Bug- Clovers
Sneaky Alligator- ?(covered by the Diamonds)
Monkey Hips and Rice- 5 Royales
Every Dog Has His Day- 5 Royales
The Cuckoo Bird in the Pickle- Four Aces
Baltimore Oriole- Four Freshmen
The Average Giraffe- Four Lads
Chicken, Chicken- Hilltoppers
Little Turtle Dove- Bobby Day
A Little Bird- Hollywood Flames
Bob-O-Link- Jacks
I Ain't Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes-Larks (love this title)
Honey From the Bee- Larks
Chicken- Olympics
Turkey Hop- Robins
A Little Bird Told Me- Robins
bill haley  - hot dog buddy buddy - decca29948
bill haley  - two hound dogs - decca29552
freddie bell & bellboys - hound dog - teen101
joe darensbourg & dixie flyers - yellow dog blues - lark
moonglows - i've been your dog - champaign
nervous norvus - ape call/wild dog of kentucky - dot 15485
wanda jackson - hot dog! that made him mad - capitol3575
charlie adams - cat'n around - columbia21355
elvis presley - milk cow blues boogie - sun215
cheers - chicken - capitol3353
roscoe gordon - chicken (dance with you), the - flip237
charlie gracie - love bird - cameo141
frankie laine - humming bird
alan freed & his rock 'n roll band - the grey bear - coral61749

Animals in the lyrics

Jo Jo Gunne - Chuck Berry
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" - The Diamonds
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" - Gale Storm
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" - Gloria Mann
"Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown" Jim Croce ("badder than ol' King Kong...and meaner than a junkyard dog...")
"Say, Man" Bo Diddley ("You is sooo ugly that the stork that brought you inta the worl' oughta be ar-RES-ted...")
"Stewball" Peter, Paul, and Mary
"Yackety Yak" The Coasters ("bring in the dog and put out the cat," right?)
Old Rivers - Walter Brennan
Caroline, No--The Beach Boys [not about animals, but barking dogs at the end]
Lucifer Sam--Pink Floyd
At The Zoo--Simon'n'Garfunkel
At My Window--The Beach Boys [about a sparrow]
Old Shep      - Elvis
"Wildfire" by Michael Murphy
High Hopes
"Swingin' On a Star"
Run Red Run -- The Coasters
"Lookin' out my back door" - CCR (names a bunch of animals passing by...)
"House At Pooh Corner" - Loggins And Messina
My Blue Heaven
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Close but no cigar

 

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Paul Maclauchlan () Last change: Fri Jul 29 21:52:54 EDT 2005