Looking at the music of Dutch rock band Focus, started in the late sixties by Thijs van Leer (b /31/03/48) with Jan Akkerman (b 24/12/46). Van Leer still performs and records under the name today (official site here). Akkerman's site here.

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Songs named for women


  1. Janis (Joplin)
  2. Eurydice (Auloniad wife of Orfeus)
  3. Sylvia (Alberts)
  4. Elspeth of Nottingham
  5. Tokyo Rose (name for all female Japanese propagandists)
  6. Anaya (Pannekeet)
  7. Winnie (Gootjes)
  8. Victoria
  9. Hazel (eye colour not an actual name)
  10. Song for Eva (daughter of van Leer)
  11. Song for Yaminah (Pannekeet)
  12. Ode to Venus (the Roman godess)
As of 2024 we can probably add Nura and Gaia. (Not sure who they are).
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