[Music] Songs in which real people are namechecked in the title or the lyrics

[marlowe]

"Monterey" by Eric Burdon and the Animals
People namechecked: Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar, Hugh Masekela, Brian Jones (referred to as "Prince Jones").
Bands namechecked: The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, The Byrds.

https://youtu.be/xExo67OLrdY

 

[Garage_Doors]

 

[Weststander]

Fab 5 Freddy was/is a pioneer of hip hop.

 

[marlowe]

"03 Bonnie and Clyde" : Beyonce feat. Jay Z

https://youtu.be/xm0Xba8eFTg

 

[AnotherArch]

Pray like Aretha Franklin
Geno (Washington) by Dexys
Tribute to a king - by William Bell
Sweet Soul Music (James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis)
When Smokey Sings

 

[Stato]

I've got ten from something that's not a list song.

The New Bad Things - 'I Suck'

Lou Reed, Axl Rose, Sterling Morrison, John Cale, Mo Tucker, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Anne Margaret, Frederick Neitzche & Jean Paul Satre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqMG1uPy0fo

 

[Weststander]

"03 Bonnie and Clyde" : Beyonce feat. Jay Z

https://youtu.be/xm0Xba8eFTg

Bonnie & Clyde at 0:57

 

[marlowe]

Bonnie & Clyde at 0:57

The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde : Merle Haggard

https://youtu.be/PnkOb2kMBfU

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o

Neil Young

 

[hart's shirt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Y87LNw26U

1. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - the 3 men who were thrown into the fiery furnace in Daniel 3
2. Jacoby and Meyers - Len Jacoby and Steven Meyers who built the US law firm
3. Charles Dickens - writer
4. Harry S. Truman - US President
5. Swaggart and Falwell - televangelists
6. Mario Andretti - race driver
7. Colonel Sanders - KFC founder

 

[AnotherArch]

Moves like Jagger by Maroon 5
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder, and his 'Happy Birthday' contains Martin Luther King.
Madonna's 'Vogue' includes a whole list of famous names - Greta Garbo, etc.

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_QkUVZGPc

 

[Napier]

Kate Bush - King of the Mountain, refers to Elvis Presley.

 

[studio150]

 

[Boys 9d]

I Remember Clifford by Sarah Vaughan. One of many versions of the memorial to trumpeter Clifford Brown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eycLYGEdk0

 

[Gwylan]

1. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - the 3 men who were thrown into the fiery furnace in Daniel 3

I like your idea of reality. You think that people can be thrown into a blazing furnace, so hot that kills people standing around it, can stand around in it for several minutes and can come out unscathed?

You must be smoking some powerful stuff.

 

[albionfan37]

https://youtu.be/2DhpaCUC8eg

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Beat me to it - b'stard.

ps I like your musical taste a lot

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFSbLwAy5BQ

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0JUKmfXETk