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Songs with names of famous people

Post by jchitty » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:41 am

This morning on the radio, I heard the old song, "Bette Davis Eyes." I always loved that song. Another song I like is, "David Duchovny, Why Don't You Love Me?" (think that's the title)Does anyone here have a song they could list with the name(s) of famous people?

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Post by linziellen » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:07 am

Oh yeah - Madonna "Vogue" The lyrics of the song reference the names of several 20s,30s,40s,50s, and 60s stars,in this order:Greta GarboMarilyn Monroe Marlene Dietrich Joe DiMaggio Marlon Brando James Dean Grace Kelly Jean Harlow Gene Kelly Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Rita Hayworth Lauren Bacall Katharine Hepburn Lana Turner Bette Davis Nine of the stars were alive at the time the single was released: Greta Garbo(who died less than a month after "Vogue" was released),Marlene Dietrich,Joe DiMaggio,Marlon Brando,Gene Kelly,Ginger Rogers,Lauren Bacall,Katharine Hepburn,and Lana Turner.As of 2007, Bacall is the only one alive.Ah Madonna, she's a star!

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Post by rayzer » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:19 am

About 100 of them are in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire."http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htmWhat's with Joe DiMaggio? He's in "We Didn't Start the Fire," "Vogue," "Mrs. Robinson" (Simon and Garfunkel) and who knows how many other songs.

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Post by deantaylor » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:29 am

I wrote a lyric with DiMaggio in it. lol Of course, the song is about baseball, so ....Dean

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Post by ibanez468 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:21 am

This is a tribute song written by an amazing bass player by the name of Victor Wooten. In it, he references a number of famous bass players that have contributed to music over the years, and does some pretty convincing samples of how each player played, during the tune. Name of the tune: Bass tribute http://music.aol.com/album/soul-circus/ ... 47561.html ibanez468

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Re: Songs with names of famous people

Post by kg » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:28 am

Here's a twist to this. What if we add songs that have maded people famous or infamous by using their name? Humor me Sharona Alperin made known in "My Sharona" by The Knack

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Post by linziellen » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:52 am

There was a girl named Lindsey EllenLiving in France and not in DevonAnd on her knee how she did playWhat's it called oh bloomin heckFrank Sinatra I Did it My WaySilver spoons the whole darn daySilver spoons the whole darn dayOh yes, feel the heat from my fame!!!Plus I did Frank a favor there too....sorry

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Post by Mark Kaufman » Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:50 am

"Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder (all those famous jazz cats)"Celluloid Heroes" - The Kinks (Bette Davis, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Greta Garbo...)I have a line in a song I wrote about Johnny Cash ("I Wrote This Song for Cash") that goes:Neil Young and Dylan, Derek & the DominoesA brave man takes you places where a coward never goes

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Post by geo » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:02 pm

This is the second verse of my song "Down this Road"....Never cared much for Elvis, Sinatra’s not for me,Janis and Jimmy checked out along with Morrison supposedly.Never did own an eight track and I just bought my first CD,What the hell’s a pod-cast, brother, my vinyl sounds good to me.... not my "King"... sorry, Geo

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Re: Songs with names of famous people

Post by linziellen » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:25 pm

That's very good Geo! Hope you're going to post it up

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