Not sure, but I’m going to take a stab with:
Meatloaf. Cracker Jack is from Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad, and patootie might be from Hot Patootie from Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I wouldn’t be surprised if that one had multiple possible answers. I’ll say:
Rolling Stones. The first three cities are all mentioned in “Rip This Joint,” and Jackson is in “Country Honk.”
Correct, Biffy! And those were the exact songs I had in mind.
Yep! Norfolk, VA, is from a Chuck Berry tune he covered, and cheerleaders is from the classic “I’ll Kill You If You Don’t Come Back” (hi, Siege!):
Somebody bless all the cheerleaders down on the tracks
They’re glistening like diamonds with sweat on the backs 
or “their backs” Make that a :o
Zombie isn’t from “Haitian Divorce”, its from “Turn That Heartbeat Over Again”
“She takes the taxi to the good hotel
Bon marché as far as she can tell
She drinks the zombie from the coco shell”
I guess it’s from both; I stand corrected.
- Brouhaha
- Neurosurgeons
- Poisoned
- Unzipped
One of my all-time favorites.
[spoiler]King Crimson.
- “Elephant Talk”
- “21st Centruy Schizoid Man”
- “Cat Food”
- “Ladies of the Road”[/spoiler]
These are from a folky guy. Including one of my favorites:
The baby’s in the Swingomatic
singing rock and roll
My sweetie’s in the kitchen
whipping up my favorite casserole
Hints:
#1 is a solo artist, former member of a famous rock band, no hits under his own name, but has done high-profile collaborations with major hitmaking artists.
#2 is a very famous singer-songwriter who has had hits as a solo artist as well as writing songs that were hits for other artists. “Broadcasting” is form a major hit single," “hot-wire” from a not-so-big hit single.