Also Mugwups (Cass’s first band) and “Sebastian and zal formed the Spoonful”
And Elvis.
**Better than Ezra ** name-checks **AC/DC ** and the **Bare Naked Ladies ** in Extraordinary.
**Blondie ** mentions Fab Five Freddy in Rapture, but it’s in the rap part, so maybe it doesn’t count.
Whole bunch of them in Life is a Rock, but the Radio Rolled Me.
The Pogues song “Fiesta” has the line, “Y Costello el rey del America,” referring to Elvis Costello’s album, King of America. Costello was the producer for If I Should Fall from Grace with God, the album on which “Fiesta” appeared.
Two more from the same album, but not about contemporary singers: “Fairytale of New York” has the following line: “Sinatra was swinging/All the drunks they were singing/We kissed on a corner/Then danced through the night.” And in “Thousands are Sailing,” we get: “Then we said goodnight to broadway/Giving it our best regards/Tipped our hats to mister Cohen/Dear old Times Square’s favorite bard.”
“In My Garage,” by Weezer, has the line: “I’ve got posters on the wall/My favorite rock group KISS/I’ve got Ace Frehley/I’ve got Peter Criss.”
And KISS gets mentioned in “Surrender” by Cheap Trick.
Veruca Salt- “With David Bowie”
Joni MItchell’s “Hejira” mentions
Strains of Benny Goodman
Coming through the snow and the pinewood trees…
When I saw her do the song live, Frank Sinatra had just died, so she changed the line to “Strains of Old Blue Eyes…”
Bowie’s “All the Young Dudes” mentions the Beatles & the Stones.
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“In My Garage,” by Weezer, has the line: “I’ve got posters on the wall/My favorite rock group KISS/I’ve got Ace Frehley/I’ve got Peter Criss.”
And, in Jimmy Buffett’s “Manana”
And T-Rex.
When Eddie Money refers to “Ronnie” in “Take Me Home Tonight” (* … just like Ronnie say …*), he’s referring to former Ronette (and Phil Speector’s first wife) Ronnie Spector. Ronnie Spector also sings on the record.
The line, “Turn up The Eagles; the neighbors are listening” is a line from Steely Dan’s “Everything You Did” and was evidently inspired by Walter Becker’s girlfriend, who loved The Eagles. The Eagles slyly acknowledged the mention and returned it a year later in “Hotel California” with the line, “They stab it with their steely knives but they just can’t kill the beast.”
From the same album (Gordon), they have Be My Yoko Ono (mentions Yoko and the Beatles, and John, specifically.), Blame It on Me (mentions Milli Vanilli), New Kid on the Block (Mentions the New Kids on the Block, and Elvis Presley), and Grade Nine (Mentions Duran Duran).
Tom Petty in “Runnin’ Down a Dream”: “Me and Del [Shannon] was singin Little Runaway”
More that anyone needs to know 'bout “Creeque Alley”
CMC fnord!
When Smokey sings - ABC (Smokey Robinson)
Nightshift - The Commodores (Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson)
True - Spandau Ballet (Marvin Gaye)
LeTigre’s “Hot Topic” mentions a whole slew of musicians, but the only ones that come to mind at the moment are Sleater-Kinney and Cibo Matto. Oh, also Yoko Ono. (Again, apparently, I see on preview)
I don’t know who originally recorded “I did rock and roll music”, but I have the Peter, Paul, and Mary version and they mention the Mamas and the Papas as a group and individually.
I Dig Rock and Roll Music by Peter, Paul and Mary mentions the Mamas and the Papas, Donovan, and the Beatles.
Buck Owens is featured in *Looking Out My Backdoor * by CCR.
Does *Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkees * count?
the Beatles and the Monkees, Chubby Checker-A Noun Is A Person, Place or Thing
Schoolhouse Rock!