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List of songs containing overt references to real musicians
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Songwriters occasionally write songs that make overt references to real musicians and bands.  This list excludes [[hip hop music|hip hop]] songs because overt references to real musicians are more common than not.  Hip hop arose as an informal accompaniment to dance music, when performers spoke over percussion breaks.  Over time, these performers began speaking more and more in sync with the beat, and thus was born [[rapping]].  Eschewing traditional song structure, most of these early rap(contracted; show full)
*"Song to Woody" by [[Bob Dylan]] references [[Woody Guthrie]].
*"South's Going to It Again" by the [[Charlie Daniels Band]] references the Charlies Daniels Band, [[Barefoot Jerry]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[ZZ Top]], [[Elvin Bishop]], [[Richard Betts]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], and the [[Marshall Tucker Band]].
*"Splendid Isolation" by [[Warren Zevon]] references [[Michael Jackson]].

*"S.R.V." by [[Eric Johnson]] references [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]].⏎
*"Stan" by [[Eminem]] references [[Phil Collins]].
*"Stereo" by [[Pavement]] references [[Geddy Lee]].
*"Style it takes" by [[John Cale]] and [[Lou Reed]] references [[The Velvet Underground]].
*"Stratford-On-Guy" by [[Liz Phair]] references [[Galaxie 500]]
*"Stone for Bessie Smith" by [[Dory Previn]] references [[Bessie Smith]] and [[Janis Joplin]].
*"The Sublimation Hour" by [[Destroyer]] references [[The Beatles]] and [[The Clash]].
(contracted; show full)* [[List of songs with the same name as their performers]]
* [[List of songs about fictitious bands or musicians]]
* [[Lists of songs]]

==External link==
*[http://www.mixedup.com/elvissongs.htm This website claims to list 215 songs that mention Elvis Presley]

[[Category:Lists of songs|Musicians]]