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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)
*"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" by [[Johnny Cash]] references [[Hank Williams]].
*"Night Shift" by the [[Commodores]] references [[Marvin Gaye]] and [[Jackie Wilson]].
*"No Show Jones" by [[Chris Difford]] references [[The Captain and Tennille]], [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]], and [[The Monkees]].
*"Not John" by [[Loudon Wainwright III]] references [[John Lennon]].

*"Not Now James, We're Busy" by [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] references [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]].⏎
*"A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing" by [[Bob Dorough]] and [[Jack Sheldon]], from the [[Schoolhouse Rock]] TV series, references [[Chubby Checker]], [[the Beatles]], and [[the Monkees]].
*"Now I'm Here" by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] references [[Mott the Hoople]].

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*"Of Montreal" by [[The Stills]] references [[Of Montreal]].
*"Oh Yoko" by [[John Lennon]] references [[Yoko Ono]]
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* [[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]]