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    #26
    Oh and Bruce Lee turns up in Can U Dig It by PWEI

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      #27
      Originally posted by Southport Zeb View Post
      Marlene Dietrich - Peter Sarstedt (Where Do You Go To My Lovely)
      And Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega

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        #28
        I suspect a comprehensive search of Dylan lyrics would turn up quite a few more.
        Originally posted by Artificial Hipster View Post
        In I Shall Be Free his answer to President Kennedy's question, what do we need to make the country grow? is Brigitte Bardot, Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren.
        OK a cursory review of Dyan's oeuvre reveals the following:

        Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor /Yul Brynner/Ernest Borgnine are also included I Shall Be Free

        Bette Davis — Desolation Row
        Clark Gable — Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight
        Rudolph Valentino — Farewell Angelina
        Errol Flynn — Foot of Pride
        James Cagney — Joey
        Lillian Russell — Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (?) This is speculation, based on Lillian Russell being Diamond Jim Brady's ("Big Jim") long-time paramour.

        Un-named but all over the mid-60s songs is Edie Sedgwick — frequently assumed to be "Miss Lonely" on Like a Rolling Stone.

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          #29
          Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View Post
          Ooo! Excellent call.

          But not Dion and the Belmonts. Dion split with the Belmonts in 1961. On all his doo-wop material from Runaround Sue until the mid-60s he was backed by the Del-Satins (who rarely received credit.) [/pedantry]
          Outstanding work.

          Another: Kung Fu - Ash (Jackie Chan)

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            #30
            "One night in Bangkok" mentions Yul Brynner
            That Beloved song which just lists celebrities mentions (at least) Fred Astaire

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              #31
              There was a not-very-good minor hit about thirty years ago called I Want To Be Your Property in which Cyd Charisse was referenced heavily.

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                #32
                Sir Harry Lauder - 'I Love a Lassie'.

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                  #33
                  "Celluloid Heroes" by The Kinks of course which as well as the usual suspects (Valentino,Monroe, Davies, Cagney) has the more rarely mentioned George Sanders & Mickey Rooney.

                  "Sean Flynn" by The Clash is possibly the only song about the son of a famous actor.

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                    #34
                    Originally posted by Crusoe View Post
                    John Wayne & Gary Cooper - MC Solaar, Nouveau Western
                    from the same album (Prose Combat):

                    Sur la plage des costauds jouent aux dominos,
                    Elle me fait constater que j'ai moins d'abdominaux
                    Que je n'ai pas les triceps de Sylvester Stallone

                    (Sequelles, which also mentions Lacan and Rousseau in case you thought he was shallow)

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                      #35
                      Bonnie Langford - It Doesn't Have To Be Like That (Erasure)

                      Anna Friel - Ray Of Light (Madonna)

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                        #36
                        Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

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                          #37
                          Montgomery Clift - The Clash

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                            #38
                            Valentino is also mentioned in "Manic Monday" by The Bangles.

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                              #39
                              Valentino is also mentioned in "Manic Monday" by The Bangles. Fred Astaire in "Long Tall Glasses by Leo Sayer.

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                                #40
                                Robert de Niro's waiting -- Bananarama
                                Celluloid Heroes -- Kinks (various artists)
                                Mr Bojangles -- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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                                  #41
                                  Higgs Boson Blues by Nick Cave mentions Miley Cyrus and her character Hannah Montana.

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                                    #42
                                    Also, haven't spotted in the thread yet:
                                    REM - Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman, Elvis)
                                    Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much (Brad Pitt, Elvis)
                                    Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love (Marilyn Monroe and whoever Bobby D refers to - De Niro?)

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                                      #43
                                      Douglas Fairbanks-Kate Bush ,Moments of pleasure
                                      John Cleese- The beautiful south ,My Life

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                                        #44
                                        Levellers “Beautiful Day” mentions Audrey Hepburn and Errol Flynn.

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                                          #45
                                          Originally posted by lackedpunch View Post
                                          Tom Courtenay - Yo La Tengo
                                          Just remembered another Yo La Tengo lyric, "like that guy Martin Sheen played in The Dead Zone" from Styles of the Times.

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                                            #46
                                            Rock on - David Essex (Jimmy Dean)
                                            Old School Hollywood - System of a Down (Tony Danza)

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                                              #47
                                              A friend's wife for years thought that Elton John was singing "Hold me closer Tony Danza" but I guess that doesn't count.

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                                                #48
                                                We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel (too many to list)

                                                TV Stars - The Skids (albeit characters from soaps)

                                                Roy Rogers - Elton John

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                                                  #49
                                                  Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View Post
                                                  And Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega
                                                  I believe Dietrich is also mentioned in Vogue - Madonna

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                                                    #50
                                                    Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View Post
                                                    Probably too many HMHB songs to mention, but Nerys Hughes springs to mind.
                                                    The completely gratuitous "Neil Morrisey's a nobhead" in Bottleneck at Capel Curig always makes me laugh.

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