Real People Quiz-a-palooza

[mshray]

Find the names of these real people in a song's lyrics.  There may be more than one answer, but, as always, I disallow it if it is in the title (for instance #4).  Correct answers contain the name as listed without any portion in blue parentheses.  So if I'd put (Bob) Dylan, you'd need a song that has D-Y-L-A-N but not B-O-B.  The possessive form is acceptable.

1.) Abraham Lincoln
2.) Al Green
3.) Ayn Rand
4.) Bette Davis
5.) Bob Dylan
6.) Bob Marley
7.) Bob Seger
8.) Bobby Dylan
9.) Brenda Lee
10.) Brigitte Bardot
11.) Burt Reynolds
12.) Catherine the Great
13.) Chairman Mao
14.) Charles Darwin
15.) Charlie Watts
16.) Chuck (Berry)
17.) Chuck Berry
18.) Del (Shannon)
19.) Doris Day
20.) Edgar Allan Poe
21.) Ella (Fitzgerald)
22.) Etta James
23.) Frank Zappa
24.) Fred Durst
25.) Frederich Engels
26.) Gainsborough
27.) Gloria Vanderbilt
28.) Greta Garbo
29.) Harry Nillson
30.) Idi Amin
31.) Jesse James
32.) Jimmy Page
33.) John Coltrane
34.) John F. Kennedy
35.) Johnny Rotten
36.) Lester Bangs
37.) Liberace
38.) Luther (VanDross)
39.) Mario Andretti
40.) Marlon Brando
41.) Mary Tyler Moore
42.) Mick Jagger
43.) Mickey Rooney
44.) Murray the K
45.) Napoleon
46.) Neil Young
47.) Norman Rockwell
48.) P. T. Barnum
49.) Peter Lorre
50.) Ricky Ricardo
51.) Ronald Reagan
52.) (Ronald) Reagan
53.) Ronnie (Reagan)
54.) (Rudolph) Valentino
55.) Spike Jones
56.) Syngman Rhee
57.) Timothy Leary
58.) Tommy Smothers
59.) (Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart
60.) Yul Brynner

[RGMike]

What, no Marvin (Gaye)?

54 is "Manic Monday", tho' without parentheses it would be "Celluloid Heroes."

There's a punk-rock version of "Manic Monday" by a band from Austin who's name escapes me; they change the lyrice to "I was kissin' Tarantino..."  (And they're guys.)

[princessofcairo]

6.) Bob Marley
give it away, rhcp

10.) Brigitte Bardot
gimme that wine, lambert, hendricks and ross

13.) Chairman Mao
revolution, the beatles

21.) Ella (Fitzgerald)
being in love, tuck and patti

28.) Greta Garbo
vogue, madonna

33.) John Coltrane
this is hell, elvis costello

37.) Liberace
my baby just cares for me, nina simone

40.) Marlon Brando
china girl, bowie

41.) Mary Tyler Moore
buddy holly, weezer

46.) Neil Young
sweet home alabama

49.) Peter Lorre
year of the cat, al stewart

[princessofcairo]

21.) Ella (Fitzgerald)
being in love, tuck and patti

uh...i just remembered that's always been a mondegreen for me. it's "elephants dancing," not "ella fitz dancing." so scratch that one.

[urth]

9.) Brenda Lee: Radar Lee, Golden Earring
15.) Charlie Watts: Slow Turning, John Hiatt
22.) Etta James-Silver Heels, Fleetwood Mac
30.) Idi Amin-I Do The Rock, Tim Curry

[urth]

A few more:

10.) Brigitte Bardot--Message of Love, Pretenders
35.) Johnny Rotten--Hey Hey, My My, Neil Young
57.) Timothy Leary--Legend of a Mind, Moody Blues

[RGMike]

2) Al Green -- "Goody Two-Shoes", Adam Ant

11) Burt Reynolds, "Cadillac Ranch", Bruce

16) Chuck (Berry), "RnR Never Forgets", Seger

19) Doris Day, "Wake me Up Before You Go-Go", Wham

36) Lester Bangs, "End of the World..." REM

43) Mickey Rooney, this one really is "Celluloid Heroes", Kinks

53) Ronnie, "Wild Wild west", Escape Club

55) Spike Jones, "Up on Cripple Creek", the Band

58 Tommy Smothers, "Give Peace a Chance", Plastic Ono Lennon

60) "a show with everything but Yul Brynner", "One Night in Bangkok", Murray Head

[mshray]

10.) Brigitte Bardot
gimme that wine, lambert, hendricks and ross
28.) Greta Garbo
vogue, madonna
33.) John Coltrane
this is hell, elvis costello
37.) Liberace
my baby just cares for me, nina simone

I'll take your word for it on these, I have different ones on my list.  Urth got the Bardot reference that I had.

[mshray]

53) Ronnie, "Wild Wild west", Escape Club

I had two here, anyone gets the other I'll give you a full point.

[RGMike]

10.) Brigitte Bardot
gimme that wine, lambert, hendricks and ross
28.) Greta Garbo
vogue, madonna
33.) John Coltrane
this is hell, elvis costello
37.) Liberace
my baby just cares for me, nina simone

I'll take your word for it on these, I have different ones on my list.  Urth got the Bardot reference that I had.

I can 2nd poc on the madonna and the nina simone, tho' I'd've guessed the Kinks' "Celluloid Heroes" for the Garbo reference.

[princessofcairo]

10.) Brigitte Bardot
gimme that wine, lambert, hendricks and ross
28.) Greta Garbo
vogue, madonna
33.) John Coltrane
this is hell, elvis costello
37.) Liberace
my baby just cares for me, nina simone

I'll take your word for it on these, I have different ones on my list.  Urth got the Bardot reference that I had.

"my favorite things" are playing again, and again
but it's by julie andrews, and not by john coltrane

great elvis song. even if he does rhyme "coltrane" with "again," and uses "are" instead of "is."

i can see the lh&r being a little more obscure.

[Gazoo]

My additions in bold:

1.) Abraham Lincoln
2.) Al Green - "Goody Two-Shoes", Adam Ant
3.) Ayn Rand
4.) Bette Davis
5.) Bob Dylan
6.) Bob Marley - give it away, rhcp
7.) Bob Seger
8.) Bobby Dylan
9.) Brenda Lee - Radar Love, Golden Earring
10.) Brigitte Bardot - Message of Love, Pretenders ; gimme that wine, lambert, hendricks and ross
11.) Burt Reynolds - "Cadillac Ranch", Bruce
12.) Catherine the Great
13.) Chairman Mao - revolution, the beatles
14.) Charles Darwin
15.) Charlie Watts - Slow Turning, John Hiatt
16.) Chuck (Berry) - "RnR Never Forgets", Seger
17.) Chuck Berry
18.) Del (Shannon)
19.) Doris Day - "Wake me Up Before You Go-Go", Wham
20.) Edgar Allan Poe
21.) Ella (Fitzgerald)
22.) Etta James - Silver Heels, Fleetwood Mac
23.) Frank Zappa
24.) Fred Durst - Eminem, "Without Me"
25.) Frederich Engels
26.) Gainsborough
27.) Gloria Vanderbilt
28.) Greta Garbo - vogue, madonna
29.) Harry Nillson
30.) Idi Amin - I Do The Rock, Tim Curry
31.) Jesse James - Warren Zevon, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"
32.) Jimmy Page
33.) John Coltrane - this is hell, elvis costello
34.) John F. Kennedy - Dream Academy, "Life in a Northern Town"
35.) Johnny Rotten - Hey Hey, My My, Neil Young
36.) Lester Bangs - "End of the World..." REM
37.) Liberace - my baby just cares for me, nina simone
38.) Luther (VanDross)
39.) Mario Andretti - Shania Twain, "That Don't Impress Me Much" (?)
40.) Marlon Brando - china girl, bowie
41.) Mary Tyler Moore - buddy holly, weezer
42.) Mick Jagger
43.) Mickey Rooney - "Celluloid Heroes", Kinks
44.) Murray the K
45.) Napoleon - Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone," and Steely Dan, "Pretzel Logic"
46.) Neil Young - sweet home alabama
47.) Norman Rockwell
48.) P. T. Barnum
49.) Peter Lorre - year of the cat, al stewart
50.) Ricky Ricardo
51.) Ronald Reagan
52.) (Ronald) Reagan - Sting, "Russians"
53.) Ronnie (Reagan) - "Wild Wild west", Escape Club
54.) (Rudolph) Valentino  - "Manic Monday", tho' without parentheses it would be "Celluloid Heroes."
55.) Spike Jones - "Up on Cripple Creek", the Band
56.) Syngman Rhee
57.) Timothy Leary - Legend of a Mind, Moody Blues
58.) Tommy Smothers - "Give Peace a Chance", Plastic Ono Lennon
59.) (Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart - Manfred Mann, "Blinded by the Light" (and the English remix of "Rock Me Amadeus")
60.) Yul Brynner - "One Night in Bangkok", Murray Head

[RGMike]

59.) (Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart - Manfred Mann, "Blinded by the Light"

[pedant]BBTL refers to "Go-Kart Mozart", so technically it's not a direct reference to Wolfie[/pedant]

[mshray]

59.) (Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart - Manfred Mann, "Blinded by the Light"

[pedant]BBTL refers to "Go-Kart Mozart", so technically it's not a direct reference to Wolfie[/pedant]

There's a big hit by a local band that also refs Mozart, and I forgot to say that although there may be multiple answers I never use the same song twice.  So you can only get credit with "Celluloid Heroes" one time.

My Garbo reference comes from a song more closely associated with someone else on this list.  And I can think of two much less obscure songs that mention both John Coltrane and his masterpiece.

[Gazoo]

My Garbo reference comes from a song more closely associated with someone else on this list.  And I can think of two much less obscure songs that mention both John Coltrane and his masterpiece.

Well, I wanted to go with "Vogue" for Greta Garbo, but that one was already taken.

Think Coltrane might have made an appearance in "Angel of Harlem"?