Songs that mention a famous person

[NYCgrrl]

Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars

This hit, that ice cold
Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold

Perfect timing as today is National Get Funky Day.

 

[disneychrista]

Talk You Out Of It - Florida Georgia Line

And now you're lookin' like a line from a Vandross song

 

[Micca]

How has no one else not thought of this one already? Am I really the only one from this era to know who is being sung about?

Abraham, Martin And John - Dion

It was the first thing I thought of, I was just scrolling through to see if it had been posted and you beat me to it. I guess I'll go with James Dean/The Eagles.

 

[E&Cmom]

 

[E&Cmom]

Tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson

 

[L&Lfan]

Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
Manchester England from Hair

 

[BlueStarryHat]

It's The End of the World- R.E.M.

Lenny Bruce, Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev, Lester Bangs

 

[PollyannaMom]

Billy Joel - Leningrad

"...I was born in '49
A cold war kid in the McCarthy times..."

(And I guess the "Lenin" in Leningrad, if you want to count it, too.)

 

[AustinTink]

 

[fly girl]

Buddy Holly ~ Weezer

 

[fly girl]

Just Like Jesse James ~ Cher

 

[fly girl]

Moves Like Jagger ~ Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera

 

[Toolulu22]

"Southern Voice" Tim McGraw

Now that you mention him-

 

[low-key]

 

[ChickieToo]

Beauty and a Beat by Justin Beiber

Yeah
Young Money
Nicki Minaj, Justin
Show you off, tonight I wanna show you off (aye-aye-aye)
What you got, a billion could've never bought (aye-aye-aye)
We gonna party like it's 3012 tonight
I wanna show you all the finer things in life
So just forget about the world, we young tonight
I'm coming for ya, I'm coming for ya
'Cause all I need
Is a beauty and a beat
Who can make my life complete
It's all 'bout you
When the music makes you move
Baby do it like you do
'Cause
Body rock
Girl, I can feel your body rock (aye-aye-aye)
Take a bow
You on the hottest ticket now (aye-aye-aye)
We gonna party like it's 3012 tonight
I wanna show you all the finer things in life
So just forget about the world, we young tonight
I'm coming for ya, I'm coming for ya
'Cause all I need
Is a beauty and a beat
Who can make my life complete
It's all 'bout you
When the music makes you move
Baby do it like you do
In time, ink lines
*****es couldn't get on my incline
World tours, it's mine
Ten little letters on a big sign
Justin Bieber
You know I'mma hit 'em with the ether
Buns out, weiner
But I gotta keep an eye out for Selener
Beauty, beauty and the beast
Beauty from the East
Beautiful confessions of the priest
Beast, beauty from the streets, beat will get deceased
Every time Beauty on the beat (Yeah, yeah, yeah, Let's go, Let's go)
Body rock, girl, I wanna feel your body rock
'Cause all I need
Is a beauty and a beat
Who can make my life complete
It's all 'bout you
When the music makes you move
Baby do it like you do
'Cause

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen

Galileo

 

[PollyannaMom]

Alexander Hamilton

(song from the musical Hamilton)

 

[PollyannaMom]

Aaron Burr, Sir

(also a song from the musical Hamilton)

 

[PollyannaMom]

And we can't forget the Animaniacs Presidents Song -

 

[PollyannaMom]

The Ballad Of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
greenest state in the land of the free
raised in the woods so he knew ev'ry tree
kilt him a be 'are when he was only three
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!

In eighteen thirteen the Creeks uprose
addin' redskin arrows to the country's woes
Now, Injun fightin' is somethin' he knows,
so he shoulders his rifle an' off he goes
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear!

Off through the woods he's a marchin' along
makin' up yarns an' a singin' a song
itchin' fer fightin' an' rightin' a wrong
he's ringy as a be 'are an' twict as strong
Davy, Davy Crockett, the buckskin buccaneer!

Andy Jackson is our gen'ral's name
his reg'lar soldiers we'll put to shame
Them redskin varmints us Volunteers'll tame
'cause we got the guns with the sure-fire aim
Davy, Davy Crockett, the champion of us all!

Headed back to war from the ol' home place
but Red Stick was leadin' a merry chase
fightin' an' burnin' at a devil's pace
south to the swamps on the Florida Trace
Davy, Davy Crockett, trackin' the redskins down!

Fought single-handed through the Injun War
till the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store
An' while he was handlin' this risky chore
made hisself a legend for evermore
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!

He give his word an' he give his hand
that his Injun friends could keep their land
An' the rest of his life he took the stand
that justice was due every redskin band
Davy, Davy Crockett, holdin' his promise dear!

Home fer the winter with his family
happy as squirrels in the ol' gum tree
bein' the father he wanted to be
close to his boys as the pod an' the pea
Davy, Davy Crockett, holdin' his young'uns dear!

But the ice went out an' the warm winds came
an' the meltin' snow showed tracks of game
An' the flowers of Spring filled the woods with flame
an' all of a sudden life got too tame
Davy, Davy Crockett, headin' on West again!

Off through the woods we're ridin' along
makin' up yarns an' singin' a song
He's ringy as a be 'are an' twict as strong
an' knows he's right 'cause he ain' often wrong
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear!

Lookin' fer a place where the air smells clean
where the trees is tall an' the grass is green
where the fish is fat in an untouched stream
an' the teemin' woods is a hunter's dream
Davy, Davy Crockett, lookin' fer Paradise!

Now he's lost his love an' his grief was gall
in his heart he wanted to leave it all
an' lose himself in the forests tall
but he answered instead his country's call
Davy, Davy Crockett, beginnin' his campaign!

Needin' his help they didn't vote blind
They put in Davy 'cause he was their kind
sent up to Nashville the best they could find
a fightin' spirit an' a thinkin' mind
Davy, Davy Crockett, choice of the whole frontier!

The votes were counted an' he won hands down
so they sent him off to Washin'ton town
with his best dress suit still his buckskins brown
a livin' legend of growin' renown
Davy, Davy Crockett, the Canebrake Congressman!

He went off to Congress an' served a spell
fixin' up the Govern'ments an' laws as well
took over Washin'ton so we heered tell
an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell
Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear!

Him an' his jokes travelled all through the land
an' his speeches made him friends to beat the band
His politickin' was their favorite brand
an' everyone wanted to shake his hand
Davy, Davy Crockett, helpin' his legend grow!

He knew when he spoke he sounded the knell
of his hopes for White House an' fame as well
But he spoke out strong so hist'ry books tell
an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell
Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear!

When he come home his politickin' done
the western march had just begun
So he packed his gear an' his trusty gun
an' lit out grinnin' to follow the sun
Davy, Davy Crockett, leadin' the pioneer!

He heard of Houston an' Austin so
to the Texas plains he jest had to go
Where freedom was fightin' another foe
an' they needed him at the Alamo
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear!

His land is biggest an' his land is best
from grassy plains to the mountain crest
He's ahead of us all meetin' the test
followin' his legend into the West
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!