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How about songs that mention other singers/artists in their song.........

Barbra Mandrell - I was Country, when Country wasn't cool (George Jones)....

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4th of july- shooter jennings (george jones)
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Bigger Than The Beatles - Joe Diffie
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Patty Loveless - I try to think about ELVIS biggrin.gif
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Nickajack Cave - Gary Alan (Johnny Cash)
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Rickie Lee Jones - Elvis Cadillac
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The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles (John Lennon and Yoko Ono)
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Southern Pacific--"A Girl Like Emmylou"*

as in...

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Tim McGraw- by Taylor Swift
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Bob Wills Is Still the King - Asleep At The Wheel
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The Dixie Chicks--"Long Time Gone" (Haggard; Cash; Hank)
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I Feel Lucky - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Dwight Yoakam, Lyle Lovett)
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The Commodores--"Night Shift" (Marvin Gaye; Jackie Wilson)
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Buddy Holly - Weezer
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Trisha Yearwood--"XXXs and OOO's (An American Girl)" (Aretha Franklin and Patsy Cline)
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How Forever Feels Kenny Chesney (Jimmy Buffett)
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David Allan Coe--"You Never Even Call Me By My Name*

*--mentions Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, and Merle Haggard in the same verse. And he also mentions the song's writer, the late Steve Goodman, who, by tacking on that hilarious last verse, had, in Mr. Coe's mind, written "The Perfect Country & Western Song."
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David Bowie Wants Ideas - Bongwater
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Hank Williams Jr.--"All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down"*

*--mentions George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, and his father.
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Elvis Presley Blues - Gillian Welch
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Merle Haggard--"From Graceland To The Promised Land" (tribute to Elvis)
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Brian Wilson - Bare-Naked Ladies
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Arthur Conley--"Sweet Soul Music" (vintage 1967)

Sam & Dave, Lou Rawls, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, and James Brown are name-checked here.
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Bruce (Springsteen) - Rick Springfield
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Don McLean--"American Pie" (The Byrds)
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Bob Dylan's 49th Beard - Wilco
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George Jones--"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" (names practically everybody and his grandmother)
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Brooks and Dunn - Play Something Country (...I like Kenny, Keith...)


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The Mamas and the Papas--"Creeque Alley" (vintage 1967)*

*--John Sebastian (Lovin Spoonful); Roger McGuinn (The Byrds); Barry Maguire (he of "Eve Of Destruction" fame); and one of their own (remember the lyric, "And no one's gettin' fat 'cept Mama Cass")
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Calling Elvis - Dire Straits
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Peter, Paul, and Mary--"I Dig Rock And Roll Music" (vintage 1967)*

*--name checks the Mamas and the Papas, the Beatles, and Donovan.
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Elvis - Pat Green
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Dave Edmunds--"I Hear You Knockin'" (name-checks Smiley Lewis and Chuck Berry)
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Timothy B. Schmit - Lambchop
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The Righteous Brothers--"Rock And Roll Heaven" (vintage 1974)*

*--mentions Jim Morrison, Jim Croce, Janis Joplin, Bobby Darin, and Otis Redding.
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Beatles - Kathryn Williams
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Vogue - Madonna
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Linda and Emmylou--"Raise The Dead"*

*--mentions Hank Williams, Robert Johnson, and Bill Monroe.
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Albert Hammond Bootleg - Half Man Half Biscuit
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The Beatles--"For You Blue" (bluesman Elmore James)
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When Smokey Sings - ABC (Smokey Robinson)
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The Beatles--"Dig It" (B.B. King; Doris Day)
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Ringo Buys A Rifle - The Dead Milkmen
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David Allan Coe--"Willie, Waylon, And Me" (also the Byrds and the Eagles)
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Levi Stubbs' Tears - Billy Bragg
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Maria McKee--"Drinkin' In My Sunday Dress" (Elvis is referenced in the lyrics)
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Don Henley Must Die - Mojo Nixon
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Steely Dan--"Hey Nineteen" (Aretha Franklin; The Soul Survivors)
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Alanis Morissette - Wesley Wills
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David Allan Coe--"The Ride" (Hank Williams)
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