Songs that mention specific actors by name

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by tonyballz, Jun 29, 2022.

  1. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

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    Suffice to know Rita Hayworth gave good face.
     
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  2. StillFlying

    StillFlying Forum Resident

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    If I were the judge here, I'd give you bonus points for the RCPM reference :righton:
     
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  3. cdash99

    cdash99 Senior Member

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    It's Too Late by Jim Carroll Band mentions Sharon Tate.
     
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  4. Randall DeBouvre

    Randall DeBouvre forum resident

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    JACK AND DIANNE- JAMES DEAN
    CHINA GIRL-MARLON BRANDO
     
  5. mike sullivan

    mike sullivan Blues Boy

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    Half Man Half Biscuit - I Hate Nerys Hughes.....Welsh actress that was a bit of a looker back in the days of 'The Liver Birds.'
     
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  6. mr.datsun

    mr.datsun Incompletist

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    Teenage Jesus - The Closet:

    I'm in a closet and I can't breathe
    Won't you just please release me
    I can't move and my kidneys fail
    Size of this room feels like jail
    I can't talk I can't enunciate
    And I'm treated like Sharon Tate
     
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  7. Randall DeBouvre

    Randall DeBouvre forum resident

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    PUTTING ON THE RITZ- DRESSED UP LIKE GARY COOPER
    YOU'RE THE TOP -THE NOSE ON THE GREAT DURANTE, THE FEET OF FRED ASTAIRE, GARBO'S SALARY
     
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  8. barryalan

    barryalan Cat in Space

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    There's that song by The 5.6.7.8's
    "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield"
     
  9. tim_neely

    tim_neely Forum Hall Of Fame

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    Michelle Pfeiffer is mentioned in two big hits of the 2010s:

    "Riptide" by Vance Joy
    "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
     
  10. Solaris Morse

    Solaris Morse Forum Resident

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    'John Wayne is Big Leggy' ~ Haysi Fantasyzee
     
  11. herbaltree

    herbaltree Forum Resident

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    Also Douglas Fairbanks in 'Moments of Pleasure'
     
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  12. tim_neely

    tim_neely Forum Hall Of Fame

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    "I've got my wreath, I've got my tree
    Got Jimmy Stewart smiling at me"

    from "I Can't Wait 'Til Christmas" by Mindi Abair
     
  13. Beamish13

    Beamish13 Forum Resident

    Sparks-“Tsui Hark”

    obviously, Hark is far more notable as a director and producer, but he has acted in a number of films
     
  14. dbacon

    dbacon Senior Member

    Okay...I need to shove the Beatles in here someplace.
    Yer Blues mentions Bob Dylan, who acted in a few films
     
  15. barryalan

    barryalan Cat in Space

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    "Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
    Doin' the werewolves of London"...

    Warren Zevon
     
  16. Simoon

    Simoon Forum Resident

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    Hatfield and the North - [Big] John Wayne Socks Psychology On The Jaw

    Kind of a cheat, since this is an instrumental song.
     
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  17. Bassist

    Bassist Forum Resident

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    Generation X - Paradise West "De Niro's So Great etc"
     
  18. Randall DeBouvre

    Randall DeBouvre forum resident

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    I'LL BE FREE BY BOB DYLAN-BRIDGET BARDO, ANITA ECKBERG, SOPHIA LOREN.
     
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  19. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

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    Drive By Truckers have a whole song about Steve McQueen, and Paul Newman is mentioned in it as well
     
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  20. tim_neely

    tim_neely Forum Hall Of Fame

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    "Oo-Wee" by Ringo Starr:

    "She look just like the new Jean Harlow"
     
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  21. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    Also, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
     
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  22. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

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    That's ' I Shall Be Free'...
    "...it was President Kennedy callin' me up. He said: ' My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?' I said: ' My friend, John, Bridget Bardo, Anita Eckberg, Sophia Loren...country will grow"
     
  23. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

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    Same song mentions making love to Elizabeth Taylor, and catching hell from Richard Burton!
     
  24. Lightworker

    Lightworker Forum Resident

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    The Outsiders (Netherlands group 1969) "Do You Feel Alright?" = Roger Moore
     
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  25. BourbonAndVinyl

    BourbonAndVinyl Forum Resident

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    Neil Young, "Pocahontas," Marlon Brando
     
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