[Music] The best songs referencing another, now deceased, musician.
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- Jul 10, 2003
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Song written about a Frank Zappa gig
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
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Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson both referenced in this.
Trufflehound
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- Jul 10, 2003
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And I'm stunned this hasn't been posted yet referencing Count Basie, Glen Miller, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald
Trufflehound
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Another one about Kurt Cobain
marcos3263
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The Beatles - Bach in the USSR ??
pearl
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Mick Harvey sings October Boy about Rowland S. Howard
pearl
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Spiritualized .... Ballad of Richie Lee (from Acetone)
pearl
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Patti Smith .... Frederick (about Fred Sonic Smith)
pearl
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I am Damo Suzuki by the Fall
Worried Man Blues
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Tchaikovsky. Although really it's a Chuck Berry reference.
pearl
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I am Mark E Smith by FWF
bWize
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