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Marlon Brando: "Advertising Space" by Robbie Williams

Michael Caine: "Michael Caine" by Madness

Johnny Carson: "Johnny Carson" by The Beach Boys

David Cassidy: "Jackie's Strength" by Tori Amos

Jackie Chan: "Jackie Chan" by Frank Chickens

Julie Christie: "Julie Christie" by Lorraine Bowen

Montgomery Clift:

"Monty Got A Raw Deal" by R.E.M.

"The Right Profile" by The Clash

Coluche: "Putain de camion" by Renaud

Tom Courtenay: "Tom Courtenay" by Yo La Tengo

Claire Danes: "My So Called Life" by The Ataris

Tony Danza: "Old School Hollywood" by System of a Down

Bette Davis: "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes

James Dean:

"A Young Man is Gone" by The Beach Boys

"James Dean (I Wanna Know)" by Daniel Bedingfield

"James Dean" by The Eagles

"Jimmy, Jimmy" by Madonna

"Mr. James Dean" by Hilary Duff

"Picture Show" by John Prine

"Young James Dean" by Girlyman

"Rock On" by David Essex

Patrick Dewaere: "Chanson pour Patrick Dewaere" by Raphaël

Marlene Dietrich: "Marlene On The Wall" by Suzanne Vega

David Duchovny: "David Duchovny" by Bree Sharp

Clint Eastwood: "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz

Frances Farmer:

"Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle." by Nirvana

"Lobotomy Gets 'em Home" by The Men They Couldn't Hang

"The Medal Song" by Culture Club

"Ugly Little Dreams" by Everything but the Girl

Tom Felton: "Tom Felton's Kinda Hot" by Draco and the Malfoys

Michael J. Fox: "Hello McFly" by Relient K

Dwight Frye: "The Ballad of Dwight Fry" by Alice Cooper

Clark Gable:

"Dear Mr Gable: You Made Me Love You" by Judy Garland

"Clark Gable" by The Postal Service

Cary Grant: "Cary Grant's Wedding" by The Fall

Gene Hackman: "Gene Hackman" by Robyn Hitchcock

David Hasselhoff

"David Hasselhoff" by Hank Pine and Lily Fawn

Jill Hennessy: "The Ballad of Jill Hennessy" by Mollycuddle

Nerys Hughes: "I Hate Nerys Hughes (From the Bottom of My Heart)" by Half Man Half Biscuit

Samuel L. Jackson: "Sammy L. Jackson" by Hot Action Cop

Andy Kaufman:

"Man on the Moon" by R.E.M.

"The Great Beyond" by R.E.M.

Chasey Lain: "The Ballad of Chasey Lain" by The Bloodhound Gang

Jude Law: "Jude Law And A Semester Abroad" by Brand New

Jennifer Lopez: "Jennifer Lopez" by Xiu Xiu

Bela Lugosi: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus

Natasha Lyonne: "Natasha" by Rufus Wainwright

Shirley MacLaine: "Ballad of Me and Shirley Maclaine" by Danny Wilson

Jayne Mansfield:

"I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield" by The 5,6,7,8's

"Kiss Them For Me" by Siouxsie & the Banshees

Steve McQueen: "Steve McQueen", by Sheryl Crow

Marilyn Monroe:

"Goddess of Love" by Bryan Ferry

"Candle in the Wind" by Elton John

"Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot

"Photograph" by Def Leppard

Mary Tyler Moore: "Buddy Holly" by Weezer

Maila Nurmi: "Vampira" by the Misfits

Al Pacino: "Gone" by Switchfoot

Bernadette Peters: "Bernadette Peters" by Randy Kaplan

River Phoenix:

"Matinee Idol" by Rufus Wainwright

"RP (forget the metaphors)" by Roommate

"River" by Natalie Merchant

Natalie Portman: "Natalie Portman" by Ozma

Lee Remick: "Lee Remick" by Go-Betweens

Julia Roberts: "Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot

Winona Ryder:

"Rollerskate Skinny" by Old '97s

"Winona" by Matthew Sweet

"Winona Ryder" by Unrest

Charlie Sheen: "Charlie Sheen" by King's X

Martin Sheen:

"Noting really ends" by dEUS

"Martin Sheen or JFK" by Yellowcard

Kathleen Turner: "Kiss of Kathleen Turner" by Falco

John Wayne: "John Wayne Was a Nazi" by MDC

Paris Hilton: "Meeting Paris Hilton" by Cansei de Ser Sexy

"Miss Hilton" by What Went Wrong

"The Paris Hilton Song" by Dry Krackus Kranus

"Hey Miss Hilton" by The Penfifteen Club

Renée Zellweger: "You Had Me At Hello" by Kenny Chesney

Gene Hackman: "Gene Hackman" by Robyn Hitchcock

Anna Nicole Smith: "A.N.I.C." (Anna Nicole Smith Is A Cunt) by Sum 41

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Salvador Dali: "Salvador Dali's Garden Party" by The Television Personalities

Henry Darger: "Henry Darger" by Natalie Merchant

James Ensor: "Meet James Ensor" by They Might Be Giants

"Remington, Russell, and All" by John George Campbell http://cdbaby.com/cd/jgcampbell

Vincent van Gogh: "Vincent" by Don McLean (covered by Josh Groban)

Piet Mondrian: "Mondrian" by Bing Selfish

Mark Rothko: "Mark Rothko Song" by Dar Williams

Pablo Picasso:

"Pablo Picasso" by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" by Paul McCartney and Wings

"Gone to Pablo" by Luka Bloom

Renoir:

"Mark Rothko Song" by Dar Williams

Andy Warhol:

"Andy" by Maureen Tucker

"Andy Warhol" by David Bowie

"Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot

"I Shot Andy Warhol" by Yo La Tengo

"Andy Warhol's Dead" by Transvision Vamp

"Songs for Drella", an album by John Cale and Lou Reed

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Kriss Akabusi: "Kriss Akabusi" by Les Incompetents

Muhammad Ali:

"Boxing" by Ben Folds Five

"Just Like Ali" by Tom Cochrane

"Muhammed Ali" by Faithless

"Monster C.C" by the pillows (Note: The C.C stands for Cassius Clay)

"Hello, Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo (instant show)" by the pillows

Bill Barilko: "50 Mission Cap" by The Tragically Hip

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter:

"Hurricane" by Bob Dylan

"Hurricane" by Mos Def

Ty Cobb: "Ty Cobb" by Soundgarden

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "Sweet Lew" by Pearl Jam

Walter Johnson: "Walter Johnson" by Jonathan Richman

Davey Moore: "Who Killed Davey Moore?" by Bob Dylan

Shaquille O'Neal: "That's How I Beat Shaq" by Aaron Carter

Mike Tyson

"I Can Beat Mike Tyson" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

"Mike Tyson" by Ludwig von 88

Diego Maradona

"Maradó" by Los Piojos

"Santa Maradona" by Mano Negra

"Maradona" by Andrés Calamaro

"Maradona Blues" by Charly García

"Al fondo de la red" by Bersuit Vergarabat

"La mano de Dios" by Rodrigo

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Antonin Artaud: "Antonin Artaud" by Bauhaus

Charles Bukowski: "Bukowski" by Modest Mouse

Quentin Crisp: "Englishman in New York" by Sting

Jean Genet: "Jean Genie" by David Bowie

Myla Goldberg: "Song for Myla Goldberg" by the Decemberists

Jack Kerouac:

"Hey Jack Kerouac" by 10,000 Maniacs

"(I Want to Be Jack) Kerouac" by Subincision

"Jack Kerouac" by Gang 90

"Kerouac" by Morphine

"Kerouac's Dream" by Allan Taylor

"The House That Jack Kerouac Built" by The Go-Betweens

Timothy Leary:

"Legend of a Mind" by The Moody Blues

"Mister Manson" by Klaatu

JT LeRoy: "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)" by Garbage

Chuck Palahniuk: "Palahniuk's Laughter" by Fightstar

Sylvia Plath:

"Sylvia Plath" by Peter Laughner

"Sylvia Plath" by Ryan Adams

Dylan Thomas: "For Mr Thomas" by Van Morrison

Terry Waite: "Terry Waite Sez" by The Fall

Virginia Woolf: "Virginia Woolf" by Indigo Girls

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Lenny Bruce:

"Lenny Bruce" by Bob Dylan

"Eulogy to Lenny Bruce" by Tim Hardin; performed by Nico

referenced in "A Simple Desultory Phillipic" by Simon and Garfunkel

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Elizabeth Báthory:

"Cruelty and the Beast", an album by Cradle of Filth

"Woman of Dark Desires" by Bathory

Ed Gein: "Nothing to Gein" by Mudvayne

Pretty Boy Floyd: "The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd" by Woody Guthrie

John Wayne Gacy:

"To Catch a Killer (Serial Sing-a-long)." by Gorerotted

"John Wayne Gacy, Jr." by Sufjan Stevens

"Pogo The Clown" by Dog Fashion Disco

John Wesley Hardin: "John Wesley Harding" by Bob Dylan

Myra Hindley: "Suffer Little Children" by The Smiths

Jesse James: "Jesse James" by The Pogues

Kray twins: "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" by Morrissey

Marc Lépine: "Montréal Massacre" by Macabre

Charles Manson: "Mister Manson" by Klaatu, "Charlie M." by Space

Sacco and Vanzetti: "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti" by John Baez

Harold Shipman: "What About Us?" by The Fall

Belle Starr: "Belle Starr" by Woody Guthrie

Karla Faye Tucker: "Faye Tucker" by Indigo Girls

Billy the Kid: "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" by Billy Joel

Bonnie and Clyde:

"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" by Georgie Fame

"Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" by Travis Tritt

"Bonnie and Clyde '04" by Jay-Z featuring Beyonce

"Bonnie and Clyde" by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot

Ma Baker: "Ma Baker" by Boney M

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Steve Biko: "Biko" by Peter Gabriel

Hernán Cortés: "Cortez the Killer" by Neil Young

Oliver Cromwell:

"Oliver Cromwell" by Monty Python's Flying Circus

"Irish Blood, English Heart" by Morrissey

Leif Erikson: "Leif Erikson" by Interpol

Anne Frank: "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" album by Neutral Milk Hotel

Janie Jones: "Janie Jones" by The Clash

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy: "Rose K." by Rasputina

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: "Jackie's Strength" by Tori Amos

Sir Walter Raleigh: "I'm so tired" The Beatles

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Darrell Abbot: "Betrayed" by Avenged Sevenfold

Frankie Avalon: "Old School Hollywood" by System of a Down

Blink 182: "Jackass" by Green Day (unsure)

Johnny Borrell (Razorlight): "The Frog Prince" by Keane

Jeff Buckley:

"Just Like Anyone" by Aimee Mann

"Memphis" by PJ Harvey

"Memphis Skyline" by Rufus Wainwright

"Song For A Dead Singer" by Zita Swoon

Johnny Cash: "Johnny Cash" by The Sons And Daughters

Nick Cave: "Nick Cave" by Jan Mayen

Kurt Cobain:

"About a Boy" by Patti Smith

"Fire, Water, Burn" by Bloodhound Gang

"Friend Of A Friend" by the Foo Fighters

"Let Me In" by R.E.M.

"Put Down the Gun" by James Kochalka Superstar

"Sleeps with Angels" album by Neil Young

"Tearjerker" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

"The Mighty KC" by For Squirrels

Eddie Cochran: "Just Like Eddie" by Heinz

Judy Collins: "" by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Ian Stuart Donaldson: "Nazis Shouldn't Drive" by MDC

Woody Guthrie: "Song for Woody" by Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan: "Song for Bob Dylan" by David Bowie

Diamonds & Rust by Joan Baez

Nick Drake: "I Saw Nick Drake" by Robyn Hitchcock

Five Iron Frenzy:

"Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead or Dying" by Relient K

"Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead or Dying (Wannabe Ska Version)" by Relient K

George Harrison: "The Mystery of George Harrison's Beard" by Hartley Goldstein

Billie Holiday: "Angel of Harlem" by U2

Buddy Holly:

"American Pie" by Don McLean

"Buddy Holly" by Weezer

Cisco Houston: "Fare Thee Well Cisco" by Tom Paxton

Janis Joplin: "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" by Leonard Cohen

John Lennon:

"All Those Years Ago" by George Harrison

"Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot

"Here Today" by Paul McCartney

"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" by Elton John

"The Late Great Johnny Ace" by Simon and Garfunkel

"I Just Shot John Lennon" by the Cranberries

"Life Is Real" by Queen

"God Part II" by U2

"The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles

"One Down Three to Go" by The Meatmen

"Who The Fuck Killed John Lennon?" by Eighteen Visions

Julian Lennon: "Hey Jude" by The Beatles

Mike Love: "Mike's Love Xexagon" by The Fall

Ian MacKaye: "Who's the Small Man Now?" by Red Martian

Thurston Moore: "I Want To Be Yr Joey Ramone" by Sleater-Kinney

Vince Neil: "Shotgun Blues" by Guns N' Roses

Ted Nugent: "Fuck Ted Nugent" by Goldfinger

Phil Ochs: "Radio Fragile" by Nanci Griffith

Yoko Ono:

"Be My Yoko Ono" by Barenaked Ladies

"The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles

"I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono" by Dar Williams

"Yoko Ono" by Die Ärzte

"Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot

Édith Piaf: "Piaf Chanterait Du Rock" by Celine Dion

Elvis Presley:

"Advertising Space" by Robbie Williams

"Elvis and Andy" by Confederate Railroad

"Tell the King the Killer's Here" by Loco Siempre (also about Jerry Lee Lewis)

"Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon

"The King Is Gone" by Ronnie McDowell

"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop (Swears He's Elvis)," by Kirsty MacColl

"Gone" by Switchfoot

"Elvis Has Just Left the Building" by Frank Zappa

Joey Ramone: "I Want To Be Yr Joey Ramone" by Sleater-Kinney

Otis Redding: "Runnin' Blue" by The Doors

John Reuben: "Gotta Go" by TobyMac

Trent Reznor: "Captain Bligh" by Filter

Smokey Robinson: "When Smokey Sings" by ABC

Jessica Simpson: "Jessica" by Adam Green

Frank Sinatra: "Gone" by Switchfoot

Britney Spears: 'Britney' by Busted

"I'm Afraid of Britney Spears" by Live on Release

Tears for Fears: "In Love With the 80s (Pink Tux to the Prom)" by Relient K

Rufus Wainwright:

"Laurel & Hardy" by Martha Wainwright

"Rufus Is A Tit Man" by Loudon Wainwright III

"Take Good Care of the Poor Boy" by Sloan

Brian Wilson:

"Brian Wilson" by Barenaked Ladies

"Brian Wilson Said" by Tears For Fears

"Mr Wilson" by John Cale

Stevie Wonder: "I Gave My Eyes To Stevie Wonder" by Million Dead

Kim Deal:

"Kim deal" by the pillows

"Cool as Kim Deal" by The Dandy Warhols

Rachel Trachtenburg

"May I Have Your Hand, Rachel Trachtenburg?" by Liquid Tapedeck

"Rachel Trachtenburg" by Touching You

Tim McGraw:

"Tim McGraw" by Taylor Swift

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Pope John Paul I: "Hey! Luciani" by The Fall

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: "Sexy Sadie" by The Beatles

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Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins (Apollo 11 astronauts): "Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins" by The Byrds

Rodney Bingenheimer: "Get Off the Air" by Angry Samoans

Kevin Carter (photojournalist): "Kevin Carter" by Manic Street Preachers

Neal Cassady (icon of the Beat Generation):

"Neal Cassady" by The Washington Squares

"That's It For the Other One" by Grateful Dead

Cindy Crawford (supermodel): "Cindy C." by Prince

Sara Dylan (Bob Dylan's love):

"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" by Bob Dylan

"Sara" by Bob Dylan

R. Buckminster Fuller (architect): "What One Man Can Do" by John Denver

Bill Gates (owner of Microsoft): "Bill Gates" by Komputer

Howard Hughes (aviator and playboy):

"Closet Chronicles" by Kansas

"Howard Hughes" by Leadbelly

"Howard Hughes" by Rasputina

"Howard Hughes" by Ride

"Me And Howard Hughes" by The Boomtown Rats

Jesse Jackson: "Rhymin' Man" by Frank Zappa

John Peel (disc jockey):

"A Minute's Noise for John" by Mitch Benn

"John Peel (Not Enough)" by CLSM

Diana, Princess of Wales: "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John

Martin Scorsese

"Martin Scorsese" by King Missile

Mary Werbelo (Jim Morrison's love): "Crystal Ship" by The Doors

Frank Lloyd Wright (architecht): "So Long Frank Lloyd Wright" by Simon and Garfunkel

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