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  • JOEHEREJOEHERE Posts: 2,970
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    I Feel Fine - The Beatles
    Little Red Rooster - The Rolling Stones

    Link: The former knocked the latter off the top spot in the UK charts in 1964.
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    Little Red Rooster - The Rolling Stones
    Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf

    Chester Burnett, to give him his real name, recorded Little Red Rooster before the Stones...
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    Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
    I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James


    Howlin' Wolf recorded The Red Rooster as it was first titled in 1961, it was accredited to songwriter Willie Dixon who wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs. I Just Want to Make Love to You is another of his
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    Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James
    Alzheimers - Joyzipper

    Sadly, Etta suffered with the illness in her final years.
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    Alzheimers - Joyzipper
    Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson

    Long Island born artists
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    Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
    I Am (I'm Me) - Twisted Sister

    Both Debbie Gibson & Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) are currently taking part in the US version of the reality television series The Apprentice
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    I Am (I'm Me) - Twisted Sister
    Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra

    English words and partial music by Eddie Snyder
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    Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra
    Broken Guitar - Pie

    Broken Guitar was the original title of SINT, apparently...
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    Broken Guitar - Pie
    In The City - Madness

    *wiki* *wiki* Pie's Ellie Araiza features on a Spanish language Ford Fiesta commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inO1dxHBxwA) while Madness's song was famously written in order to sell cars for Honda
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    In The City - Madness
    Town Called Malice - The Jam

    Link: In The City was also the name of an early song by The Jam.
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    Their first single in fact iirc :)

    Town Called Malice - The Jam
    On The Beach - Chris Rea

    The former is a pun on A Town Like Alice, written by Neville Shute, who also wrote a novel entitled On The Beach
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    On The Beach - Chris Rea
    Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) - It's Immaterial

    I once heard Rea's second Christmas single Driving Home For Christmas once and was put in mind of this earlier non-seasonal hit.
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    Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) ~ It's Immaterial
    Sweet Home Alabama ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd

    A home connection....
  • Terrence ChantTerrence Chant Posts: 1,331,288
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    Sweet Home Alabama ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd
    It's Not So Funny - Quiet Riot

    Both bands lost members in a plane crash
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    It's Not So Funny - Quiet Riot
    Worst Joke Ever - REM

    REM concur with Quiet Riot :)
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    Worst Joke Ever - REM
    Cat Burglar - Flesh For Lulu

    The former includes the latter title in the opening line
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    Cat Burglar - Flesh For Lulu
    Walking the Dog - Rufus Thomas

    Link: Cats and dogs are opposites
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    Walking the Dog - Rufus Thomas
    Yo Yo - Nicola Roberts

    'walking the dog' is a yo-yo move.....
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    Yo Yo - Nicola Roberts
    The Biscuit Factory - Kate Nash

    Yo Yo's are also a type of biscuit....
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    The Biscuit Factory - Kate Nash
    If You're Reading This - Tim McGraw

    Reading FC were nicknamed The Biscuitmen as a lot of their local players used to come from the nearby biscuit factory....
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    If You're Reading This - Tim McGraw
    This Kiss - Faith Hill

    Easy connection here....Tim & Faith are husband and wife
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    This Kiss - Faith Hill
    Song For Audrey - Backseat Goodbye

    Audrey is FH's real first name..
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    Song For Audrey - Backseat Goodbye
    1913 Massacre - Woody Guthrie

    Chad Sugg (the stage and recording name of Backseat Goodbye) & Woody Guthrie were both born on July 14th
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    1913 Massacre - Woody Guthrie
    Woodrow The Base Head - Ghostface Killah

    Woody's real name was Woodrow, plus there's a tenuous massacre / killer word association too I s'pose :)
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    Woodrow The Base Head - Ghostface Killah
    Beautiful - Christina Aguilera


    Dennis Coles aka Ghostface Killah & Christina Aguilera were both born at Staten Island, New York
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