Listed below are groups of people (and some animals) mentioned in various songs. Folks aren't necessarily listed here in the order they are in the tune. Identify the title and (original) artist of each song.
Have fun.
1. the jester on the sidelines in a cast
a girl who sang the blues
The Father, Son and Holy Ghost
2. God
Jesus and the saints and all the prophets
the pope maybe in Rome
3. Marilyn Monroe
Dylan
Liston beats Patterson
JFK
Richard Nixon back again
4. Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Breshnev
Lenny Bruce
Lester Bangs
5. Dylan's Mr. Jones
My mother
My father
The eagle
The worm
6. fifteen restless riders
three conductors
the old men in the club car
the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers
7. Basie, Miller, Satchmo
The king of all
Ella
8. firefly without a light
a madman laughin' at the rain
9. Hans
Lotte
Jane
Willi
Suki
Sascha
Adolf
Enrico
Andre
Chiang Ching
Lin Tai Yu
10. Yoko
Walrus
Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes
11. a new boyfriend
Vitorino
his two friends
12. Camella who couldn't sing
Xylla was an archetype
Jeanne-Marie was complicated
Gina was the perfect lady
Jackie was a rich punk rocker
Janet wrote bad poetry
Rowena was an artist's daughter
Eloise who played guitar
Jezebel went forty days
Dinah drove her Chevrolet
(and 34 others)
13. Ted
Bobby
Mary
Judy
Kathy
G-Berg and Georgie
Sly in Vietnam
Eddie
Herbie
Brian got busted
14. B.B. Bumble and the Stingers
Mott the Hoople
Ray Charles Singers
Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary
Arthur Janov
screamin' Hawkins, Jay
Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddy
Nilsson, Harry
15. Dolores
a father who had a son
God
a woman - became a wife
mortal man
16. God
Abraham
Louie the King
fifth daughter on the twelfth night
the rovin' gambler
17. The bat, the cat
Dolphin and dog
Koala bear and hog
The fox, the ox
Giraffe and shrew
Echidna, caribou
18. JFK
John Coltrane
Miles
Lady Day
19. Marky
Sharon
Cherice
Bobby
Tommy
Mikey
Flipper
ever present football-player-rapist
Holly
20. Jimi
Janis took a piece of our heart
Otis
Jim
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Jimmy
Bobby gave us Mack the Knife
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