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Coffee Break: Full names

Buddy Holly onstage in 1958.
Buddy Holly onstage in 1958.V&A Images/Getty Images, via NPR

by Anna Reed

April 27, 2018

Thanks to Loran for writing in with today's theme suggestion.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have a person's first and last name in the lyrics?

The person can be real or fiction - it just has to be a full name.

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

fIREHOSE - In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotton
Del The Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina
Grateful Dead - Casey Jones
The Special AKA - (Free) Nelson Mandela
Weezer - Buddy Holly
SZA - Drew Barrymore
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby