While watching Only Connect on BBC2 on Monday in the missing vowels round there was a part devoted to alliterative cartoon characters. (Ie Fred Flintstone)
During the night having woken up and not being able to sleep I read one of those ‘interesting facts’ about pop and rock books. I read that Captain of Captain and Tennille’s real name is Daryl Dragon. Ooh I thought there’s an alliterative musician I wonder if I can go through the alphabet and find some more.( at three in the morning it passes the time)
I got quite few, well half actually, however I’m sure the Afterword can fill in the missing letters for the ones I found. (A,B,C,D,G,J,K,L,M,O,P,S,T)
Alliterative bands are allowed too.
Alliterative Artists
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Adam Ant, Gary Glitter, umm…
Larry Lurex
Franz Ferdinand.
Bronski Beat.
Do Yeah Yeah Yeahs and xx count?
Xiu Xiu
Bless you.
Thank you.
Nervous Norvus
Tanita Tikaram.
Alien Ant Farm
Bobby Brown
Chris Cornell (soundgarden)
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera)
Marshall Mathers
Todd Terje
The Beastie Boys
Todd Terry
Carl Cox
Gary Glitter
Steve Strange
Naughty by Nature
Got Gary (already).
Wendy Williams
ZZ Top
Frazey Ford
The The
Rick Ross
Rick Rubin
Los Lobos
Mike Mills
Leona Lewis
Modest Mouse
Sly and the Family Stone
Scissor Sisters
Take That
Duran Duran.
Mrs Mills.
Joan Jett
Kriss Kross
Robbie Robertson.
Barry Blue
Beach Boys
Billy Bragg
Counting Crows
Fleet Foxes
Kris Kristofferson
Lyle Lovett
Stephen Stills
Talk Talk
Teddy Thompson
Til Tuesday
Acoustic Alchemy, Bobby Brown, Christopher Cross, Dave Dee, Eagle Eye Cherry, Faye Fife, GusGus, Herman’s Hermits, Ivan Ilic, Jessie J, King Kurt, Lene Lovich, Mike Mills, Nanette Newman, Ozzy Osborne, Polly Palusma, Que Que, Ricky Ross, Sly Stone, Timmy Thomas, Ulfur Ulfur, V V Brown, Wally Whyton, The XX, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Z Z Hill
The The
Tenpole Tudor
Talk Talk
now I’ll try to think of some that don’t begin with a T
Sturgill Simpson!
B’s a good un
Bad Brains
Bhundu Boys
Billy Bragg
Big Black
Beta Band
Buju Banton
David Dowie
(if suffering a cold)
arfarfarf
Shakespeares Sister
Sister Sledge
Bootleg Beatles
Hermans Hermits
Culture Club
The Tornadoes
Some “A”s:
Arthur Alexander
Adam Ant
Arild Andersen
Azam Ali
Alistair Anderson
Amy Allison
Amorphous Androgynous
Albert Ammons
Albert Ayler
Alliteration’s assential.
Håkan Hällström
Lene Lovich
Laura Logic
Cathal Coughlan
Chubby Checker.
Mickey Most
Green Gartside
Herman’s Hermits
Leapy Lee
Chas Chandler
Peter Powell
Dinky Diamond (Sparks) (RIP)
Dogs D’Amour
Toby Tyler
not so much alliteration, more repitition
Django Django
Bourgie Bourgie
Arthur Askey
David Dimbleby
Pablo Picasso
Stephen Spender
Basil Brush
The Great Gatsby
(The) XX
Billy Butlin
Bobby Ball
David Davis
Eddie Edwards
Frank Farian
Harry Hill
Jimmy James
Kevin Keegan
Laurie Latham
Manfred Mann
Foo Fighters
Betty Blue
Sally Sparrow
Duran Duran
Black Box
Dixon of Dock Green
Ronald Reagan
A dog called Dill
This is a brilliant game, by any standards.
Ranking Roger
Simon Smith (and his amazing dancing bear)
Kris Kristofferson
George Galloway
Tiny Tim
Polish people in general
Dee Dee
Sam Smith
Keep them coming I may be able to sleep tonight.
Just a few of the other ones I came up with in the long dark marches of the night.
Kathy Kirby
Bobby Blue Bland.
Ozzy Osbourne.
Oh and Martin Mull
Malcolm Muggeridge
Tiny Tim
Willie Weeks
Waddy Watchel
Willy Wonka
Binky Baker
Terry-Thomas
Mary Millington
Billy Bunter
Harry Houdini
Karen Karpenter
Judge Jules
Willie Whitelaw
Walter White
Pol Pot
Peter Perrett of (The) Only Ones
Barry Blue!
I’m just amazed that no-one (especially any of the myriad of Leeds fans on here) has mentioned Billy Bremner yet.
I’m just amazed that no-one (especially any of the myriad of Rockpile fans on here) has mentioned Billy Bremner yet.
Perhaps I was being a little too subtle – I *was* actually referring to the famous Welshman (by referencing the more famous Scotsman).
Alastair Anderson
Battlefield Band
Betty Boop
Fishermen’s Friends
Gentle Giant
Matching Mole
Sam Sweeney
Sufjan Stevens
Terence Trent d’Arby
Walt Whitman
Harriet Harman
Vicky Vale
Brian Blessed
Richard Rogers
William Windsor
Nanette Newman
Peter Parker
Bruce Banner
Matt Murdoch
Reed Richards
Sue Storm
Cold Chisel
Pam’s People
Second Sight
Bonneville Barons
Violent Vemmes (sic)
Bloodshot Bill
Lionel Long
Sugar Shoppe
Sweet Smoke
Moon Martin
Silver Surfer
Green Goblin
Otto Octavius
Ms Marvel
Fantastic Four
Sinister Six
Dave Davies
Lydia Lunch
Slash’s Snakepit
Celia Cruz
Mickey Most
Gerry Goffin
Denny Doherty
Some more that came to me in the night (well four in the morning)
Miriam Makeba
Sandie Shaw
Poli Palmer
Steeleye Span
and I just read about a band called Everything Everything
And if songs are included (which I think they can) then
from the same album
Rocky Raccoon
Bungalow Bill
And author
Grahame Greene
Also I have just read about an author
Otha Orkutt (who lived in Orkko in the Gulf of Bothnia), she wrote two volumes of poetry and a history of her country in the Cimbrian language. She unfortunately was the last Cimbrian speaker, the books didn’t sell well
Pig Pen.
Not forgetting (The) Feedback File !