Non-rap examples of lyrics where the artist refers to him/herself by name

The Mighty Sparrow - Sparrow Dead

(he probably does this a lot but that's the one that immediately sprung to mind)

Belle & Sebastian - "This Is Just a Modern Rock Song"

Stevie's full of good intentions,
Richards into rock 'n' roll,
Stuart's staying in and he thinks it's a sin,
That he has to leave the house at all.

Electric Light Orchestra - "Shine a Little Love" (cued up: https://youtu.be/GJuTIxwQw0k?t=3m38s)

You shine a little love on my life
(Shiii-iii-iiine)
You shine a little love on my life
(E-L-O)
You shine a little love on my life and let me see

The Floaters - Float On

― MarkoP, Wednesday, December 7, 2016

And the song it inspired, The B-52s - "Song for a Future Generation"

Speaking of whom, also "52 Girls" namechecks Kate and Cindy.

No Bad Religion song can make your life complete ("No Direction")

Alice Cooper - "Be My Lover"

"she asked me why the singer's name was Alice, I said listen baby, you really wouldn't understand"

Jacques Brel, "Jackie"

Another one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAZwnl6UAig

Jacques Brel, "Grand Jacques"

Jerry Lee Lewis is the master of this
― Brad C., Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:40 (two months ago)

Best example, "Lewis Boogie":

"My name is Jerry Lee Lewis, come from Louisiana
I'm gonna do you a little boogie on this here piano"

Mary J Blige x2

Doesn't matter if you're white or black
Let's get crunk cause Mary's back
(Family Affair)

Deep inside I wish that they could see
That I'm just plain ol' Mary, Mary (and throughout much else of the song)
(Deep Inside)

Anoter Lennon one on "God" :
"I was the Walrus but now I'm John"

oh and also in "Give Peace A Chance" : "Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko"

Beyonce certainly has plenty !

Me and Mike Watt playing the guitar

Another indie-one, from Laakso, led by Markus Krunegård.

A junkie, an addict, a slave for your love
But I'm not in love
I'm just obsessed
With hearing you say "yes please Markus come to me"

"Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy"

Beyonce certainly has plenty !

Kelly, can you handle this?
Michelle, can you handle this?
Beyoncé, can you handle this?
I don't think you can handle this!

http://i.imgur.com/gKPi3cp.jpg, it's me, http://i.imgur.com/zLRm67S.png

(some people say 'Wuthering Heights' is about a really old book, but I don't think that's true...)

'Jesus? This is Iggy.'

(Sorry, from 'Turn Blue'.)

Cheap Trick, "Surrender"

towards the end: "Robin's alright, Tommy's alright, Bun E's alright, Rick's alright"

mandy moore "candy"

There's that one of the fifty-billion versions of "Two Tribes" where they do a roll call before "Mine is the last voice that you will ever hear."

No my first name ain't baby
It's Janet
Miss Jackson if you're nasty

Beatles - Glass Onion

"...the walrus was Paul..."

White Stripes - It's True That We Love One Another

...I love Jack White like a little brother.

There must be more by them, I feel like Jack White talks about himself a lot

Beatles - Glass Onion

"...the walrus was Paul..."

that was John singing, though.

Jonathan Richman thirded. Also came to mention some additional Lou Reed, from "Coney Island Baby," but it was already mentioned on this similar thread: Songs where the singer mentions his own name

Said Captain, said WOT?

although, that's rap, I guess...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_YYC2N_lxY

also: michael chapman - wrecked again... & i seem to recall lee hazlewood did this on occasion

Stevie Wonder - Please Don't Go

so baby please don't leave
don't leave Steve

Pet Shop Boys - Single Bilingual

and after work explain how I feel
"Perdóneme, me llamo Neil"

Kevin Barnes from of Montreal does this a fair bit.

The voice said, "Don't worry, friend
The darkness is just a suggestion
No, don't worry, kid
The darkness is just suggestion
No, don't worry, Kevin"

Serge Gainsbourg has done that a lot (even a whole album : "L'Homme A Tête De Chou" !)

So basically, as this thread proves, it's a common songwriting trick.

Burton to this Taylor

Tori references herself as "T" in the song Twinkle

Yeah, this sort of division is interesting... Based on these answers I might suggest that these lyrics can be divided into three categories:

1) Lyrics where the vocalist is doing a narrative about his artist persona, so the name-calling refers to that. Typically they are using their artist name (Bootsy, Madonna, Nas, Flavor Flav, Mr. Mercury, etc) if they have one, and not their birth name. These are very common in rap, and also appear in soul, R&B, and funk, but seem to be pretty rare in other genres, and often the examples in other genres ("it's Britney, bitch") seem to be inluenced by rap.

2) Lyrics where the vocalist is doing a first-person narrative, but it isn't about his artist persona rather than something that happened to him as a "regular" person (rather than as a famous musician). Often the name is only referred to when another person in the narrative mentions it (she started screaming, "Mike!"; but my darling says, "Leonard, just let it go by"; she said, "Gordie, baby, I know exactly what you mean"). Type 2 seems to by way more common in rock and pop than type 1.

3) Lyrics that emulate call-and-response in live performances, where the name-calling is outside the context of the lyrical narrative. Can be found in any genres where call-and-response is common in actual live performances.

Of course there's also overlap between these categories, but IMO it's interesting that type 1 is often associated with "black" popular music, and type 2 with "white" popular music. I'm sure there's plenty of studies on differences between the lyrical styles of, say, rap and rock, so I guess this would be a part of a larger difference in how narratives are constructed in these genres?

I'd still be interested in discussing these differences.

The table is rumbling
The glass is moving
"No, I was not pushing that time"
It spells : S.T.E.V.E.N

Morrissey, obv.

Freddie Slack of the Will Bradley Trio “Down the Road Apiece”:

“The drummer-man’s a guy they call Eight-Beat Mack
You remember Doc and old ‘Beat Me Daddy’ Slack”

And then later on the Stones updated it for Charlie Watts:

“The drummer's man's a cat they call Charlie McCoy
You know, remember that rubber-legged boy?”

Hideous Lump brought up the B-52s upthread - add "Wig" to their resume for this one, also in the "Ready, Steve? Andy?" genre which should also include the Ramones' "Little Ramona."

Nilsson must have done this a bunch, though examples aren't popping into my mind.

In "Piano Man" we learn of a bartender who addresses the singer as "Bill."

"They Might Be Giants" and "Big Country" are borderline cases, I suppose, since they are just using these phrases in lyrics, not singing about the band.

"We've been trying to reach you, Thom"

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas
With Waylon and Willie and the boys
This successful life we're livin' got us feudin'
Like the Hatfield and McCoys

Willie Nelson does a duet w/ Kacey Musgraves called "A Willie Nice Christmas"

I cheated on you, you cheated on me
And this is not the way that things supposed to be
So tell me girl, is this for real or just an illusion?
I pinch myself to make sure that Wyclef ain't dreamin'

Wyclef - Cheated (Rock Remix)

There was that one song on Liz Phair’s terrible s/t record where she sings “you don’t even know who Liz Phair is.”

Are you State Phair?
Are you Play Phair?
Are you Trade Phair?
Who wants to know? Who wants to know?

My wife lies down in a chair
And peels a pear
I know she's there
I'm making coffee for two
Just me and you
But I come back in with coffee for three
Coffee for three?

My dead wife sits in a chair
Combing her hair
I know she's there
She wanders off to the bed
Shaking her head
"Robyn," she said
"You know I don't take sugar!"

didn't see my favourite mentioned, from Sly's 'Thankful & Thoughtful':

someone should've come
and taken me away
but the main man thought Syl should be here another day
and that's why I've got to be
thankful/thoughtful

Girlpool - "Dear Nora"

In SF we were driving over bridges
We were singing to "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
Cleo was tired
Harmony was hyper
We switched driving
In the middle of the highway

Blind Willie McTell. So many blues artists did this...

Answer the phone
"Harry, you're no good alone
Why are you sitting at home on the floor?
What kind of pills are you on?"
Ringin' the bell
And nobody's coming to help
Your daddy lives by himself
He just wants to know that you're well

Harry Styles • As It Was