Rock Lyrics - Best Reference to Other Rock Group

Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
"Just like Ronnie (The Ronettes) said, Be My Little Baby."

The Beatles (Harrison I think) "Elmore James got nothin' on this babe."

Donald Fagen refers to Dave Brubeck in "New Frontier" on the Nightfly LP.

"Have you got a steady boyfriend
Cause honey I've been watching you
I hear you're mad about Brubeck
I like your eyes, I like him too
He's an artist, a pioneer
We've got to have some music on the new frontier"

Not exactly rock-exclusive, though! :-)

I love Randy Newman's little story of how "a young man named Bruce Springsteen" says to him, "Rand, I'm tired... how would you like to be the Boss for a while." Blow, Big Man, blow. (My Life Is Good, on Trouble In Paradise)

Three from John Hiatt:

"Slow Turning": "I'm yellin' at the kids in the back seat 'cause they're bangin' like Charlie Watts."

"Memphis in the Meantime": "But I don't think Ronnie Milsap's gonna ever record this song."

"Tennessee Plates" (about stealing a Cadillac from Graceland): "Anyway he wouldn't care, hell he gave 'em to his friends."