* 1944 – Neil Innes, English singer and songwriter ( Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Rutles )

* Neil Innes – A weedy Samaritan

The show also featured musical numbers by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, including future Monty Python musical collaborator Neil Innes.

With glasses: Neil Innes.

In 2001 and 2002 she appeared in the BBC radio comedy sketch show The Right Time, along with Graeme Garden, Paula Wilcox, Clive Swift and Neil Innes.

On television, Idle created Rutland Weekend Television ( RWT ), a sketch show on BBC2, written by himself, with music by Neil Innes.

Neil Innes was more diplomatic on the same show, saying " we used to think he had delusions of grandeur, now we know it's only grandeur ".

This originally fictional band, created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes for 1970s television programming, became an actual group ( while remaining a parody of The Beatles ) and toured and recorded, releasing two UK chart hits.

Encouraged by the reaction to the sketch, featuring Beatles ' music pastiches by Neil Innes, the film was written by Idle, who co-directed it with Gary Weis.

The sketch presented Neil Innes ( ex-Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band ) fronting The Rutles singing " I Must Be In Love ", a pastiche of a 1964 Lennon-McCartney tune.

On 23 April 1977, Idle made another appearance on Saturday Night Live, bringing along Neil Innes as a musical guest.

Later in the episode, as Neil Innes, he performed a pre-Rutles version of " Shangri-La ".

" Harrison showed Innes and Idle the Beatles unreleased official documentary The Long and Winding Road, made by Neil Aspinall.

In February 2009 on his website " InnesBookOfRecords. Com ", Neil Innes released what he refers to as " Ron Nasty's Final Song ", titled " Imitation Song "-a parody of " Imagine ".

* " Nasty " — Neil Innes ;

* Ron Nasty ( styled after John Lennon ) — played by Neil Innes

* Neil Innes: guitar, keyboards, vocals.

* Neil Innes — piano, guitar and vocals ;

* Ken Thornton — lead guitar ; ( nicknamed " Rutling " by Neil Innes )

" The Rutland Weekend Songbook " / Eric Idle & Neil Innes

* The original " Rutles " Musicians are: Roger Rettig and Billy Bremner on guitars, Brian Hodgson on bass, Neil Innes on piano, and John Halsey on drums.

As of early 2006, these six songs from the first Rutles CD ( which were not on the original LP release ) are credited solely to Neil Innes: " Baby Let Me Be ", " Between Us ", " Blue Suede Schubert ", " Get Up And Go ", " Goose Step Mama ", and " It's Looking Good ".

The other 14 songs from the CD ( all songs from the original LP release ) have all had John Lennon and Paul McCartney added to the songwriting credits along with Neil Innes.

* David Christie's Doo Dah Diaries-Project to compile the complete history of the Bonzos including Neil Innes and The Rutles

* The Rutles section of Neil Innes ' website

Of the previously unreleased songs, " Down to the Wire " features the New Orleans pianist Dr. John with Buffalo Springfield on an item from their shelved Stampede album ; " Love Is a Rose " was a minor hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1975 ; " Winterlong " received a cover by Pixies on the Neil Young tribute album from 1989, The Bridge ; and " Campaigner " is a Young song critical of Richard Nixon.

Many rock drummers have cited Moon as an influence, including Neil Peart and Dave Grohl The Jam paid tribute to Moon on the second single from their third album, " Down in the Tube Station at Midnight ", in which the B-side of the single is a cover song from The Who: " So Sad About Us ", and the back cover of the record is a photo of Moon's face ; the Jam's record was released about a month after Moon's death.

She was also referred to in the song " Cortez the Killer " by Neil Young.

* " Madrigal ", a song by U. S. singer Neil Diamond, from the album Tap Root Manuscript

" Crying " followed in July 1961 and reached number 2 ; it was coupled with an R & B up-tempo song titled " Candy Man " written by Fred Neil and Beverley Ross, which reached the Billboard Top 30, staying on the charts for two months.

* Johnny Clegg mentions Steve Biko, Victoria Mxenge and Neil Aggett in his song " Asimbonanga " about Apartheid and Nelson Mandela.

* " Cortez the Killer ," a song by Neil Young, talks about the arrival of the Cortez's troops and the massacre that ensues.

Early in her professional career, Amos befriended author Neil Gaiman, who became a fan after she referenced him in the song " Tear in Your Hand " and also in print interviews.

*" Words ( Between the Lines of Age )", a song by Neil Young

On the Alan Lomax collection Songs of Seduction ( Rounder Select, 2000 ), there's a bawdy Irish folk song called " The Thrashing Machine " sung by tinker Annie O ' Neil, as recorded in the early 20th Century.

The first song with the name, Neil Young's " Let's Roll ", was released as a single in November 2001, and was later included in his album Are You Passionate ?.

* American songwriter Neil Diamond lists Patrice Lumumba in his song " Done Too Soon ".

The song " Payola Blues " by Neil Young from his album Everybody's Rockin '.

This song was also featured in the 2005 Neil Jordan film Breakfast on Pluto soundtrack, and in a popular Safe Sex commercial.

The song was rerecorded for a tribute album to Gaiman that was assembled by the Dancing Ferret entertainment group titled Where's Neil When You Need Him?

* The guitarist and composer Neil Young wrote a song about the palace on the album Long May You Run.

* " Chelsea Morning ", a song written by Joni Mitchell and recorded by herself and by Judy Collins, Neil Diamond and others

* " Alabama " ( Neil Young song ), a 1972 song by Neil Young

*" Shilo " ( song ), written and recorded by Neil Diamond

Neil Finn was also featured as a backing vocalist on the Sheryl Crow song, " Everyday is a Winding Road " from her self-titled second album, released in 1997.

Others who have covered the song include Ann-Margret, who would later co-star with Presley in the 1964 motion picture Viva Las Vegas, The Cadets, Roger Miller, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Cale, Merle Haggard, Tom Jones, Dax Riggs, Roger McGuinn, Suzi Quatro, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Diamond, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Guns N ' Roses.

Neil Turbin had contributed song ideas, lyrics, titles and arrangements to some of the songs on the debut album.