The Answers

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As was pointed out, the link was simply alphabetic.

A: Abba: Waterloo: The History Book on the Shelf is always repeating itself

B: Bob Dylan: Bob’s 115th Dream: I think I’ll call it America, I said as we hit land

C: Chris Rea: The Road to Hell: You must learn this lesson fast, and learn it well. This ain’t no upwardly mobile freeway

D: Dolly Parton, Joleen Your beauty is beyond compare,
With flaming locks of auburn hair,

E: Eddie Cochrane: Summertime Blues: Well, I went to the bossman to take off for a date
But the boss said "No dice, son, you gotta work late"

F: Flaming Lips: Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots, part 1: Working for the City, She has to discipline her body.

G: Gabrielle: Rise: They say that time is a healer
And i'm better without you

H: Huey Lewis and the News: Hip to be square: I used to be a renegade, I used to fool around
But I couldn't take the punishment, and had to settle down

I: Iggy Pop: The Passenger: I look through my window so bright, I see the stars come out tonight

J: John Travolta and Olivia Newton John: You’re the one that I want: Meditate my direction, feel your way

K: Kinks: Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon: And I can’t sail my yacht, he’s taken everything I’ve got

L: Lou Reed: Last Great American Whale: Some local yokel member of the NRA, had a bazooka in his living room

M: Meatloaf and Cher: Dead Ringer for Love: I don't know anything about you baby, but you're everything I'm dreaming of

N: Nancy Sinatra: Something stupid: And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two......

O: Outkast: Hey Ya: I say what's cooler than bein' cool?
(ICE COLD!) whooo...

P: Paul Simon, Kodachrome: And though my lack of edu---cation
Hasn’t hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall

Q: Queen: Radio Ga Ga: You made 'em laugh - you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly

R: Rolling Stones: Paint it Black: No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you

S: Stranglers: No more heroes: Whatever happened to dear old Lenin?
The great old Nero, and Sancho Panza?

T: They Might be Giants: Istanbul (not Constantinople): Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam

U: Undertones: Teenage Kicks: I need exitement oh i need it bad
And its the best, i've ever had

V: Van Morrison: Brown Eyed Girl: Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you

W: Warren Zevon: Werewolves of London: He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fooks. Gonna get a big bowl of Beef Chou Mein.

X: XTC: Making plans for Nigel: He must be happy
He must be happy in his work

Y: Yazz: but if we should be evicted from our homes
we'll just move somewere else

Z: ZZ-Top, Gimme all your Lovin’: You got to whip it up and hit me like a ton of lead,
If I blow my top will you let it go to your head?