How are you spelling that?

Songs where a word is spelled out for the benefit of the listener, or perhaps just because the songwriter needed to fill up an awkward gap.

• 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street - The Jam: A.P.O.C.A.L.Y.P.S.E. apocalypse!
• A.B.C. - The Jackson Five. Technically they're not really spelling out a word.
• B.A.B.Y. - Rachel Sweet
• D.I.S.C.O. - Ottowan
• D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Tammy Wynette, Billy Connolly
• D.O.A. - The Foo Fighters
• Don't You Love Me No More? by Henry Priestman - R.E. D.U.N. D. A. N. T. spells "misery". Not sure he's got that quite right, but heck, great song.
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• Feeling Called Love - Pulp. F.E.E.L.I.N.G. C.A. Double L.E.D. L.O.V.E.
• Fire in Cairo - The Cure. F.I.R.E.I.N.C.A.I.R.O.
• Give Him A Great Big Kiss - The Shangri Las. When I say I'm in love you best believe I'm in love L.U.V. (Also quoted by the New York Dolls in the intro to Looking For A Kiss.)
• Gloria - Van Morrison. G.L.O.R.I.A.
• H.A.P.P.Y. Radio - Edwin Starr. Station H.A. (H.A.) P.P.Y.
• H.O.A.R. - Bo Burnham. With a capital H-O-A-R / Ignorance is bliss / Who needs feminism / With an ass like this.
• Legal Man - Belle & Sebastian. L.O.V.E. love is coming back.
• L.O.V.E. - Nat King Cole, Joss Stone. L is for the way you look at me /
  O is for the only one I see /
  V is very, very extraordinary /
  E is even more than anyone that you adore can.
• L.O.V.E. - Al Green
• M.E.T.H.O.D. Man - Method Man (also a contendor the eponymous records list I haven't posted yet) (YouTube)
• Pinhead - The Ramones. D.U.M.B. everyone's accusing me.
• P.R.E.T.T.Y.G.R.E.E.N. - in Pretty Green covered by Mark Ronson feat. Santo Gold
• P.U.N.K. Girl - Heavenly (YouTube)
• R.A.M.O.N.E.S. - The Ramones
• Respect - Aretha Franklin: R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
• R.O.C.K. - Bill Haley
• R.O.C.K. in the USA - John Cougar Mellencamp
• Rollin' - Limp Biskit. L.I.M.P. Biskit is right here.
• Venice Queen - Red Hot Chilli Peppers. G.L.O.R.I.A. Is love my friend
• Y.M.C.A. - The Village People
• Yvonne - The Saw Doctors. Y.V. O.N.N.E. Yvonne.

Stuff 'n' that

Inspired by watching a band called Free 'n' Easy, while eating fish 'n' chips with liberal application of salt 'n' vinegar, I felt it was time for a list of bands with 'n' in their name.

• Guns 'n' Roses. Controversial. Appetite for Destruction's original cover has Guns N' Roses, while its replacement has two blobs that might be meant to be apostrophes, one either side of the N. The general consensus seems to be Guns N' Roses.
  
• Salt 'n' Pepa. Controversial. Wikipedia has them down as Salt-n-Pepa, which would rule them out for this list; their album Hot, Cool & Vicious has Salt 'n Pepa on the cover, Very Necessary has Salt 'n' Pepa. What is a pedant to do?
  
• Sniff 'n' The Tears (Wikipedia - sad to read that they failed to get Driver's Seat into the UK Top 40 because of a problem at the pressing plant)
  
• Kid 'N Play. Ruled out for only ever using one apostrophe on their covers. And for favouring a capital N.
• Steve 'n' Seagulls. From Finland!

Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves

Again, either real or imaginary sisters are allowed.

• The Andrews Sisters
  
• The Bangles
  
• The Beverley Sisters
  
• B*Witched - Edele and Keavy Lynch
  
• The Boswell Sisters (LastFm)
  
• Breeders - Kim and Kelley Deal
  
• Brothers and Sisters
  
• The Cheeky Girls
  
• CocoRosie - Sierra Rose Casady ("Rosie") and Bianca Leilani Casady ("Coco")
  
• The Corrs
  
• The Darby Sisters (LastFm)
  
• The Dezurik Sisters (If you like yodelling...)
  
• The Ennis Sisters (LastFm)
  
• The Jackson Sisters (LastFm)
  
• The Lewis Sisters (LastFm)
  
• Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  
• Mary Mary - Erica Monique Atkins and Trecina "Tina" Evette Atkins
  
• The Miller Sisters (LastFm)
  
• The Nolans
  
• On! Air! Library! - twins Claudia and Alley Deheza
  
• The Paris Sisters (LastFm)
  
• The Peasall Sisters (MySpace)
  
• The Pointer Sisters
  
• The Puppini Sisters
  
• The Rogers Sisters
  
• School of Seven Bells - twins Claudia and Alley Deheza
  
• The Scissor Sisters
  
• Shakespeare's Sister
  
• SHeDAISY: Kassidy, Kelsi, and Kristyn Osborn
  
• Silly Sisters (Fine Horseman on LastFm) - Maddy Prior & June Tabor, not really sisters.
  
• Sister Sledge
  
• Sisters of Mercy
  
• The Soul Sisters (LastFm)
  
• Twisted Sister
  
• Rachel Unthank and the Winterset - Rachel and sister Becky
  
• Voice Of The Beehive - formed in London in 1986 by Californian sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland
  
• The Watson Twins - identical twin sisters named Chandra and Leigh Watson

Brothers in Arms

Bands with brothers in them - either real or imaginary.

• Alessi - identical twins Billy and Bobby Alessi
  
• The Allman Brothers - Duane & Greg
  
• The Avett Brothers - Seth & Scott
  
• Bay City Rollers - Alan & Derek Longmuir
  
• The Beach Boys - Brian, Carl, & Dennis Wilson
  
• The Bee Gees - Barry, Robin, & Maurice Gibb
  
• The Bellamy Brothers - David & Howard
  
• The Bhangra Brothers (LastFm)
  
• The Blues Brothers - Jake & Elwood Blues
  
• Bros - Matt & Luke Goss
  
• Brother Beyond - no brothers involved
  
• Brotherhood of Man - no brothers involved
  
• Brothers and Sisters
  
• The Brothers Johnson - George and Louis
  
• Cafe Quijano - Manuel, Óscar, and Raúl Quijano
  
• Camel - started by brothers Andrew and Ian Latimer
  
• The Cate Brothers - twins Earl and Ernie Cate
• The Chemical Brothers - Chemical Tom and Chemical Ed, but not really brothers
  
• The Christians - Garry, Roger, and Russell
  
• The Clancy Brothers - Patrick, Tom, Bobby, and Liam
  
• Crowded House - Tim & Neil Finn (see also Split Enz)
  
• Dire Straits - up until Making Movies, David Knopfler, brother of the more famous Mark, was in the band. Allegedly, Mark used to re-record David's rhythm guitar parts after David had left the building.
  
• The Doobie Brothers - not really brothers
  
• The Dransfields - Barry and Robin Dransfield
• Drenge: Eoin Loveless and his younger brother Rory
  
• Dust Brothers - not really brothers
  
• Earth, Wind & Fire - Maurice & Verdine White
  
• The Everly Brothers - Don & Phil
  
• The Felice Brothers - Ian, Simone, and James
  
• The Flying Burrito Brothers - not really brothers
  
• Frightened Rabbit - Scott & Grant Hutchison
  
• The Frogs - Jimmy & Dennis Flemion
  
• Gentle Giant - featuring the multi-instrumental Shulman brothers!
  
• The Gibson Brothers - Chris, Patrick, and Alex
  
• Hanson - Isaac, Taylor, and Zac
  
• The Hanson Brothers - Rob & John Wright are really brothers, and all the band take on pseudonyms of Ronnie, Johnny, Tommy, and Ernie Hanson.
  
• The Hives - "Howlin" Pelle Almqvist (vocals) and Nicholaus "Arson" Almqvist (guitar)
  
• INXS - Tim, Andrew, and John Farriss (before they were INXS they were called the Farriss Brothers)
  
• The Isley Brothers - at various times they included O'Kelly, Jr., Rudolph, Ronald, Vernon, Ernie, and Marvin Isley, plus brother-in-law Chris Jasper.
  
• The Jackson Five/The Jacksons (cos actually there were six of them) - Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, and Randy Jackson. Drummer Johnny Jackson was not related.
  
• James and Bobby Purify - not really brothers, although the first "Bobby Purify" was James Purify's cousin.
  
• The Jonas Brothers - Kevin, Joe, and Nick
  
• The Kings of Leon - Caleb and Jared Followill
  
• The Kinks - Ray and Dave Davies
• Level 42 - Phil and Rowland Gould
  
• The Living Daylights - Norman Watt-Roy (Blockheads bassist) and brother Garth
  
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Ronnie Van Zant and brother Johnny were both in the band, though not at the same time.
  
• Men Without Hats - Ivan Doroschuk and his brothers Stefan and Colin.
  
• The Neville Brothers - Aaron, Art, Charles, Cyril, and Ivan.
  
• New Kids on the Block - Jordan and Jon Knight
  
• Oasis - Noel and Liam Gallagher
  
• Os Mutantes - Arnaldo Dias Baptista and Sérgio Dias
  
• The Osmonds - Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, and later "little" Jimmy.
  
• The Panic Brothers - Richard Morton and Ref Meuross
• The Perkins Brothers Band - Carl, Jay, and Clayton
  
• The Proclaimers - identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid
  
• The Psychedelic Furs - Richard and Tim Butler
  
• Radiohead - Colin and Jonny Greenwood
  
• The Ramones - not real brothers, not really called Ramone, but we'll let them on the list nevertheless
  
• The Replacements - Tommy Stinson and step-brother Rob
  
• The Righteous Brothers - not really brothers
  
• Runrig - Rory & Calum MacDonald
  
• The Scorpions - Rudolf and Michael Schenker
  
• Secret Machines - Brandon and Benjamin Curtis
  
• Sly & The Family Stone - Sly and Freddie Stone
  
• Spandau Ballet - Gary and Martin Kemp
  
• Sparks - Ron and Russell Mael
  
• Split Enz - Tim and Neil Finn (see also Crowded House)
  
• The Stanley Brothers - Carter and Ralph Stanley
  
• Stornoway - two sets of brothers, Rob and Ollie Steadman, and Brian and Adam Briggs
  
• The Stooges - Ron and Scott Asheton
  
• The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - Gavin and Iain Sutherland
  
• T-Connection - brothers Theo and Kirk Coakley
  
• That Petrol Emotion - John and Damien O'Neill (see also The Undertones)
  
• The Thompson Twins - not really brothers (and there were three of them). Named after the bowler-hatted twins in Tintin.
  
• The Traveling (sic) Wilburys - not really brothers, not really called Wilbury
  
• The Twinkle Brothers - Norman and Ralston Grant
  
• UB40 - Ali and Robin Campbell
  
• The Undertones - John and Damien O'Neill
  
• Van Halen - Eddie and Alex of that ilk. Wolfgang is Eddie's son, but that's a whole nother list.
  
• Voodoo Glow Skulls - Frank, Eddie, and Jorge Casillas
  
• The Wailers - brothers Carlton and Aston "family Man" Barrett
  
• The Walker Brothers - Scott, Gary, and John, but not really brothers
• Was (Not Was) - David and Don Was (not their real names, not really brothers)
• We Banjo 3 - Enda and Fergal Scahill, and Martin and Dave Howley. Two sets in the same band!
• The Wolfe Tones - Derek and Briand Warfield
  
• Young Marble Giants - Philip and Stuart Moxham