| Eddie |
Albert | An American actor |
| Sally |
Beaton | Mary Jane's classmate |
| Mr. |
Blackstone | A churchgoer |
| Big |
Bopper | An American musician |
| Isley |
Brothers | The vocal trio |
| Shirley |
Brown | An American singer |
| Yul |
Brynner | Russian-American actor |
| Glen |
Campbell | An American musician and actor |
| Mrs. |
Clockshire | A choir member |
| Mrs. Bonnie |
Cone | Izzy's mother |
| Izzy |
Cone | The precocious five-year-old daughter. Aka: Isabelle |
| Dr. Richard |
Cone | A psychiatrist |
| Mrs. |
Cranger | A choir member |
| Steely |
Dan | A rock band |
| Mary Jane |
Dillard | The summer nanny |
| Gerald |
Dillard | Mary Jane's father |
| Farrah |
Fawcett | American actress |
| Pastor |
Fearson | The Minister |
| Gerald |
Ford | 38th U.S. President |
| Mr. |
Forge | The choir director |
| Mrs. |
Funkhauser | Beanie's mother's friend |
| Mahatma |
Gandhi | An Indian lawyer |
| Lowell |
George | An American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist |
| Al |
Green | An American singer-songwriter |
| Little |
Hank | One of the staff at Night Train Music |
| Miss |
Hazen | Mary Jane's English teacher |
| Thurston |
Howell III | A TV character |
| Millie |
Jackson | An American musician |
| Beanie |
Jones | Cone's new neighbor |
| Tommy |
Jones | Beanie's husband |
| Casey |
Kasem | An American disc jockey and actor |
| John |
Lennon | An English musician and activist |
| Mrs. |
Lubowski | One of the choir members |
| Lee |
Majors | American actor |
| Augie |
March | An Australian pop band |
| Joni |
Mitchell | A Canadian-American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist |
| Graham |
Nash | A British-American singer and songwriter |
| Gram |
Parsons | An American musician |
| John |
Prine | An American singer-songwriter |
| Mrs. |
Randall | One of the choir members |
| Mrs. |
Riley | Mary Jane's neighbor |
| Linda |
Ronstadt | An American singer |
| Boz |
Scaggs | An American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| Richard |
Scarry | A popular children's author |
| Stephen |
Sondheim | An American composer and lyricist |
| Rod |
Stewart | A British singer and songwriter |
| Karen |
Stiltson | A girl from Mary Jane's school |
| Barbara |
Streisand | An American singer and actress |
| Captain and |
Tennille | An American recording duo |
| Margaret |
Trudeau | A Canadian activist |
| Jim |
Tuttle | A fictional character |
| Vincent |
van Gogh | A Dutch painter |
| Stevie |
Winwood | An English musician and songwriter |
| Stevie |
Wonder | An American singer-songwriter and musician |
| Betsy |
| Mary Jane's mother |
| Billy |
| A bartender |
| Gabriel |
| One of the staff at Night Train Music |
| Jimmy |
| A famous rock star |
| Labelle |
| An American soul band |
| Liberace |
| American pianist and singer |
| Sheba |
| A famous movie star |
| Ted |
| A good caddie |