* Rock 'n' Roll singer Buddy Holly
* Little Richard's 1956 hit Good Golly Miss Molly
* Hammersmith Palais, London as immortalized in The Clash's song (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais.
* The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia
* British automobile company Scammell Lorries (specifically their 18-wheeler lorry)
* Equal voting rights for men and women
* Piccadilly Circus, London
* The genitalia ('Fanny Smith and Willy')
* The breakfast cereal porridge oats
* Generosity and politeness
* Yellow socks
* Carrot juice
* Wine
* Elvis (Presley) and Scotty (Moore), his guitarist
* Going to the toilet
* A cure for Smallpox
* The National Health Service's free glasses (known for being unattractive and amusing to look at)
* Rent boys and Prostitutes ('Gigolos and Brasses')
* Smoking a bong (lighting up the chalice)
* Skiffle singer Wee Willie Harris
* Steven Biko (though more likely the anti-apartheid movement and other positive outcomes of his struggle and death)
* Jamaican trombonist Rico Rodriguez who would go on to play with Coventry band The Specials the same year as Reasons to be Cheerful's release
* Comedians the Marx Brothers ('Harpo, Groucho, Chico')
* British sandwich Ploughman's lunch ('Cheddar cheese and pickle')
* British motorcycle manufacturer Vincent Motorcycles (Dury always pronounced Motorcycle 'Motorsickle')
* Sex ('slap and tickle')
* American Comedian Woody Allen
* Famous Spanish painter Salvador Dali
* The popular song Volare
* Soul singer Smokey Robinson
* Being released from solitary confinement in prison ('Coming out of chokey')
* Nudity
* Saxophonist John Coltrane, specifically his soprano saxophone playing.
* Italian Singer/Songwriter Adriano Celentano
* 1940s and 50s film actor Bonar Colleano
* Self education ("something nice to study")
I'd add Ian Dury to that list.
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