Lady playing note for American singer-songwriter (5)

I believe the answer is:

dylan

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'singer-songwriter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lady playing note' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'note' becomes 'n' (abbreviation).
'lady' anagrammed gives 'dyla'.
'dyla'+'n'='DYLAN'

'for american' is the link.
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(Other definitions for dylan that I've seen before include "Roundabout rabbit" , "American singer-songwriter Bob, b. 1941" , "Bob Zimmerman" , "Bob --, US folk singer" , "Bob (singer-songwriter) - Thomas (poet)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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