Ha ha! What a funny question. There is a song from the 60's rock band, The Kinks, that reminds me of Ackley. It is called Well Respected Man. It is a British rock group, so you will have to "translate" some of the words, but it is about an annoying hypocrite that is "well respected" about town, but really a jerk. See the link below for the words.
Also, another song that comes to mind is You're So Vain by Carly Simon. It is also about a person that is pretty impressed with himself/herself - "You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you......" etc.
Simon supposedly wrote this song with a specific person in mind, but over the years, many have tried to speculate as to the identify of the song's subject. Some have guessed Warren Beatty, the actor. Others have guessed Mick Jagger, David Geffin and a host of other celebrities.
The reason that these two songs could be good with reference to Ackley is because they both are about rich people. Since Cather in the Rye is not about poor people but rather young men whose families can afford to send them to expensive prep schools like Pencey Prep, these would be good songs to use.
Perhaps some younger person would have better examples from more modern times, but I'm a child of the 60's so these two songs come to my mind.
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