Songs about real people

[SeaJayPea]

Hi, I'm looking for suggestions for songs that were written about real people.

Examples I already have are Man on the Moon by REM is about Andy Kaufman and Killing Me Softly, the Roberta Flack hit, is about Don MacLean.

Any other ideas?

Thanks a lot

[B00]

Michael Caine- Madness
James Dean- The Eagles
Robert DeNiro's waiting- Bananarama
Jackie Wilson Said- Dexy's Midnight Runners

[snags]

The Smith's 'Suffer Little Children' is about Myra Hindley/the Moors Murders...

[237SJ]

isn`t Layla by Eric Clapton about Patti Boyd? You haven`t done nothing by Stevie Wonder is about Ronald Reagan.

[LoftyLottie]

This is very lazy of me

http://www.theanswerb...Question188064-2.html

[woofgang]

Casey Jones (asteamin' at the throttle)

[society]

Lottie, I'd have done the same if I'd know about that thread. ;-)

[woofgang]

John Kettley is a weatherman (and so is Michael Fish)

[hc4361]

Lovely Rita - The Beatles

[defenstrate]

what katie did next by babyshambles , possibly about kate moss

[marval]

Lady in red - chris de burgh

[ummmm]

Shine on you crazy diamond....about Syd Barret

[Marijn]

Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder, which is about his daughter.
Sweet Gene Vincent by Ian Dury

[ummmm]

Vincent...Don McClean about Van Gogh

[defenstrate]

scouting for girls: michaela strachan
Period Pains: Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?)

[northboy]

the beatles - eleanor rigby
woman-john lennon(yoko ono)
andy warhol-david bowie
biko-peter gabriel
free nelson mandela-the special A.K.A

[dr b]

The Ballad of John & Yoko

[237SJ]

Mandela Day by Simple Minds

[ummmm]

Biko's drum...Christy Moore.

[SeaJayPea]

What can I say? This is brilliant. There's loads of stuff I can use for what I'm doing in here.

Thank you all so much