Famous Girls That Inspired Famous Songs

But were they married at the time the song was "set"? Judges?

 

Holy cow, young Elizabeth would make anyone's scepter stiff.

 

Neither a famous song nor famous person, but
I Believe, by Lou Reed and John Cale from Songs for Drella, about Valerie Solanis, would-be assassin of Andy Warhol.

 

The B-52s - Debbie

(of Blondie)

 

It's about the World Team Tennis team. She did request it though.

 

While parsing out the rules, let’s also determine if she was considered “famous”, back then, at that time

 

Also Wild World.

 

Yeah, they were married ....

"Honeymooning down by the Seine.."

 

You can add the Dead's "Bird Song" to the list.

 

The Kinks-Victoria
Urge Overkill-Erika Kane

 

Mona Lisa

 

Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat and Just Like A Woman are also rumored to be inspired by her.

 

Sweet Black Angel, Angela and Blackbird were all inspired by left wing radical Angela Davis

 

Dolly Dagger, by Jimi Hendrix
Written for, and inspired by, his girlfriend, Devon Wilson

 

Peggy Sue? by Buddy Holly

 

Angela Bowie was supposed to have inspired The Stones' "Angie".

 

Another one about Judy Collins:

Bluebird - Buffalo Springfield

 

Miss Maggie/Renaud

 

She wasn't famous prior to the song.

 

Stephen Stills' "Pretty Girl Why"

 

But now she's immortal

 

VIVIAN NICHOLSON is quoted in the SMITHS song `Still Ill`, and featured on the cover of `Barbarism Begins At Home`.



Nicholson won what was at the time an enormous amount of money, and was famous for her statement that she was going to `SPEND, SPEND, SPEND!`.
She was destitute within a few years.

 

The Who - Athena
for Theresa Russell

 

Lol, I bet Josh Brolin got some mileage out of that.