What’s your favorite song about a famous person (real or fictional)?

Asked at Massachusetts Street on February 01, 2016

“'Going to California' by Led Zeppelin — it's about Joni Mitchell.”

“'(The Ballad of) Ira Hayes,' by Johnny Cash.”

“A song about Om Kalthoum, a famous singer from Egypt who died in 1975.”

“Probably 'The Itsy Bitsy Spider,' just because I have so many little sisters (four).”

“'Rime of the Ancient Mariner,' by Iron Maiden (based on the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem of the same name).”