This song's for you

[MikeA]

Let us not forget:

Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You by Stevie Nicks to Joe Walsh.

Which of course makes me think of Joe's sweet baby girl and I have to hold back tears.

TRUTH!

[Freypower]

Here are a few multiples:

Stevie Wonder:

You Haven't Done Nothin' - Richard Nixon
Happy Birthday - Martin Luther King Jr.
Sir Duke - Duke Ellington & other jazz greats

Mark Knopfler:

Done With Bonaparte - Napoleon
Song For Sonny Liston
Boom, Like That - McDonalds tycoon Ray Kroc
Back To Tupelo - Elvis Presley (MF, it isn't very flattering but it's a good song. It's from the Sailing To Philadelphia album)
Sailing To Philadelphia - Jeremiah Dixon & Charles Mason
Donegan's Gone - British skiffle star Lonnie Donegan

Warren Zevon:

Boom Boom Mancini - Boxer Ray Mancini

Bob Dylan:

Hurricane - Boxer Rubin Carter
Joey - Gangster Joey Gallo

Dion:

Abraham, Martin & John - Lincoln, King & Kennedy

Byrds:

He Was A Friend Of Mine - JFK

Simon & Garfunkel:

So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

[Fan_For_Life]

Tesla's Song And Emotion was rumored to have been written for Steve Clark late guitarist for Def Leppard. If not written for released after his passing.

[TimothyBFan]

Oh Oh --I just thought of one I don't think I've seen here yet. Shine On You Crazy Diamond was written for Syd Barrett.

[sodascouts]

Here's one I bet nobody here but me has heard of!

The Stevie Nicks song "Jane" was written for Jane Goodall, the woman who studied chimpanzees and was an important animal activist.

Here are the lyrics:

Such a little girl...such a hard life
She could look a challenge straight between the eyes
Disappointment would become her middle name
Up against the wall, Jane

So her nights became nightmares
As she fought for their souls
And the days became worse
For the ones she loved
Children of the world
The forgotten chimpanzee
In the eyes of the world
You have done so much for me

There are angels here...angels
There are angels here on earth
Angels sent from God

Come away from the wall...stay with us
Well you can, Jane

So she watched as they put them all into cages
Well, they might as well have caged her very own baby
In fact they might as well have put us both into prison
Through a window all our sorrows
Would become our only visions
Nothing more

There are angels here...angels
There are angels here on earth
Angels sent from God

You will never feel that you have ever done enough
But you have, Jane

Such a little girl...such a hard life
She could look a challenge straight between the eyes
Disappointment would become her middle name
Up against the wall, Jane

Nothing more than the shadow of a man
Come away from the wall, Jane
Well, they might as well have put us both into prison
Come away...if you can, Jane

Through a window all our sorrows
Would become our only visions

Come away, Jane
Come away...come away if you can

In the eyes of the world, you have done so much

[Mrs Frey]

Mark Knopfler:

Back To Tupelo - Elvis Presley (MF, it isn't very flattering but it's a good song. It's from the Sailing To Philadelphia album)

FP, could you post the lyrics for me, please? I've never heard the song.

[Mrs Frey]

Soda, Stevie Nick's song "Jane" has heartfelt lyrics. Thanks for posting them.

[Freypower]

FP, could you post the lyrics for me, please? I've never heard the song.

Gladly. It's actually from Shangri-La. I think people here know how much I love Mark Knopfler. This is a good example of his insight:

Back To Tupelo

around the time of ‘Clambake’
movie number twenty-five
you and the lying Dutchman
are still in overdrive
you’re as strong as when you started
Mississippi in your soul
you can still be Marlon Brando
and the king of rock and roll

it isn’t just the records
no, you must have Hollywood
the songs alone are not enough
that much is understood
you’ll soon be back in Memphis
maybe then you’ll know what to do
the storylines they’re giving you
are just not ringing true

oh, it’s a ways to go
back to Tupelo

when you’re young and beautiful
your dreams are all ideals
later on it’s not the same
lord, everything is real
sixteen hundred miles of highway
roll back to the truth
and a song to give your mother
in your first recording booth

around the time of ‘Clambake’
that old dream’s still rolling on
sometimes there’ll be the feeling
things are going wrong
the morning star is fading
lord, the Mississippi’s cold
you can still be Marlon Brando
and the king of rock and roll

but it’s a ways to go
back to tupelo