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I'll Take "Songs About People" for $200

Truth be told there really was no Maybellene, but Chuck made her sound like a real person when she started doing the things she used to do.  And there was also no Layla, but there clearly was Patty Harrison with the name changed to protect the innocent.  Was there a ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann or even a Caroline to say no to?  I don't know, but I do know that there was a real Prudence of Beatles fame.  And there really was an Elizabeth Reed.  So my question is, what are other songs that feature the name of a person in its lyrics are actually about real people?
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csmgolf
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Sara Smile- Hall and Oates
Her Strut- Bob Seger about Jane Fonda
Oh Sherrie- Steve Perry
You're So Vain- Carly Simon
valinar
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Bob Dylan’s Nettie Moore from Modern Times album.
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bdp24
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"Angie". I don't love The Stones, but I do love this song.
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tomcy6
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onhighway61,  although they are not mentioned by name, you should know that Dylan's "Ballad in Plain D"  was about Suze Rotolo and her sister Carla. From Wkipedia:

"The song relates how tension between Dylan and Suze Rotolo came to a head in the last week of March 1964 with a violent argument, in which Dylan and sister Carla shouted abuse at each other."

It's probably the most bitter song about real people along with "Positively 4th Street"  in which Dylan flips off all the people in the Village who fed him, let him sleep on their couches and loaned him money, records and instruments while he was gaining fame, and "Like a Rolling Stone."  Dylan could do bitter.
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geoffkait
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Also from Modern Times - check out Cold Irons Bound and Thunder on the Mountain. Whoa!

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