Music Trivia. Just for fun?

Question

I have a list of songs about people who where/are very famous in their professions, listed below. Can you name the title of each song, the artists who performed them and the famous people whom they are about? Some are not as obvious as they may seem:
AN ARCHITECT
A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
A BOXER
AN ACTRESS (hint: this song is not Candle in the Wind!)
A PAINTER
TWO CRIMINALS
A SINGER
Wanna give it a go? 10 points to whoever gets closest!

True, a few could have more than one answer. That's why you get the points for getting "close" to my list! :o)

OK people, here's my list:
AN ARCHITECT – So Long Frank Llyod Right – Simon and Garfunkel
A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST – Nelson Mandela - Mandela Day – Simole Minds
A BOXER - Hurricane – Rubin Carter – Bob Dylan -
AN ACTRESS – Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
A PAINTER - Vincent – Vincent Van Gogh - Don McLean
A SINGER – Calling Elvis - Elvis Presley - Dire Straits
TWO CRIMINALS – The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti – Joan Baez

Not sure why the_all_knowing_maniac feels I should use his questions as a format. Aren't we each entitled to our own style?

Answer 1

There may be more than one answer to some of these --
architect: So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright, by Simon and Garfunkel;
Activist: Abraham, Martin and John, by Dion;
Boxer: Hurricane, by Bob Dylan;
Actress: Bette Davis Eyes, by Kim Carnes;
Painter, being VanGogh: Vincent, by Don McLean;
Two criminals: Bonnie and Clyde, by Georgie Fame;
Singer: The Ballad of John and Yoko, by the same; The Rose, possibly based on Janis Joplin, by Bette Midler

Answer 2

1) So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright - Simon & Garfunkel
2) Abraham, Matin & John - Dion DiMucci
3) Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
4) Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
5) Vincent (aka Starry Starry Night) - Don McLean
6) The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde - Merle Haggard
7) The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles

Answer 3

!. A architect: 'So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright' by Simon and Garfunkel

A Human Rights Activist: 'Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 (Martin Luther King, Jr.

'A Boxer' (We Didn't Strt the Fire' by Billy Joel (mention Sugar Ray)

An actress: Kim Carnes: Betty Davis Eyes

A Painter: Starry, Starry Night by Don McLean, in reference the Van Gogh

Two Criminals: Legend of Bonnie and Clyde by Merele Haggard

A Singer: Angie, sang by the Rolling Stones for Bowie's wife Angie, who briefly had a singing career

Answer 4

Hmmm...

So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright - Simon & Garfunkel
Biko - Peter Gabriel
Who Killed Davey Moore - Bob Dylan
Angelina - Billy Bob Thornton (yes, it's a real song...a really truly awful song)
Meet James Ensor - They Might Be Giants
'03 Bonnie & Clyde - Jay-Z
Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with my Two-Headed Love Child - Mojo Nixon

I'm sure most of these weren't what you were thinking of...but they fit ;)

Answer 5

Architect - ?

Human Rights - "Biko" - Peter Gabriel (Stephen Biko), "Pride"(In the Name of Love) - U2 (Martin Luther King Jr.)

Boxer - "The Hurricane" - Bob Dylan (Ruben "Hurricane" Carter)

Actress - "Rosanna" - Toto (Rosanna Arquette)

Painter - "Vincent" - Don MacLean (Vincent Van Gogh)

Criminals -

Singer - "The Night Shift" - The Commodores (Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson)

Answer 6

well the Boxer is Rocky Balboa - Eye of the Tiger by uuhhhh errrr um uuhh... I forget.

Actress - Betty Davis Eyes

Two Criminals - that Bonnie and Clyde type song that SUCKS by Beyonce and Jayzee

Shamrock, that was a magically delicious question.

Answer 7

The singer I'm guessing is "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon about James Taylor, the rest I have no clue.

If you ever do a trivia thing again use my old question as an example: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ar_OryRMokWl3iBoRq8UXQjsy6IX?qid=20060821165714AAzipRB

Answer 8

1*
2*
3* eye of the tiger by survivour about rocky Marciano
4*
5* Vangough by don mcclean and its about vincent vangough
6* modern day bonnie & clyde by travis tritt and its about bonnie & clyde
7*

Answer 9

HUH! That is just to hard man. Hints? Like a line or two would be nice. Or maybe the type of music.

Answer 10

i dont know any of them but the one for the actress
is it rosanna (did i spell it right?)