@erose Well there's Cat Stevens but who else wrote about him?

@stueytheround list of 20 songs about van gogh. Not an exhaustive list https://budgettraveller.org/vincent-van-gogh-in-40-pictures-20-songs/

@erose Ok. Wow! I reckon he has the lead.

@stueytheround some of those songs might not be about him, might be a reference or even just inspired that travelor...
But apparently Bob Dylan wrote more than a couple of songs about Vincent https://dangerousminds.net/comments/bob_dylans_unreleased_songs_about_vincent_van_gogh

@erose I just Wiki'd songs about Elvis Presley.
Good gracious there's a lot of them!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_or_referencing_Elvis_Presley

@stueytheround Elvis is very evocative, maybe iconic. I say "maybe" cuz Elvis ' life /lives was/were complicated.

@erose One I noted but didn't realise was Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love!