Showing posts with label American states in songs. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Songs referring to the 50 United States of America



ALABAMA

Alabama Song - THE DOORS (BERTOLD BRECHT)
All Summer Long - KID ROCK
Around The World - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Dani California - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Deacon Blues - STEELY DAN

Atmore
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH

Birmingham
Black Betty - RAM JAM
Boulder To Birmingham - EMMYLOU HARRIS
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
Jacob's Ladder - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
My Elusive Dreams - DAVID HOUSTON & TAMMY WYNETTE
Run, Baby, Run - SHERYL CROW
Sweet Home Alabama - LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Thirteen Days - J.J. CALE

Mobile
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
Guitar Man - ELVIS PRESLEY
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - CHER
Thirteen Days - J.J. CALE

Opelika
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH

Selma
Eve Of Destruction - BARRY McGUIRE




ALASKA

Far Far Away - SLADE
My Elusive Dreams - DAVID HOUSTON & TAMMY WYNETTE

Anchorage
Anchorage - MICHELLE SHOCKED
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG

Chatanika
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH

Nome
North To Alaska - JOHNNY HORTON




ARIZONA

Arizona Sky - CHINA CRISIS
My Heart Cries For You - GUY MITCHELL
Never Been To Spain - THREE DOG NIGHT
Wild Horses - GINO VANNELLI

Catalina
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH

Flagstaff
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - THE KING COLE TRIO

Kingman
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - THE KING COLE TRIO

Phoenix
By The Time I Get To Phoenix - GLEN CAMPBELL
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
Rock'n Me - STEVE MILLER BAND

Tucson
Get Back - THE BEATLES
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
Under African Skies - PAUL SIMON & LINDA RONSTADT
Vienna Calling - FALCO

Winona
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - THE KING COLE TRIO

Winslow
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH
Take It Easy - EAGLES




ARKANSAS

Achy Breaky Heart - BILLY RAY CYRUS (THE MARCY BROTHERS)
What'd I Say - RAY CHARLES

Little Rock
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH




CALIFORNIA

Around The World - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Back In The U.S.A. - CHUCK BERRY

Good Morning Judge - 10cc

Santa Catalina Island
26 Miles (Santa Catalina) - THE FOUR PREPS

Santa Cruz
Surfin' U.S.A. - THE BEACH BOYS

Twentynine Palms
29 Palms - ROBERT PLANT

Ventura County
Surfin' U.S.A. - THE BEACH BOYS

ALSO:
Santa Ana winds:
Babylon Sisters - STEELY DAN
I Love L.A. - RANDY NEWMAN
Indian Summer - POCO
Summer Rain - BELINDA CARLISLE




COLORADO

Good Life - ONEREPUBLIC
Highwayman - THE HIGHWAYMEN (GLEN CAMPBELL)
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH

Denver
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
It's A Miracle - BARRY MANILOW
Please Come To Boston - DAVE LOGGINS
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead - WARREN ZEVON (check the homonymous filn)

Telluride
Smuggler's Blues - GLENN FREY



CONNECTICUT

Hartford
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG

New Haven
Peace Frog - THE DOORS




D,C,

Dancing In The Street - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
Heart Of Rock & Roll - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
Lawyers In Love - JACKSON BROWNE


Moon Over Bourbon Street - STING
Mr. Bojangles - THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (JERRY JEFF WALKER)
Proud Mary - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Ramblin' Man - THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
Sweet Little Sixteen - CHUCK BERRY
The Witch Queen Of New Orleans - REDBONE
Thirteen Days - J.J. CALE
You Never Can Tell - CHUCK BERRY

Shreveport
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH




MAINE

 Indian Summer - POCO
Jamaica Farewell - HARRY BELAFONTE

Bangor
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH
King Of The Road - ROGER MILLER




MARYLAND

Baltimore
Baltimore - NINA SIMONE (RANDY NEWMAN)
Dancing In The Street - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
Hungy Heart - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH
Moonlight Feels Right - STARBUCK
Standing Outside A Broken... - PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS

Chesapeake Bay
Moonlight Feels Right - STARBUCK





Stockbridge

Hazard - RICHARD MARX

Lincoln
Nebraska - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Omaha
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
Turn The Page - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
We're An American Band - GRAND FUNK




NEVADA

Las Vegas
Ballad Of Tindersticks - TINDERSTICKS
Do It Again - STEELY DAN
Eyes Without A Face - BILLY IDOL
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
Heaven Or Las Vegas - COCTEAU TWINS
Me & My Monkey - ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Money, Money, Money - ABBA
Never Been To Spain - THREE DOG NIGHT
On The Floor - JENNIFER LOPEZ feat. PITBULL
Viva Las Vegas - ELVIS PRESLEY

Reno
Folsom Prison Blues - JOHNNY CASH
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH
Man From Reno - GORAN BREGOVIC & SCOTT WALKER

Winnemucca
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH




NEW HAMPSHIRE

Who's Taking Care Of That Number One - HANK WILLIAMS Jr.




NEW JERSEY

Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG

Asbury Park
Sandy (4th Of July, Asbury Park) - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Atlantic City
Lucky In Love - MICK JAGGER

Barnegat Bay, Ocean County
My Eyes Adored You - FRANKIE VALLI

Hackensack
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - BILLY JOEL

Paramus
Loisaida (instrumental) - JOE JACKSON

Madison Avenue (Manhattan, New York)
Right Before Your Eyes - IAN THOMAS BAND / AMERICA

Manhattan, New York
Across 110th Street - BOBBY WOMACK
My Own Way - DURAN DURAN (I'm on Forty-fifth, between 6th and Broadway...7UP between 6th and Broadway)
Native New Yorker - ODYSSEY (FRANKIE VALLI)
New York City Boy - PET SHOP BOYS
New York Hold Her Tight - DOWNES & PRICE (VAN STEPHENSON)
New York / N.Y. - NINA HAGEN
New York State Of Mind - BILLY JOEL
Nobody Told Me - JOHN LENNON
On The Floor - JENNIFER LOPEZ feat. PITBULL
Pablo Picasso - THE MODERN LOVERS
Pandora's Box - OMD
Pop Muzik - M
Rock & Roll - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
She Was Hot - THE ROLLING STONES
Stayin' Alive - BEE GEES
Street Dance - BREAK MACHINE
Talking Back To The Night (1987 remix) - STEVE WINWOOD (JOE COCKER)
The Boxer - SIMON & GARFUNKEL
The Jean Genie - DAVID BOWIE
The Only Living Boy In New York - SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Theme From New York New York - FRANK SINATRA (LIZA MINNELLI)
Thirteen Days - J.J. CALE
This Mess We're In - P.J. HARVEY feat. THOM YORKE
Travel Girl - HITCH HIKE
Undercover Of The Night - THE ROLLING STONES
Walk On The Wild Side - LOU REED
Αμερική - ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΥΣΗΣ

Queens
Rockaway Beach - RAMONES

Saratoga Springs




PENNSYLVANIA

Around The World - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Pennsylvania 6-5000 - GLENN MILLER

Allentown
Allentown - BILLY JOEL

Gettysburg
Handsome Johnny - RICHIE HAVENS

Nazareth
The Weight - THE BAND

Philadelphia
Dancing In The Street - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
Heart Of Rock & Roll - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - WILL SMITH
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
Philadelphia - NEIL YOUNG
Philadelphia Freedom - THE ELTON JOHN BAND
Rock'n Me - STEVE MILLER BAND
Sailing To Philadelphia - MARK KNOPFLER & JAMES TAYLOR
Streets Of Philadelphia - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Sweet Little Sixteen - CHUCK BERRY

Pittsburgh
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
I Can Hear Your Heartbeat - CHRIS REA
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH
Living In America - JAMES BROWN
Sweet Little Sixteen - CHUCK BERRY




RHODE ISLAND

Providence
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
The Last Resort - EAGLES




SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH

Darlington
Darlington County - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Parris Island

Fort Worth

Galveston




WISCONSIN

Around The World - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

Baraboo
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH

Fond du Lac
I've Been Everywhere - JOHNNY CASH

Madison
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG

Milwaukee
Going Nowhere Slow - BLOODHOUND GANG
What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) - JERRY LEE LEWIS




WYOMING

Man From Reno - GORAN BREGOVIC & SCOTT WALKER
Nebraska - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN




HELLENIC SONGS

Σε Μαγικά Νησιά - ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΝΤΑΛΑΡΑΣ feat. AL DI MEOLA (Hawaii)
Στη Χονολουλού - ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΚΑΛΑΤΖΗΣ (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Χαβάη (It's A Pity) - ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΨΆΛΤΗ (Hawaii)

Αχ Ελλάδα Σ'αγαπώ - ΜΑΝΩΛΗΣ ΡΑΣΟΥΛΗΣ feat. ΝΙΚΟΣ ΠΑΠΑΖΟΓΛΟΥ (Chicago, Illinois)
Εννέα Όγδοα - ΠΑΣΧΑΛΗΣ ΤΕΡΖΗΣ (Chicago, Illinois)

Αμερική - ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΥΣΗΣ (Harlem, New York)

Έχω Μιάν Αρρεβωνιάρα (Ελ Πάσο) - ΔΟΥΚΙΣΣΑ & ΤΟΛΗΣ ΒΟΣΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ (El Paso, Texas)




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