I was
on a little driving trip, listening to Sinatra, and having a lovely time when I
heard him sing Stars Fell on Alabama. Interesting, thought I; I never knew that
Alabama had a song written about it. Then I began to wonder how many other U.S.
states and cities appeared in song titles. The answer is, a bunch. For example:
Stars
Fell on Alabama
New
York, New York
Autumn
in New York
Moon
Over Miami
Way
Down Yonder in New Orleans
Going
Back to Houston, Houston, Houston
I’m
Just an Okie from Muskogee
Tennessee
Waltz
Chattanooga
Choo-Choo
Everything’s
Up to Date in Kansas City
Kansas
City (here I come)
Galveston
Big D
(little A, double L A S)
Yellow
Rose of Texas
California
(here I come)
San
Francisco (open your Golden Gate)
I
Left My Heart in San Francisco
Chicago,
Chicago
My
Kind of Town Chicago Is
Shuffle
Off to Buffalo
Do
You Know the Way to San Jose?
Oklahoma
Georgia
on my Mind
The
Night the Lights went out in Georgia
North to Alaska
Battle of New Orleans
You
know what’s coming, right? Right? Please add your own contributions to this
list. Note: The city/state MUST appear in the title. Then the next time I go for a drive, I’ll add these songs to my IPOD and sing along (and alone) with them.
