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Songs about U.S. Cities & States
Nov. 23, 2007
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Writer: Dorian Lynskey

A List

  Song Artist Recommended by
1 Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans Louis Armstrong Rocking Mitch
2 Dirty Water The Standells karlomarx
3 Jackson Johnny Cash & June Carter gordonimmel
4 Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight & the Pips gordonimmel
5 Anchorage Michelle Shocked DrMaybe
6 Olympia Hole Scribbler134
7 By the Time I Get to Arizona Public Enemy twosheds
8 The Three Great Alabama Icons Drive-By Truckers justlikesurgery
9 Dallas The Flatlanders sourpus
10 Baltimore Randy Newman Scribbler134

B List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Paris, Texas

Ry Cooder

jasonaparkes

2

Kansas City

Fats Domino

Beltway Bandit

3

Mississippi Delta

Bobbie Gentry

Beltway Bandit

4

Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Beltway Bandit

5

Raise Up

Petey Pablo

Tonyofthesea

6

Nutbush City Limits

Ike and Tina Turner

gordonimmel

7

I'm In Pittsburgh (and It's Raining)

Outcasts

Beltway Bandit

8

West Savannah

Outkast

steenbeck

9

Heaven or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

JonAndDon

10

24 Hours From Tulsa

Gene Pitney

Beltway Bandit

11

Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis

Tom Waits

steenbeck

 

 

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