How many American songs can you come up with that name a city/town, etc., in it?

[sage2021]

Here are some examples:

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising...
Philadelphia Freedom...
Please come to Boston for the snow fall...
The number one man of Tennessee
I left my heart in San Francisco... (real oldie!)

You get the idea. This exercise might stretch your mind like it did mine to come up with some answers. Good luck 🍀

[magiusX26]

tennesse whiskey
all my exes live in texas
california love
going back to cali
going back to brooklyn
no sleep till brooklyn
new york bew york
empire state of mind
every song pitbull does mentioning 305
booyaka, booyaka 619
real compton city g's (radio version of real mutha fuckin g's)
last train to memphis
god bless the usa
oh Canada
america the beautiful
party in the usa
we are the world
i've been everywhere man
if your gonna play in texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band
ballad of jed clampped (beverly hillbillies theme)
ocean front property in arizona
paris tennessee
hello mudda, hello fadda (here i am at camp grenada)
california girls (katy perry)
california girls (beach boys)
kokimo
walk like an egyptian
fortress Europe
london bridge (ferggie)
london bridge (is falling down)
dani california
californication
tokyo drift
pepper (butthole surfers)
rocky top
i miss the rains down in africa

and many more, just am tired of thinking on this.

[sage2021]

magiusX26 That's quite a list! 👋Thanks for doing this 😊

[magiusX26]

gotta add this 1

clevland rocks (drew carry show theme song)

[FunkyMonkee]

I'm guessing yo just want them mentioned in the titles.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Guy Mitchell
Istanbul / The Four Lads
Down In Tennessee / Kastenetz Katz Singing Orchestra Circus
Tennessee Walkin' Horse / Johnny Bond
I Owe A Lot To Iowa Pot / Jerry Samuels (R. I. P.! He just died a few days ago!)
Wichita Lineman / Glen Cambell
Pennsylvania 6-5000 / Glenn Miller
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I / unknown
I Don't Wanna Go To Chelsea / Elvis Costello & The Attractions
El Paso / Marty Robbins
Mad Woman From Tokyo / Deep Purple
Mempis, Tennessee / Chuck Berry
Baltimore Oriole / The Cryan Shaymes
Tallahassee Lassie / Freddy Cannon
Arizona / Mark Lindsay
Santa Catalina / The Four Preps
The Wabash Cannonball / Flatt & Scruggs
Honolulu Lulu / Jan & Dean
Deep In The Heart Of Texas / unknown
Viva Las Vegas / Elvis Presley
Tampa Jam / Spirit
Last Train To Clarksville / The Monkees
3 A. M. At The Border Of The Marsh From Okefenokee / Tangerine Dream

[FunkyMonkee]

Sorry, I didn't know you mentioned, "American".
Detroit Rock City / Kiss
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia / Vicki Lawrence
Georgia / Ray Charles
Twistin' U. S. A. / Chubby Checker
North To Alaska / Johnny Horton
Sausalito (Is The Place To Be) / The Ohio Express
If you want labels:
Columbia: Guy Mitchell; The Four Lads; Johnny Bond; Elvis Costello; Marty Robbins; Cryan Shaymes; Mark Lindsay; Flatt & Scruggs; Johnny Horton
Buddah: Kastenetz Katz; The Ohio Express
J. E. P.: Jerry Samuels
Capitol: Glen Campbell; The Four Preps
Bluebird: Glenn Miller
Warner Brothers: Deep Purple; Freddy Cannon
Liberty: Jan & Dean
RCA Victor: Elvis Presley
Mercury: Spirit
Colgems: Monkees (funky ones, at that!)
Virgin: Tangerine Dream
Casablanca: Kiss
Bell: Vicki Lawrence
ABC-Paramount: Ray Charles
Parkway: Chubby Checker

[magiusX26]

you reminded me of a few. thought the monkees song was memphis instead of clarksville

[FunkyMonkee]

@magiusX26 There were a few here posted that reminded me of a few others, that's why I added some.

[sage2021]

@FunkyMonkee I just knew you'd know a lot of them, and you do!👋👌

[FunkyMonkee]

Well, it comes with collecting records all your life. I'm sure there's LOTS more (and JUST mentions in the title) I just need to recall what they are.
Back In The New York Groove / Ace Frehley
Indiana Wants Me / R. Dean Taylor
American Pie / Don McLean
American Woman / The Guess Who
We're An American Band / Grand Funk
Midnight Train To Georgia / Gladys Knight & The Pips
Nashville Cats / The Lovin' Spoonful
Walkin' To New Orleans / Fats Domino
Slauson Shuffle / The Romancers
Woodstock / Joni Mitchell
Chicago / Graham Nash
Ohio / Crosby Stills, Nash & Young
Chicago, Chigago / unknown
Chicago (My Kind Of Town) / Frank Sinatra
New York, New York / Frrank sinatra
Jackson / Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
The Tennessee Bird Walk / Misty Morgan & Jack Blanchard
Bethlehem Steel / Misty Morgan & Jack Blanchard
Houston / Dean Martin
California, Here I Come / Al Jolson

[sage2021]

@FunkyMonkee OMG! I so remember that Al Jolson song! I was just a very little girl when that movie and song came out.
My sister used to embarrass the heck out of me in public. We were on a train ride to grama's house from L. A. to San Francisco. My 7 Year old sister would break out, kneel, stretch her arms out and break out in that song! And she was so theatrical that I went and hid somewhere on the train to get away from her! God I hated when she'd do that. How embarrassing!!🤢

[FunkyMonkee]

I'll bet it didn't sound anything like this!
https://youtu.be/eOKGUWjHWHA

[FunkyMonkee]

Warm San Franciscan Nights / The Animals
Down In Monterey / The Animals
Men's Room, L. A. / Kinky Friedman
Sold American / Kinky Friedman

[exitseven]

really good list.

[FunkyMonkee]

@exitseven Thank you! And, all but 2 or 3 were off the top of my head.

[SaoirseS]

Kansas City, by Fats Domino
Everything’s Up To Date in Kansas City (from the musical Oklahoma)
Take Me Back to Tulsa, Bob Wills
Living on Tulsa Time (don’t remember who sang it)
The Night Chicago Died (artist?)
Chicago, Illinois (from the musical Victor Victoria)
Galveston (Glenn Campbell?)
I Left My Heart in San Francisco (Tony Bennett)
Seattle (Perry Como?)
New York New York (from the musical New York NY and a separate tune from On the Town)
Detroit City
Viva Las Vegas
You’ve Seen Paris but you haven’t seen Paree (can’t remember the name of the musical)
Berliner Luft
I’ve Been Everywhere (LOTS of cities mentioned lol)

[SaoirseS]

Scratch Berliner Luft since you said American)

[SaoirseS]

Substitute “Battle of New Orleans” for Berliner Luft

[sage2021]

@SaoirseS WOW! You did very good and brought back some memories for me as well. 🙌👋

[SaoirseS]

I grew up listening to my parents’ old stuff and a lot of musicals. Thanks!

[exitseven]

wow great list
The Night Chicago Died (Dexxys midnight riders)

[PointTaken]

That is a good song. Haven't heard it in a while.

[FunkyMonkee]

Paper Lace (Night Chicago Died)
Glen Campbell, yes
Yes, Perry Como but Bobby Sherman also did one called Seattle
Detroit City / Spirit
Viva Las Vegas / Elwood Pretzel

[TrueConfection]

All the usual cities come to mind like LA, NY, Memphis... So here are a few less common;

• One Night in Bangkok -Chess
• Katmandu -Bob Seger
• Downunder -Men at Work (this one mentions several other places like Bombay, Brussels, and... I forgot the first place).

[Lliam]

There's a million of 'em.

Streets of Larado
Meet Me in St. Louis - Judy Garland
I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
California - Chuck Berry
Surfin' USA - Beach Boys
Hawaii - Beach Boys
Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan and Dan
Dirty Water - The Standells (Boston)
Old Cape Cod - Patty Page
I Love LA - Randy Newman
Take it Easy - Eagles (Winslow, AZ)
Free Fallin'- Tom Petty
I'm a Ramblin' Man - Waylon Jennings (Cincinnati)
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthry (Memphis)
Stuck in Old Lodi Again - CCR
Graceland - Paul Simon (Memphis)

[FunkyMonkee]

I just stuck with titles that mentioned cities/states.

[exitseven]

Sausalito

El Paso

My Kind of town, Chicago

New York, New York

Ft Worth Blues

San Francisco Nights

Carolina in my Mind

[sage2021]

@exitseven Excellent 👌

[CrimsonAngel09]

"If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair..."- Scott McKenzie

"Looking pale and thin it's a shame, it's a pity
New York City..."- Sonia Dada

"Walking in Memphis, but do I really feel the way I feel?"- Marc Cohn

"Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia..."- Bruce Springsteen

[Razp_Sorbet]

Sweet home Alabama.

New York state of mind

Empire state of mind

California girls.

Viva Las Vegas.

No sleep till Brooklyn

Walking in Memphis

Kissin time

Hello nasty

We didn't start the fire

[SnowedIn]

"New York, New York".

"Callin' Baton Rouge".

Those are the two I can think of off the top of my head.

[Sixgunsound]

The train they call the city of new orleans - Arlo Guthrie

El Paso - Marty Robbins

[Sixgunsound]

Chattanooga choo choo, the groups Kansas and Alabama

[Sixgunsound]

And goodness knows we can't forget New York, New York by old blue eyes.

[Sixgunsound]

I've got a gal in Kalamazoo?

[Sixgunsound]

Delaware -Perry Como

[Sixgunsound]

Wichita Lineman

Okie from Muscogee

Amarillo by morning

[Sixgunsound]

Tennessee flat top box - The Man in Black.

At this point I'm really digging deep. Not sure what else I can come up with...

Detroit Rock City!

[Likes2drive]

Hotel California

New York, New York

sweet home Alabama

[Surely]

Devil went down to Georgia!

[EaterPeter]

Hotel california