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Chicago
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BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN
- JIM CROCE
"...Well the south side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man named Leroy Brown..."
BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY
- ANDREW SISTERS
- BETTE MIDLER
"...He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way
He had a boogie style that no one else could play
He was the top man at his craft
But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft
He's in the army now, a-blowin' reveille
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B..."
CHICAGO
- FRANK SINATRA
"...Chicago, Chicago that toddling town
Chicago, Chicago I'll show you around (I love it)
Bet your bottom dollar you'll lose the blues in Chicago
The town that Billy's Sunday could not shut down..."
CHICAGO
- GRAHAM NASH
"...So your brother's bound and gagged
And they've chained him to a chair
Won't you please come to Chicago just to sing
In a land that's known as freedom
how can such a thing be fair
Won't you please come to Chicago
for the help that we can bring..."
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
- ARLO GUTHRIE
"...All along the southbound Odyssey
the train pulls out of Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Passin' graves that have no name,
freight yards full of black men
And the graveyards of rusted automobiles..."
DANCING IN THE STREET
- MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS
- MICK JAGGER AND DAVID BOWIE
"...Calling out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat
Summer's here and the time is right
For dancing in the street
They're dancing in Chicago
Down in New Orleans
Up in New York City
All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swinging, swaying, records playing
Dancing in the street..."
GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66
- NAT “KING” COLE
“...If you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way, take the highway, that’s the best
Get your kicks on Route 66
It winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than two thousand miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66...”
HITCH HIKE
- MARVIN GAYE
"...I'm goin' to Chicago;
that's the last place my baby strayed
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike (Hitch hike baby)
I'm packin' up may bags,
gonna leave this old town right away
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike (Hitch hike baby)
I've got to find that girl
if I have to hitch hike 'round the world
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike
Chicago City Limits,
that's what the sign on the highway read
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike (Hitch hike baby)
I'm gonna keep movin'
till I get to that street corner 6th and 3rd
(6th and 3rd, hitch hike baby) Hitch hike, yeah
I've got to find that girl
if I have to hitch hike 'round the world
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike baby..."
IN THE GHETTO
- ELVIS PRESLEY
"...As the snow flies
On a cold and grey Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto..."
L.A. GOODBYE
- THE IDES OF MARCH
"...Sunset strip and a field trip
Over to your hide away
Sunset Princess beckons and
We love the night away
Now I feel light years away
From the west side of Chicago..."
LAKE SHORE DRIVE
- ALIOTTA HAYNES AND JEREMIAH
"...There's a road I'd like to tell you about,
lives in my home town
Lake Shore Drive the road is called
and it'll take you up or down
From rags on up to riches
fifteen minutes you can fly
Pretty blue lights along the way,
help you right on by
And the blue lights shining with a heavenly grace,
help you right on by..."
LEADER OF THE BAND
- DAN FOGELBERG
"...My brothers' lives were
different
For they heard another call
One went to Chicago
And the other to St. Paul
And I'm in Colorado
When I'm not in some hotel
Living out this life I've chose
And come to know so well..."
LIDO SHUFFLE
- BOZ SCAGGS
“Lido missed the boat that day he left the shack
But that was all he missed and he ain’t comin’ back
At a tombstone bar in a juke joint car he made a stop
Just long enough to grab a handle off the top
Next stop, Chi-town, Lido put the money down, let it roll
He said, “One more job oughta get it
One last shot ‘fore we quit it
One for the road”...”
LIVING IN AMERICA
- JAMES BROWN
"...You might not be looking for the promised land,
but you might find it anyway
Under one of those old fimiliar names
Like New Orleans (New Orleans),
Detroit City (Detroit City),
Dallas (Dallas)
Pittsburg P.A. (Pittsburg P.A.),
New York City (New York City)
Kansas City (Kansas City),
Atlanta (Atlanta),
Chicago and L.A. ..."
MY KIND OF TOWN
- FRANK SINATRA
"...This is my kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of people too
People who, smile at you..."
THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED
- PAPERLACE
"...In the heat of a summer night
In the land of the dollar bill
When the town of Chicago died
And they talked about it still
When a man named Al Capone
Tried to make that town his own
And he called his gang to war
with the forces of the law..."
SMOOTH OPERATOR
- SADE
"...Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale..."
TAKE ME BACK TO CHICAGO
- CHICAGO
"...Take me back to Chicago
Lay my soul to rest
Where my life was free and easy
Remember me at my best..."
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