tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046918756624585702024-02-08T13:41:40.661-05:00Music List 4 YouThematic Music Lists: You order them, we compile them!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204691875662458570.post-49737309174278148162010-07-09T18:51:00.005-04:002010-07-09T19:16:14.229-04:00Songs about octopuses ...or octopiIn light of the fame acquired by Paul the Octopus, the soccer prognosticating octopod in the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen Germany, I have put together a list of songs having to do with octopuses ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup Final. The Beatles' "Octopus's Garden" is the most well known and most covered of these songs by far.<br />
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<strong><u><em>Songs with an Octopus title</em></u></strong><br />
<strong></strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kiss-of-the-Octopus/dp/B000QWO8CI?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Kiss of the Octopus</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000QWO8CI" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - Blood Brothers<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong> - Van Der Graaf Generator [a Dutch band!!! See the hint?]<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong> - Jonathan Coulton<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SNWDEK?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000SNWDEK">Octopus</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000SNWDEK" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> (aka 'Clowns and Jugglers') - Syd Barrett<br />
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<strong></strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pearl-Octopus/dp/B0029RYOS6?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Pearl Octopus</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0029RYOS6" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - Distorted Penguins<br />
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<u><em><strong>Songs with octopus lyrics</strong></em></u><br />
Abnegation - Vert<br />
AG pleez deddy (The ballad of the southern suburbs) - Jeremy Taylor<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017J0HVU?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0017J0HVU">Chorus And The Ring</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0017J0HVU" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> - REM<br />
Duso's Dead - 3DOB<br />
Excentrifugal Forz - Frank Zappa<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Clean-Version/dp/B00138CEAM?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Family</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00138CEAM" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - Nas<br />
If I lived under the sea - Barney<br />
Judas Sheep - Hunters and Collectors [unclear reference to ...tentacle]<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-D-Block-Guns-Up-Explicit/dp/B000WIO33U?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Mighty D-Block (2 Guns Up)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000WIO33U" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - Sheek Louch<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Siamese-Gun/dp/B000QP0KDQ?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Siamese Gun</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000QP0KDQ" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - Blood Brothers<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00138CA38?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00138CA38">Strip</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00138CA38" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> - Adam Ant<br />
Tonight - Eminem<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WHWUIQ?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000WHWUIQ">Transparent</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000WHWUIQ" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> - Darwin's Waiting Room<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W193HS?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000W193HS">Underwater [Explicit]</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000W193HS" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> - Ghostface Killah<br />
Underwater rhymes - Digital Underground<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wtfwjd/dp/B001H4R2KE?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">WTFWJD</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001H4R2KE" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - I Set My Friends On Fire<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Aint-Got-Nuthin-Explicit/dp/B001ESBF6A?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">You ain't got nuthin' </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001ESBF6A" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />- Lil' Wayne<br />
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<strong><u><em>Albums with octopus titles</em></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012GMX1K?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0012GMX1K">Octopus</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0012GMX1K" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> - Gentle Giant<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Octopussy-Original-Picture-Soundtrack-Enhanced/dp/B0000009U0?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Octopussy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0000009U0" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (OST) - John Barry<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Red-Octopus-Jefferson-Starship/dp/B000002WY0?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Red Octopus</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000002WY0" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />, by Jefferson Starship<br />
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<strong><u><em>Octopus related bands</em></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P2VKBK?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001P2VKBK">The Red Octopuses</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001P2VKBK" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" />. I guess they got their name from the Jefferson Starship album.<br />
There is a pop/electronica music project named <u>Bubblegum octopus</u>. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bubblegumoctopus">Here is the MySpace site</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fss%5Fi%5F0%5F12%26field-keywords%3Dthe%2520octopus%2520project%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Ddigital-music%26sprefix%3Dthe%2520octopus%2520&tag=athens02-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">The Octopus Project</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> is a band that has been around since 1999.<br />
... and finally, we have the band <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FKFUNU?ie=UTF8&tag=athens02-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002FKFUNU">Octopodes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002FKFUNU" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> with only a 2009 album under their belt.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204691875662458570.post-71630495862833971972010-06-02T17:56:00.010-04:002010-06-03T17:32:57.880-04:00List of songs about the Lakers and the Celtics<div style="text-align: justify;">In light of the start of the 2010 NBA Finals today, with a classic Lakers-Celtics battle, I've compiled a short list of songs whose lyrics refer to the L.A. Lakers or the Boston Celtics or some of their players. Unsurprisingly, most of these are, fairly recent, rap songs. Oh, and unsurprisingly (music-wise), the Lakers win big time, probably due to their proximity to Hollywood. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Suggestions for further additions to the list will be appreciated. There must be a song about "the Chief" somewhere out there!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>300 Brolic - FAT JOE</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fat Joe is a Laker man?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Bald-headed girl - DR. DOOM</strong><br />
<strong>Bang Bang - LA COKA NOSTRA</strong><br />
Danny Ainge mentioned here!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Basketball - Kurtis BLOW</b></div>Magic and Bird are mentioned in the same verse but without a direct reference to the Lakers-Celtics matches of the 1980's and 1990's. References to many other former NBA players.<br />
<strong>Beantown - John CENA</strong><br />
References to Kevin McHale and Larry Bird<br />
<strong>Beef Ain't Over - CHINO XL</strong><br />
<strong>Boston Celtics Intro - INFECTED MUSHROOM</strong><br />
<strong>City of Dank - SOUTH PARK MEXICAN</strong><br />
Celtics mentioned here.<br />
<strong>Crazy Ho - XZIBIT</strong><br />
<strong>Crooked Lettaz - TRILL</strong><br />
Not sure if this is an indirect reference to / wordgame on the Lakers, but there is also a reference to Scottie Pippen in some other verse, which increases the chance that this is basketball-related: <br />
"<em>...Ballin off the laker pines...</em>"<br />
<strong>Deer Dance - SYSTEM OF A DOWN</strong><br />
Reference to Staples Center<br />
<strong>Don't fuck with us - John CENA</strong><br />
<em>"We bring more drama than the Laker roster"</em>? These are some great lyrics!<br />
<strong>Don't waste my time - GRAND PUBA</strong><br />
<strong>Errtime - NELLY</strong><br />
Seems like this has a reference to the neighboring Sacramento Kings and L.A. Lakers.<br />
<strong>First time since 1969 - Danny Peck</strong><br />
Written about the 1986 Boston Celtics by <a href="http://www.dannypeck.com/">Danny Peck</a>. Video can be found <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/YouTube-Classic-86-Boston-Celtics-music-vide?urn=nba,82888">here</a> and <a href="http://thecomission.blogspot.com/2008/05/old-school-friday-larrrrrrry.html">here</a>.<br />
<strong>For My Niggaz - Beanie SIGEL</strong><br />
<strong>Ghost Deini - GHOSTFACE KILLAH</strong><br />
<strong>Heaterz - WU TANG CLAN</strong><br />
<strong>Hi Life - UNDERGROUND KINGZ</strong><br />
<strong>Introspective - CORMEGA</strong><br />
Reference to Magic.<br />
<strong>It's a mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad lib - ATOM & HIS PACKAGE</strong><br />
A ... twisted reference to Larry Bird and Shaquille O'Neal. Was there really a poster like that?<br />
<strong>Just Say No! - L.A. LAKERS RAP ALL-STARS</strong><br />
Makes-you-wanna-cringe quality video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H008I590stc">here</a>.<br />
<strong>Kobe Bryant - Lil WAYNE</strong><br />
<strong>L.A. - NAKED BROTHERS BAND</strong><br />
<strong>Long Hair Queer - VANDALS</strong><br />
...singer is eager to <em>watch a Lakers game</em>.<br />
<strong>Losing your mind - XZIBIT</strong><br />
<strong>Magic Johnson - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS</strong><br />
<strong>Mandy goes to med school - DRESDEN DOLLS</strong><br />
<strong>Mighty Healthy - GHOSTFACE KILLAH</strong><br />
Wilt Chamberlain reference in this one...<br />
<strong>Murda Murda - Juelz SANTANA</strong><br />
...and a Laker jersey.<br />
<strong>Organizer - CHUBB ROCK</strong><br />
References to many basketball players<br />
<strong>P.I.M.P. (Remix) - 50 Cent</strong><br />
The only song I know of that makes a reference (an indirect one) to both teams: "<i>...i got me a new york knicks,celtics,and a laker bitch...</i>"<br />
<strong>Purple Haze (The Diplomats) - DJ KAYSLAY</strong><br />
<strong>Roses - Kanye WEST</strong><br />
AIDS and Magic...<br />
<strong>Safe Sex - Erick SERMON</strong><br />
More sex and Magic!<br />
<strong>Salute to Kareem (demo) - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS</strong><br />
<strong>Shake - GAME</strong><br />
<em>Magic Johnson giving Isiah that shake!</em><br />
<strong>Somebody's Got To Do It - ROOTS</strong><br />
These must be the weirdest lyrics from this whole bunch: "...<em>Get bruised till you're the color of the Lakers' logo...</em>"<br />
<strong>Stop Snitchin' - ICE CUBE</strong><br />
<em>...a lifetime Laker?</em><br />
<strong>Summer Girls - LFO</strong><br />
<strong>Sweet Lew - PEARL JAM</strong><br />
A song about Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and his move from the Milwaukee Bucks to the Los Angeles Lakers. Includes references to Magic Johnson, James Worthy and the 1980's Lakers.<br />
<strong>These are our heroes - NAS</strong><br />
(Non-complimentary...) References to Kobe and Shaq.<br />
<strong>This is who I am - Lil KIM</strong><br />
<strong>Throw back - FABOLOUS</strong><br />
Reference to many NBA teams, including the Celtics and the Bulls.<br />
<strong>Ultimate Satisfaction - LUDACRIS</strong><br />
<strong>Who Not Me - LUDACRIS</strong><br />
Another rap song, with a word play on the Lakers and the Clippers<br />
<strong>Why Judy - HOT ACTION COP</strong> <br />
I sense another Magic Johnson wordplay here...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204691875662458570.post-57299630301191035622010-03-11T01:47:00.000-05:002010-03-11T01:47:50.737-05:00The Boxer drums!I was just listening to Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer", on the radio, when it suddenly dawned on me. These haunting drum beats, are punches! Each one is a punch given or, more likely, received! I can hardly remember of a more amazing use of drums in a song. <br />
Boy, these guys where geniuses!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204691875662458570.post-6336221697716847732010-02-21T12:05:00.002-05:002010-03-07T17:27:23.863-05:00"The Poetry of the Blues" song list<p align="justify">The Poetry of the Blues is a classic book written by Samuel Charters, in 1963. Its topic is …the blues and their lyrics. It was first printed in Greek in 1982 by Apopeira editions and I have purchased the 1990 edition. It was sitting on my bookshelf for another 19 years before I finally read it. So, I’ve decided to do a list of the songs mentioned, referenced or implied within the book. This has not been an easy task as, in the majority of cases, only some verses are mentioned from each song, without title and sometimes even without the singer’s name.<br />
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So, we had to search through several lyrics websites and / or specialized blues websites before we could pinpoint the actual song referenced in the book. In a few cases, this was not possible. As you will learn by reading the book, lyrics are often intermingled, altered and re-used in different blues songs. So, one verse may be found altered, in various degrees, in different variations of the same song or even in completely different songs. Among many sources, the most valuable ones have been the Harry’s Blues Lyrics Online website, Michael Taft’s Pre-war Blues lyrics and the Oxford University’s Blues lyric poetry (an anthology / Michael Taft) files. The first column represents the page of the Greek edition of the book where verses of each song are first mentioned. It should serve as a good indication for any other language edition, I guess. The second column is the title of the song or songs where said verses are found. Here’s the list:</p><br />
<b>Page - Song</b><br />
20 Roll & Tumble Blues (Hambone Willie Newbern)<br />
When Your Dough Roller is Gone (Memphis Slim) [both are variations]<br />
21 Here, Rattler, Here [classic prison song – variation]<br />
28 [Folklorist Frederick Oster recorded "Angola Prison Worksongs" for his Folklyric Records in 1959, now re-released on Arhoolie Records.]<br />
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28 Touch Me Light Mama (Bullet Williams)<br />
30 ?<br />
31 Shotgun Blues (Lightning Hopkins)<br />
32 Turpentine Blues (Will Weldon aka Casey Bill Weldon) / (Will Shade)<br />
32 Fixin’ to die blues (Bukka White aka Booker T. Washington White) / [covered by Bob Dylan on his debut LP (1962)]<br />
33 Hell Hound on My Trail (Robert Johnson)<br />
34 High Sheriff Blues (Charlie Patton aka Charley Patton)<br />
35 Shelby County Workhouse Blues (Hambone Willie Newbern)<br />
36 Floating Bridge (Sleepy John Estes)<br />
36 Penitentiary (Bessie Tucker)<br />
40 My Black Woman (Son House)<br />
43 New Come Back Baby (Walter Davis) [variation]<br />
43 Stealin' Stealin' (Poor Jab (Memphis Jug Band)) [variation]<br />
Stealin’ Stealin’ (Will Shade (Memphis Jug Band)) [variation]<br />
Bus Rider Blues (Blind Boy Fuller)<br />
Interurban Blues (Billiken Johnson)<br />
43 Long Lastin' Lovin' (Blind Lemon Jefferson)<br />
44 Please Don’t Go (Big Joe Williams as ‘Joe Williams’) (1941) [variation]<br />
Baby Please Don’t Go (Big Joe Williams) (1935) [different variation]<br />
44 ??????????(Lonnie Johnson)<br />
44 If You Want a Good Woman-+-Get One Long and Tall (Wiley Barner) (1927) [different variation]<br />
Suitcase Full of Blues (Ishman Bracey) (1930) [variation]<br />
My Black Gal Blues (Sleepy John Estes) (1930) [variation]<br />
Got The Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) (1926) [variation]<br />
45 Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day (Blind Willie McTell) (1927)<br />
45 Yonder Comes the Blues (Ma Rainey) (19xx)<br />
45 Go Down Old Hannah (Leadbelly)<br />
45-47 ???Go Down Sunshine??? (Hociel Thomas)<br />
47 L and N Blues (Walter Davis) (1933) [variation]<br />
47 Milk Cow Blues (Sleepy John Estes) (1930)<br />
47-48 Ninety-Eight Degree Blues (Texas Alexander) (1929) [variation]<br />
Bed Springs Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson)(1929)[variation]<br />
Got Your Water On (Charley JORDAN) (1936) [variation]<br />
48 I Will Turn Your Money Green (Furry LEWIS) (1928) [variation]<br />
48 New Highway No. 51 (Tommy McCLENNAN) (1940)<br />
48 ??? (Gertrude PERKINS)<br />
48 Mr. Furry's Blues (Furry LEWIS) (1927)<br />
48 Black Ace (Back TURNER) (1937)<br />
49 Careless Love / Kelly’s Love / Loveless Love (Bessie SMITH (1925) / / W.C. Handy)<br />
49-50 Long Old Road (Bessie SMITH) (1931)<br />
Way Down That Lonesome Road(Lonnie JOHNSON) (1928) [variation]<br />
52 Stone in My Passway (Robert JOHNSON) (1937)<br />
57 Turtle Dove Blues (Simmie DOOLEY & Pink ANDERSON) (1928)<br />
58 Little Woman You’re So Sweet (Blind Boy FULLER)<br />
58 Thousand Woman Blues (Blind Boy FULLER) <br />
60 Little Lean Woman (Blind Boy FULLER)<br />
60 Mean Mistreater ??? (Henry TOWNSEND) (1929 ?)<br />
Poor Man Blues (Henry TOWNSEND) (1929) [same recording set variation]<br />
Stocking Feet Blues (Blind Lemon JEFFERSON) (1926) [variation]<br />
61 Blues Before Sunrise (Leroy CARR)(1934)<br />
61 My Man Blues (Alice MOORE)<br />
61 ????????? (Pink ANDERSON)<br />
Bedroom Blues (Sippie WALLACE) (1926) [variation]<br />
61 ???<br />
62 Country Girl Blues (Memphis Willie B)<br />
65 Wrong Woman Blues (Ki Ki JOHNSON) (1928) [variation]<br />
Back Door Blues (Francis Scrapper BLACKWELL) (1931) [variation]<br />
66 Pneumonia Blues (Blind Lemon JEFFERSON) <br />
67 'Blues About a Man the Worst I've Ever Had' (Gertrude Pridgett aka “Ma Rainy”)<br />
68 44 Blues (aka Forty-Four Blues) (Roosevelt SYKES)<br />
Forty-Four Blues (James WIGGINS)<br />
69 P-38 Blues (Memphis Willie B.)<br />
69 ??? (Clara Smith)<br />
71 [I’m a hard working man…] ???<br />
71 My Man Blues (Alice MOORE)<br />
71 My Wife Drove Me From My Door (Charlie LINCOLN aka Charley LINCOLN)<br />
71 Nickle’s Worth of Liver (Edith JOHNSON)<br />
71 Good Chib Blues (Edith JOHNSON) <br />
74 Wild Women Don’t Have The Blues (Ida COX)<br />
75 Poor Me (Charlie PATTON, aka Charley PATTON)<br />
Poor Me (Son HOUSE)<br />
It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry (Bob DYLAN)<br />
I know you rider (Janis JOPLIN) (1966 – alternate version)<br />
75 Mama, T’ain’t Long Fo’Day (Blind Willie McTELL)<br />
76 Mean Jumper Blues (Blind Lemon JOHNSON)<br />
77 ‘Fo Day Creep (Black ACE)<br />
78 When you fall for someone that’s not your own (Lonnie JOHNSON)<br />
79 Milk Cow Blues (Sleepy John ESTES)<br />
79 Married Woman Blues (Sleepy John ESTES) [variation]<br />
Diving Duck Blues (Sleepy John ESTES) [variation]<br />
80 Greyhound Blues (Bill WILBER)<br />
80-81 That Crawlin' Baby Blues (Blind Lemon JEFFERSON)<br />
81 ? (Billy PIERCE)<br />
Gettin’ Ready For Trial [unknown artist – Birmingham Jug Band] [variation]<br />
Black Minnie (Tommy McCLENNAN) [variation]<br />
I’m Going Back Home (Joe JOHNSON)(Memphis Minnie) [variation]<br />
81 Drop Down Mama (Sleepy John ESTES)<br />
82 (Clara SMITH)<br />
82 Devil Got My Woman (Skip JAMES) – (1931)<br />
82 Blue Rockin’ Chair (Eric ANDERSEN) – (2003)<br />
84 Freight Train Blues (Clara SMITH)- (1924)<br />
85 Tin Cup Blues (Blind Lemon JEFERSON) – (1929)<br />
86 Lonesome Atlanta Blues (Bobby GRANT)<br />
87 Victim of the blues (Ma Rainey)<br />
88 Highway 61 (Memphis Willie B.)<br />
89 Highway 49 (Big Joe WILLIAMS)<br />
89 New Highway 51 (Tommy McCLENNAN)<br />
New Highway No. 51 (Tommy McCLENNAN)<br />
New Highway No. 51 Blues (Tommy McCLENNAN)<br />
89 Down the highway (Charlie PICKETT)<br />
89 Me and the devil (Robert JOHNSON)<br />
90 That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away (Charlie McCOY)<br />
91 Ticket Agent Blues (Noah LEWIS, John ESTES, Yank REACHEL)<br />
92 ???(Billie PIERCE)<br />
92 Bull Doze Blues (Henry THOMAS)<br />
93 My Baby Left Me This Morning (Pink ANDERSON)<br />
93 Santa Fe Blues (Black ACE)<br />
93 The Train Is Coming (Henry TOWNSEND) – (1962)<br />
93 Delta Blues??? / Classic Delta Blues (Big Joe WILLIAMS)<br />
94 Hobo Jungle (Sleepy John ESTES)<br />
95-96 Special Agent (aka Railroad Police Blues) (Sleepy John ESTES)<br />
96 Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues (The Memphis Jug Band)<br />
97 Overseas Blues (Memphis Willie B.)<br />
100 That Black Snake Moan (Blind Lemon JEFFERSON) – (1926)<br />
101 My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) (Trixie SMITH)<br />
101 She moves it just right (Barbecue Bob, aka Robert HICKS) – (1927-30)<br />
101 I’m Wild About That Thing (Bessie SMITH)<br />
101 I’m Going To Have It Now (Ora ALEXANDER)<br />
101 Warm It Up To Me (Blind Willie McTELL) – (1933)<br />
102 Rag. Mama, Rag (Blind Boy FULLER) – (1935) or <br />
Play It A Long Time Mama (Clara SMITH) – (1923)<br />
102 Slow Driving Moan (Ma Gertrude RAINEY, aka Ma RAINEY) – (1927)<br />
102 ??? Drive It Down???<br />
102 It Hurts So Good (Ike Rogers)<br />
102 My Banana In Your Fruit Basket (Bo CARTER)<br />
102 My Pin In Your Cushion (Bo CARTER)<br />
102 I Want Some Of Your Pie (Blind Boy FULLER)<br />
102 Ram Rod Daddy (Bo Carter)<br />
I’m a Ram Rod Daddy (Ian BUCHANAN) – (1962) [variation]<br />
102 Hard Pushing Papa (Blind BLAKE)<br />
102 ???Let Me Be Your Stem Winder??? <br />
102 Mama, Let Me Scoop For You (Blind Willie McTELL)<br />
102 Let Me In Your Saddle (Walter DAVIS)<br />
102 You’ve Had Too Much (John HAMMOND, later version)<br />
102 That Stuff You Sell Ain’t No Good (Walter DAVIS)<br />
102 My Pencil Won’t Write No More (Bo ‘CARTER’ CHATMAN)<br />
102 Sweet Honey Hole (Blind Boy FULLER)<br />
102 ??? (Jim JACKSON)<br />
102 Freakish Man Blues (George Hannah)<br />
103 ??? (Blind Willie B.)<br />
104 ???<br />
104 My Handy Man (Victoria SPIVEY) – (1928)<br />
104 Kitchen Man (Sarah Martin) – (1928)<br />
Kitchen Man (Bessie SMITH) – (1928)<br />
105 Easy Rider Blues (Blind Lemon JEFFERSON)<br />
Easy Rider Blues (Texas ALEXANDER) – (1934)<br />
Easy Rider Don’t Deny My Name (Robert HICKS) – (1927)<br />
Sobbin’ Woman Blues (Elizabeth JOHNSON) – (1928)<br />
No Easy Rider Blues (Gertrude PERKINS) – (1927)<br />
105 It’s Tight Like That (Tampa RED) – (1928)<br />
Papa Wants to Knock a Jug (Leroy CARR)- (1931)<br />
Yo-Yo Blues No. 2 (Robert HICKS) – 1930)<br />
Good Gal (Charlie SPAND) – (1929)<br />
Do It Right – (Kid Wesley WILSON, aka Leola B. WILSON)-(1929)<br />
106 My Wife Drove Me From My Door (Charlie LINCOLN aka Charley LINCOLN) – (1927)<br />
107 He Likes It Slow (Trixie SMITH) – (1925)<br />
107 Hot Jelly Roll Blues (George CARTER) – (1929)<br />
Jelly Roll Mill (Eithel SMITH) – (1932)<br />
He’s A Jelly Roll Baker (Lonnie JOHNSON) – ()<br />
She Rolls It Slow (Clifford GIBSON) – (1931)<br />
Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me (Bo CHATMAN) – (1936)<br />
Who’s Been Here (Bo CHATMAN) – (1938)<br />
Boodle-De-Bum Bum (Blind Bogus Ben COVINGTON) – (1928)<br />
Ham Bone Blues (Ed BELL) – (1927)<br />
Nut Factory Blues (Hi Henry BROWN) – (1932)<br />
108 Bakershop Blues (Blind Lemon JEFFERSON) – (1929)<br />
109 New Black Snake Blues-+-Part 1(Victoria SPIVEY) – (1928)<br />
110 Sweet Potato Blues (Texas ALEXANDER)<br />
Sweet Potato Blues (Lonnie JOHNSON)<br />
110 Hard Times Blues (Ida COX) – (1939)<br />
Sundown Blues (Daddy STOVEPIPE) – (1924) [variation]<br />
110 Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon (Charlie PICKET)<br />
111 Milk Cow Blues (Kokomo ARNOLD) <br />
111 Milkcow's Calf Blues (Robert JOHNSON) – (1937)<br />
111 Groundhog Blues (Lil' Son JACKSON aka Melvin JACKSON)<br />
111 (Eddie ‘One-String’ JONES)<br />
111 (Cat-Iron)<br />
113 (Texas ALEXANDER)<br />
113 (Right String But) The Wrong Yo-Yo (Piano RED)<br />
113 Terraplane Blues (Robert JOHNSON) – (1936)<br />
113 T-Model Ford Blues (Sleepy John ESTES) <br />
113 I’ll Be Your Chauffeur (Eddie ‘One-String’ Jones)<br />
117 Oil Well Blues (Blind Lemon JEFFERSON) – (1929)<br />
118 I’m An Old Bumble Bee (Bo CARTER aka Bo CHATMAN) – (1930)<br />
123 Bottle It Up And Go (Tommy McCLENNAN) – (1939)<br />
123 ? <br />
123 Country Farm Blues (Eddie James "Son" HOUSE, Jr.) <br />
123 (Eddie ‘One-String’ Jones)<br />
124 Got A Girl In Ferriday, One In Greenwood Town (Cat-Iron)<br />
124 ?<br />
124 James Alley Blues (Richard Rabbit BROWN)<br />
124 (Furry LEWIS)<br />
125 Go Back To The Country (Bill ‘Jazz’ GILLUM)<br />
125 Southern Woman’s Blues (Ida COX)<br />
125-126 ????? (Furry LEWIS) <br />
[variation: Pistol Snapper Blues (Blind Boy Fuller)]<br />
126 So Much Wine (J.D. SHORT)<br />
126 Drink On Little Girl (Black ACE)<br />
127 Jailhouse Blues (Sleepy John ESTES)<br />
127 Electric Chair Blues (Guitar WELCH)<br />
127 Black Night Is Fallin’ (Hogman MAXEY)<br />
127 Some Got Six Months (Robert Peter WILLIAMS)<br />
127 Washerwoman Blues (Bessie SMITH)<br />
129 Kitchen Mechanic (Clara SMITH)<br />
129 [WPA song]<br />
129 I've Got the Whole World in My Hand (Bo “Carter” Chatman)<br />
130 Poor Man’s Blues (Bessie SMITH)<br />
132 Crossroads Blues (Robert JOHNSON)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204691875662458570.post-75809406423033926412010-02-21T11:51:00.003-05:002010-05-29T13:08:28.753-04:00Songs with a reference to Chicago (Update: 2009-02-20)<div style="text-align: justify;">To make a long story short, this is the largest “Chicago-songs" list in the world. After the main list, I have also included some mini-lists with bands, albums and album-covers related to Chicago. Upon further thought, I have excluded some songs that artists say are written about life in Chicago but which provide no such concrete clue. These songs have been put in the “Unclear” list. After all, every song is written with some place in mind (I guess) but the main list only has tracks that make a clear reference to the city or one of its landmarks / historical events / personalities / teams, etc.</div><br />
<blockquote>1. 1 In The Morning – L.L. Cool J.<br />
2. 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night – Simon & Garfunkel<br />
3. 10 Minutes Chrono – 113 (FR)<br />
4. 20 Flight Rock – Eddie COCHRAN<br />
4.2. “ - Commander Cody<br />
4.3. “ - Hiromu [instrumental]<br />
4.4. “ - James HUNNICUTT<br />
4.5. “ - Paul McCARTNEY<br />
4.6. “ - Stray Cats<br />
4.7. “ - Tiger Army<br />
5. 2120 South Michigan Avenue – The Rolling Stones <br />
5.2. 2120 South Michigan Avenue – Die Haut<br />
6. 25 Degrees North – The Broadways<br />
7. 30 Days In The Hole – Humble Pie<br />
8. 3000 Miles Away – Daily Planet<br />
9. 312 – Bohemia<br />
10. 3AM QVC Shopping Spree Hangover – The Lawrence Arms<br />
11. 43d Ward – Win Stracke<br />
12. 7 Weeks – Gym Class Heroes, ft. William Beckett<br />
13. 74 Fullerton – Slapstick [74 Fullerton is a bus-line in Chicago]<br />
14. A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request – Steve Goodman<br />
15. A Guided Tour of Chicago – The Lawrence Arms<br />
16. A Penny For My Thoughts – Common Sense<br />
17. Addicted – LIT<br />
18. Ain't Hurtin' Nobody – John Prine<br />
19. Ain't Yo Bidness – Insane Clown Posse [aka ICP]<br />
20. Airplane – Crucial Conflict<br />
21. Al Capone - Gangsters<br />
22. Al Capone – Raul Seixas<br />
23. Al Capone – Wesley WILLIS [+most of Willis’ songs]<br />
24. (Someday We'll Go) All The Way – Eddie Vedder <br />
25. Almost Honest – Josh Kelley<br />
26. America What Time Is Love - KLF<br />
27. American Boy – Kanye West, feat. Estelle<br />
28. An Afternoon in Midway Plaisance. Fantasie for Piano – [Gustav Luders (or Lueders)]<br />
29. Angelface (Multiples 5 Vs.Travel 4) - Atmosphere<br />
30. April 29, 1992 (Miami) – Sublime<br />
31. Apollo XI – OMD [aka Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark]<br />
32. Apostrophe to Chicago – [Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden]<br />
33. Area 312 – Rez Band [aka Resurrection Band]<br />
34. Arizona Sky – China Crisis<br />
35. Around My Way – Talib Kweli [reference to Smooth Operator - Sade]<br />
36. Asphalt Cowboy – Blake Shelton<br />
36.2. “ - Jason Aldean<br />
37. At Chicago – Matt Ammerman<br />
38. At the Chicago World’s Fair – [Franz Allers, from “Showboat”]<br />
39. Awake! Awake! – [Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden]<br />
40. Back Home – Fort Minor<br />
41. Back To Chicago - Duke Tumatoe & The All Star Frogs<br />
42. Back To Chicago – Styx<br />
43. Back To Tennessee – Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen<br />
44. Backin' to Birmingham – Lester Flatt<br />
45. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce<br />
45.2. “ - Frank Sinatra<br />
46. Bad Man – Juicy Bananas<br />
47. Ball Game – Da Brat<br />
48. Band From Chicago – Max Creek<br />
49. Bass – Chi-Boyz<br />
50. Battle Cry – Army Of The Pharaohs<br />
51. Be (Intro) - Common<br />
52. Bear Down, Chicago Bears – [Al Hoffman under the pseudonym of Jerry Downs]<br />
53. Best Wishes To Your Black Lungs – Less Than Jake<br />
54. Big Bill the Builder (mayor) – [Milton Weil, Bernie Grossman & Larry Shay]<br />
55. Bird Walk – Soulja Boy<br />
56. Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance) – Elton John<br />
57. Black Christmas – Army of the Pharaohs [reference to White Sox hat]<br />
58. Black Man – Stevie Wonder<br />
59. Blue Chicago Moon – Songs: Ohia<br />
60. Blues For Mayor Daley – Junior Wells<br />
61. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Andrews Sisters<br />
61.2. “ - En Vogue <br />
61.3. “ - Bette Midler<br />
61.4. “ - Puppini Sisters<br />
62. Boom – Mario<br />
63. Boost Chicago – [Armin P. Bauer]<br />
64. Born In Chicago (in 1941) – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band [Nick Gravenites]<br />
64.2. “ - Mike Bloomfield<br />
64.3. “ - Blue Watusis<br />
64.4. “ - Slammin’ Watusis<br />
64.5. “ (in 1951) – George Thorogood And The Destroyers<br />
64.6. “ (in 1971) – Pixies [Nick Gravenites / Black Francis]<br />
65. Bounce – Take 5<br />
66. Brooke’s Chicago Marine Band – Roland Seitz<br />
67. Buc Buc Buk – Daddy-O<br />
68. Bud Billiken – Franz Jackson <br />
69. Buffalo Bill – [unknown, to the tune of The Wabash Cannonball] [see explanation http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=29897&messages=78#380921]<br />
70. Bulls-Eye (Suddenly) – Syleena Johnson, feat. Common<br />
71. C-h-i-c-a-g-o – [Gertrude E. Ketchum]<br />
72. C-h-i-c-a-g-o in Illinois – [Tom Lynn, Jack Tomlinson]<br />
73. C-h-i-c-a-g-o Spells Chicago – [Frank D. Brayn, Chas. H. Smith, Al LaRue]<br />
74. C-Town – Bone, Thugs N’ Harmony, feat. Twista<br />
75. Cachou Lajaunie – Fabulous Trobadors (FR)<br />
76. Cairo Street Waltz – [Signor Guglielmo Ricci]<br />
77. Calendar Hung Itself – Bright Eyes<br />
78. California - The Nadas<br />
79. California Zephyr - Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard<br />
80. Callin’ Me – Lil’ Zane<br />
81. Camp Fire – Wu-Tang Clan<br />
82. Can’t We All Just Get Along (At The Dinner Table) – Guttermouth<br />
83. Canto A La Salsa – Brave Combo<br />
84. Carry On - Telegraph<br />
85. Charley Patton Songs – Gomez <br />
86. Chasing Dreams – Jamie Notarthomas<br />
87. Chi-City – Common<br />
88. Chi Tha City – Windy City Thugs [www.myspace.com/windycitymusic]<br />
89. Chi Town – Da Brat<br />
90. Chi-Town Breakdown – Eric Noden<br />
91. Chi Town's Finest - Beenie Man & Mya<br />
92. Chicago – Anthony BARILLA [music for ‘Chicago’ play by Sam Shepard]<br />
93. Chicago – Big D and The Kids Table<br />
94. Chicago – Bis<br />
95. Chicago – Da Brat<br />
96. Chicago – The Doobie Brothers<br />
97. Chicago – [Granville English, Charles G. Blanden]<br />
98. Chicago - Robert FRIPP<br />
99. Chicago - The FUGS<br />
100. Chicago – Hieroglyphics<br />
101. Chicago – Ingram Hill<br />
102. Chicago – Graham Nash<br />
102.2. “ - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (live)<br />
103. Chicago – The Purple Hearts<br />
104. Chicago – Sufjan Stevens<br />
105. Chicago – Shawnna<br />
106. Chicago – The Tossers<br />
107. Chicago – Uglysuit<br />
108. Chicago – Kate Voegele<br />
109. Chicago – Lucy Wainwright Roche<br />
110. Chicago – Sean Watkins<br />
111. Chicago – [Aubrey Stauffer]<br />
112. Chicago (How I Love Chicago) – [Ben Trace, Al Trace & Teddy Phillips]<br />
113. Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town) – Chicago [Composer : Fred Fisher]<br />
113.2. “ - Tony BENNETT<br />
113.3. “ - Eddie CONDON & HIS ORCHESTRA<br />
113.4. “ – Judy GARLAND<br />
113.5. “ - Al JOLSON<br />
113.6. “ - Django REINHARDT<br />
113.7. “ - Frank SINATRA<br />
113.8. “ - Rufus WAINWRIGHT<br />
113.9. “ - Paul WHITEMAN'S CHARLESTON BAND <br />
114. Chicago… - Screeching Weasel<br />
115. Chicago 7 – Warren Farren<br />
116. Chicago Ad March – [A. H. Nussbaum]<br />
117. Chicago Anyday – Susan Werner<br />
118. Chicago At Night – Spoon<br />
119. Chicago Beautiful – [Juanita Mabelle Rosness]<br />
120. Chicago Blues – Arthur CRUDUP<br />
121. Chicago Blues – Lonnie JOHNSON<br />
122. Chicago Blues – Luella MILLER<br />
123. Chicago Blues – Clara SMITH<br />
124. Chicago (Chi-Town) Blues - Earth, Wind & Fire<br />
125. Chicago Bust Rag – Steve Goodman [Greg Hildebrand]<br />
126. Chicago Boogie Style – Chicago Blues Band<br />
127. Chicago Bound – Blues Blast Band [aka Blues Jam Tracks]<br />
128. Chicago Bound – Jimmy Rogers<br />
129. Chicago Bound – Canned Heat<br />
130. Chicago Bound Blues – Bessie Smith<br />
131. Chicago Breakdown - Louis ARMSTRONG [Composer: Jelly Roll MORTON]<br />
132. Chicago By the Inland Sea – [Russell Wood]<br />
133. Chicago Centennial Jubilee March 1803-1903 – [John W. Baume]<br />
134. Chicago Chicago Chicago – [Ben Trace, Al Trace & Herbie Herbert]<br />
135. Chicago, City of Destiny – [August Halter, Dr. Edward L. Fernald]<br />
136. Chicago Cops – Bob Gibson & Bob (Hamilton) Camp [Written by Bob Gibson and Frank Hamilton to the tune of The Unreconstructed Rebel - http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=29897&messages=78#380921]<br />
137. Chicago, Damn – Bobbi Humphrey<br />
138. Chicago Day Waltz – [G. Valisi]<br />
139. Chicago, Detroit, L.A. – Zoot Woman<br />
140. Chicago Fanphair ’93 – Local H [they also have a song titled ‘Eddie Vedder’: he’s born in Chicago suburb Evanston] <br />
141. Chicago Fire – We Are Action<br />
142. Chicago Girl – Roger Whitaker<br />
143. Chicago Here I Come – Jimmy REED<br />
144. Chicago Hope – Bobby Peru<br />
145. Chicago Hope – Southampton limited<br />
146. Chicago, Illinois – Lesley Ann Warren /Henry Mancini [Victor/Victoria soundtrack] <br />
147. Chicago, Illinois (Looks Mighty Good to Me) – [Ernest H. Kelley, Jas. J. Kennedy, Jean Walz]<br />
148. Chicago In Mind – Albert Ammons<br />
149. Chicago Institute – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band<br />
150. Chicago Is Burning – The Lawrence Arms<br />
151. Chicago Is Large - Nazgul<br />
152. Chicago Is So Two Years Ago – Fall Out Boy<br />
153. Chicago Life Waltzes – [F. Puehringer]<br />
154. Chicago March – [Edmund Forman]<br />
155. Chicago March – [Henry S. Sawyer]<br />
156. Chicago, Marine Band – [Wm. F. Peters]<br />
157. Chicago Moan Blues – Tampa Red<br />
158. Chicago Monkey Man Blues – (Ida COX)<br />
159. Chicago, My Home Town – [Paul S. Hargrow]<br />
160. Chicago, New York – The Aislers Seat<br />
161. Chicago Now - FALL<br />
162. Chicago Overcoat – Pink Spiders<br />
163. Chicago Over The Rise – Misty MOORE<br />
164. Chicago, Prairie Gem of Illinois – [Laura Aborn]<br />
165. Chicago Quickstep – [Mrs. D. C. Payne]<br />
166. Chicago Rent Party – Memphis SLIM<br />
167. Chicago-Rillas – Rhymefest, feat. Bump J, Mikkey<br />
168. Chicago’s “7” – Walt Wilder<br />
169. Chicago's Gift to a 'Nation's Hero' (U.S. Grant) – [W.C. Robey]<br />
170. Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night – The Hold Steady<br />
171. Chicago Send Her Home – Thelma Houston & Jerry Butler<br />
172. Chicago Skyline – Loren Davidson<br />
173. Chicago Song – David Sanborn<br />
174. Chicago Story – Tom T. Hall<br />
174.2. “ – Bobby Bare<br />
175. Chicago Story #1 – Skip Haynes<br />
176. Chicago Style – [Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen]<br />
176.2. “ - Bob Hope & Bing Crosby<br />
176.3. “ - Rosemary CLOONEY & Bing CROSBY (live)<br />
177. Chicago, The City of Today – [Bill Snyder, Ann Marsters]<br />
178. Chicago, The Most Beautiful City – [Frank Padula]<br />
179. Chicago Theatre of the Air Theme – [Adolf G. Hoffmann, Francis Coughlin]<br />
180. Chicago x 12 – Rogue Wave<br />
181. Chicago Town Blues – Art Thieme<br />
182. Chicago Town Waltzes – [Rudolph Patek, T.R.A.M Vienna]<br />
183. Chicago Tribune March – [W. Paris Chambers]<br />
184. Chicago Waltz – [Joseph P. Elsnic]<br />
185. Chicago Wind – Merle Haggard<br />
186. Chicago World's Exposition – [Victor Vogel]<br />
187. Christmas in Dixie – Alabama<br />
188. City of CHI – Juice<br />
189. City of Chicago – Luka Bloom & Barry Moore<br />
189.2. “ - Christy Moore<br />
190. City of Promise. 1934 Century of Progress Song – [Jos. Snabl-Antes, Vasek Niederle, Libushka Bartusek]<br />
191. Closer To Our Graves – Lucky Boys Confusion<br />
192. City of New Orleans – Steve Goodman <br />
192.2. “ – Arlo Guthrie<br />
192.3. “ – Willie Nelson<br />
193. Coast 2 Coast – Angie Martinez, ft. Wyclef Jean [reference to Smooth Operator / Sade]<br />
194. Cold Chill – Stevie Wonder<br />
195. Cold Windy City of Chicago – Boxcar Willie<br />
196. College Days – [tune: ‘Working on the Raildroad’-‘Levee Song’, contained in Illini Song Book]<br />
197. Columbia Fair (Grand March) – [Theodore Moelling]<br />
198. Columbian Guard – [T. P. Brooke]<br />
199. Columbus Fair (Grand March) – [Geo. Schleiffarth]<br />
200. Come On! Feel the Illinoise! – Sufjan Stevens<br />
201. Come On You Cubs Play Ball – [anonymous, Tiffany Music Company]<br />
202. Come to Chicago – [Dorothy Giffey, James Andrichen]<br />
203. Comin’ Back to Chicago (Blues) – Jimmy Rushing<br />
204. “ - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross<br />
205. Crook County – Twista<br />
206. CTA Theme – Chi-Town Alliance<br />
207. Cubs In Five – The Mountain Goats<br />
208. Cubs on Parade (The Great March and Two-Step) – [H.R. Hempel, Jos. Techen]<br />
209. Cuttin’ The Rug – Izzy Straddlin<br />
210. Daley’s Gone – Steve Goodman<br />
211. Dancing In The Streets – Martha and The Vandellas<br />
211.2. “ – Mick Jagger & David Bowie<br />
211.3. „ - Human Nature<br />
211.4. „ - Nikki Webster<br />
211.5. „ - Van Halen<br />
212. Daylight – Eightball & MJG<br />
213. Dead End Street – Lou Rawls<br />
214. Dear Chicago – Ryan Adams<br />
215. Dear Chicago – August Premier<br />
216. Deep Dish – Ani Di Franco<br />
217. Déjà Vu – Beyonce , feat. Jay-Z<br />
218. Diddley Daddy - Bo Diddley<br />
219. DIY – KMFDM<br />
220. Doggz II – Redman <br />
221. Don’t Forget About Me – Jim Jones<br />
222. Doo Rags – Nas<br />
223. Dope Boys – The Game, feat. Travis Barker [reference to White Sox]<br />
224. Down And Out – Cam’ron<br />
225. D.P.A. – Company Flow<br />
226. Dr. Chicago – Udo LINDENBERG & DAS PANIK ORCHESTER<br />
227. Drive Slow - Paul Wall feat. GLC, Kanye West [references: Chi-town, Lakeshore, Calumet, Bulls jacket]<br />
227.2. “ – Kanye West [references as above + 79th St & May: Chicago]<br />
228. Drowning – Hootie & The Blowfish<br />
229. Duff Taylor and Baltimore Bill – Jim Craig<br />
230. Ecstasy – Danity Kane<br />
231. EL-A-Noy – Win Stracke<br />
231.2. “ - Mark Dvorak<br />
232. El Jefe – Daddy Yankee<br />
233. Elected – Alice Cooper<br />
234. (Native Girl) Elephant Walk – Donald & The Delighters<br />
235. Everybody Movin’ – Bob Sinclair<br />
236. Everybody Rise – Busta Rhymes<br />
237. Everybody Rise Again – Busta Rhymes<br />
238. Everything I Am – Kanye West<br />
239. Face The Face – Pete Townshend<br />
240. Faces In The Jazzamatazz – Ken Nordine<br />
241. Fallen Soldiers - Cormega<br />
242. Falling Off This Train (In Chicago) – Chancellorpink<br />
243. Far, Far Away – Wilco<br />
244. Ferris Wheel - Common<br />
245. Ferris Wheel Waltz – [G. Valisi, Harry C. Clyde]<br />
246. Final Tic – Crucial Conflict<br />
247. Follow With Pride - Buckshot<br />
248. Footworkin’ – Keke Palmer<br />
249. Freaky Thangs – Ludacris<br />
250. Free Or Dead – Atmosphere<br />
251. Frisco Blues – John Lee HOOKER (1962)<br />
252. Fuck You Lucy - Atmosphere<br />
253. Full Moon – Armand Van Helden ft. Common<br />
254. Funeral March In Memoriam, Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago - [W. Herbert Layon]<br />
255. Gangsta Music – Diplomats<br />
256. Gate Of Horn – Roger McGuinn<br />
257. Gentleman From The Windy City – Son Seals<br />
258. Georgia Hard – Robbie Fulks<br />
259. Get Buck Muthafucka – Three 6 Mafia [‘New Chicago” is an Indiana town, but there is reference to South Side …school of rap]<br />
260. Get Up – Crucial Conflict<br />
261. Getcha Getcha – Nelly<br />
262. Gettin’ It - Chingy <br />
263. Ghost In Chicago – Fletch<br />
264. Gillum’s Windy City – Jazz Gillum <br />
265. Go, Cubs, Go – Steve Goodman<br />
266. Go Go Chicago. Wonder City Home of Mine. – [Clitus M. Wickens]<br />
267. Go Go Gadget Flow – Lupe Fiasco<br />
268. Go-Go Sox – Paul Mall and the Bleacher Boys<br />
269. Go Hard – Benzino<br />
270. Go U Northwestern [Northwestern University Song]<br />
271. Goin’ Crazy – Tha Liks<br />
272. Goin’ To Chicago – Ten Years After<br />
273. Goin’ Back To Chicago – Smokey Hogg<br />
274. Going Back To Miami – The Blues Brothers<br />
275. Going Nowhere Slow – Bloodhound Gang<br />
276. Going To Chicago (Blues) – Count BASIE<br />
276.2. “ – Peggy LEE<br />
276.3. “ - Isaac HAYES<br />
276.4. “ – Mark MURPHY<br />
276.5. “ - Lou RAWLS<br />
276.6. “ - Joe WILLIAMS<br />
277. Golden Ring – Tammy Wynette And George Jones<br />
278. “ - Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Kate McGarrigle<br />
279. Good Night Kiss - RZA<br />
280. Gotta Be There – Jennifer Lopez<br />
281. Grand Exposition March – [Louis Falk]<br />
282. Greater Chicago March – [Jacob Valentine Havener, Agner Clark Winkler]<br />
283. Greetings. Chicago's Official Song. 1833-Chicago-1933 – [George D. Gaw, Frank Barden]<br />
284. Growing Up – Fall Out Boy<br />
285. Growing Up – Turk [aka Young Turk]<br />
286. Habitat – Moss Def<br />
287. Hail Chicago (March) – [Stanley Kay, A. Seaborg]<br />
288. Hail, Chicago! Official Song of the Pageant of Progress – [Bob Allen, Ted Turnquist]<br />
289. Hail to Thee, Chicago – [John E. King, Estella A. Johnson-Hunt]<br />
290. Hands Open – Snow Patrol [reference to Sufjan Stevens ‘Chicago’ song]<br />
291. Happy Summertime – R. Kelly feat. Snoop Dogg<br />
292. Harm’s Way – Waco Brothers<br />
293. Have You Been To New York? – E6<br />
294. Haymarket Square – Against All Authority<br />
295. Head Of Household – Jagged Edge [reference to Jordan and Pippen]<br />
296. Heaven Ain’t Hard To Find – Tupac Shakur<br />
297. Heaven Only Knows – David Allan Coe<br />
298. Hello Chicago Fox-Trot – [Anthony Misuraca, Joseph Argento]<br />
299. Here Come the Cubs – The Beach Boys<br />
300. Here Come the Hawks! - [J. Swayzee, The Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir]<br />
301. Here Comes The Neighbourhood – The Lawrence Arms<br />
302. Here We Come Again – Riot<br />
303. Hey Chicago – Low<br />
304. Hey Ladies – Busta Rhymes<br />
305. High School U.S.A. – Tommy Facenda [main / national version]<br />
306. Hippie Boy – Flying Burrito Brothers<br />
307. Hit It Till The Morning – R. Kelly<br />
308. Hitch Hike – Marvin Gaye<br />
308.2. “ - The Rolling Stones [slightly different, reference to another street]<br />
309. Holiday – James McMurtry<br />
310. Home – Groove Coverage<br />
311. Home – Kanye West<br />
312. Homecoming – Kanye West<br />
313. Homesick At Spacecamp – Fall Out Boy<br />
314. Hoo Bangin’ (WSCG Style) – Westside Connection<br />
315. Hush Hush Tip - N-Tyce f/ Method Man<br />
316. Hustle – Youngbloodz<br />
317. I Ain’t Already There – Toby Keith<br />
318. I Ain’t From Chicago – Jimmy REED<br />
319. I Am Proud of Chicago – [Ben Schwartzberg]<br />
320. I Can’t Do It Alone – Bebe Neuwirth<br />
321. I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You – Jason Robert Brown<br />
322. I’d Take Her To Chicago – Memphis Slim<br />
323. I Hate Chicago – Mark Wills<br />
324. I'll Meet You In Chicago (At The Fair) – [Charlie Harrison & Fred Rose]<br />
325. I Love L.A. – Randy NEWMAN<br />
326. I’m About To Explode – Crucial Conflict<br />
327. I’m Dying Tomorrow – Alkaline Trio<br />
328. I'm From Chicago – [Leo Edwards, Blanche Merrill]<br />
329. I'm Going Right Back to Chicago (Coon Song) – [Egbert Van Alstyne, Harry Williams]<br />
330. I’m Leaving Chicago - Luther "Guitar Jr." JOHNSON & HIS MAGIC ROCKERS<br />
331. I'm Leaving for Chicago – Skip Haynes<br />
332. I Need A Man – Foxy Brown<br />
333. I Shot Ya – L.L. Cool J.<br />
334. I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am – Merle Haggard<br />
335. I Think They Like Me – Dame Four<br />
335.2. “ – Franchise Boys(ft. Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat,& Bow Wow)<br />
336. I Used to Work in Chicago. I Did But I Don't Anymore – [Larry Vincent & Sunny Skylar]<br />
337. I’ve Been Everywhere – Johnny Cash<br />
338. I’ve Been Thinking – Common [previously known as ‘Common Sense’]<br />
339. I Wish I Was In Chicago (On St. Valentine’s Day) – Richard M. Sherman<br />
340. I Wonder – Kanye West<br />
341. If Frank Had Been a Cowboy - Bob Colladay<br />
342. If My Mary Were Here – Harry Chapin [reference to Lincoln Park]<br />
343. Il Dritto Di Chicago – Fred Buscaglione<br />
344. Illinois Blues – Skip James [no Chicago reference in other covers]<br />
345. Illinois Medley – [University of Illinois song / contained in Illini Song Book]<br />
346. Illinois & Michigan Canal – Arranmore<br />
347. In 1933. (Where Will You Be) – [Art Kassel, Charles Adams]<br />
348. In Cabrini-Green – Jodi Shaw<br />
349. In Cairo Street: A Characteristic Fantasie for Piano – [Geo. Schleiffarth]<br />
350. In Chicago – [Olive Jeane]<br />
351. In Chicago – Skip Haynes <br />
352. In Chicago’s Forest Preserve – Li’l Wally<br />
353. In My Continental - Atmosphere<br />
354. In My Day – Gregory Hines [Original score Jelly’s Last Jam - Chicago reference in skit, before actual lyrics]<br />
355. In My Own World (Check The Method) - Common<br />
356. In Old Chicago – Alice Faye [Music-Lyrics by Mack Gordon & Harry Revel]<br />
357. In Tha Chi - Shawnna<br />
358. In The Ghetto – Elvis Presley [by Mac Davis]<br />
358.2. “ - Apache Indian<br />
358.3. “ - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds<br />
358.4. “ - Chris CLARK<br />
358.5. “ - Frank Flynn<br />
358.6. “ - Merle Haggard <br />
358.7. “ - Leatherface<br />
358.8. “ - Natalie Merchant<br />
358.9. “ - Dolly Parton<br />
358.10. “ - The Cranberries<br />
358.11. “ - Three 6 Mafia<br />
358.12. “ - Ricky Shane [titled: ‘In Chicago’ – in German]<br />
359. In The Kitchen – Umphrey’s McGee<br />
360. In The Windy City – The Chicago Thieves<br />
361. Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago – Soul Coughing<br />
362. Is This The End (Part 2) – Puff Daddy<br />
363. It’s A Big Daddy Thing – Big Daddy Kane<br />
364. It's A Way They Have in Chicago – [Gustav Luders, M. E. Rourke]<br />
365. It’s Your World - Common<br />
366. Jack & Jill – Avant<br />
367. Jam On It – Mos Def<br />
368. Je Ne M’En Souviens Pas – Better Than Ezra<br />
369. Jesus Just Left Chicago – ZZ Top<br />
369.2. “ - Phish<br />
370. Johnny’s Jump - Bob Riedy Band<br />
371. Jolly Bears, To Those on the Board of Trade of Chicago. Polka Humoristic – [Geo. Schleiffarth]<br />
372. Jumping The Shark – The Lawrence Arms<br />
373. Just Blew In From The Windy City – Doris Day <br />
374. Just For Money – Paul Hardcastle<br />
375. Just Havin’ Fun (JB Theme) – Jonathon Brandmeier, aka “Johnny B & The Leisure Suits”<br />
376. Kasimir S. Pulaski Day – Big Black<br />
377. Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier) – Randy Newman<br />
378. Keep On Trying – Dancer<br />
379. Keep Rising – Group Home<br />
380. Kenesaw Mountain Landis - Jonathan Coultron<br />
381. Kentucky Moon – The Kinks<br />
382. King Size Papa – Julia Lee<br />
383. Kingston Meets Chicago – Alan BLOOD<br />
384. Kris Kringle was a car thief – Wesley WILLIS [+most of Willis’ songs]<br />
385. La Complainte Du Phoque En Alaska – Beau Dommage [Michel Rivard] (FR)<br />
386. L.A. Goodbye – The Ides of March<br />
387. Lake Effect Kid – Fall Out Boy [Chicago natives: “back to the city I grew up in”]<br />
388. Lake Michigan – The Broadways [Chicago area band – references to “downtown”, “tall buildings”, etc. are most likely about Chicago]<br />
389. Lake Shore Drive – Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah<br />
390. Lake Shore Drive - Art Porter Jr.<br />
391. Lake Shore Drive – Cinque Cento<br />
392. Lake Shore Drive – Innocence Mission<br />
393. Lake Shore Drive (Slight Return) - Harris Newman<br />
394. Lake Shore Driving – Duran Duran<br />
395. Last Call – Kanye West<br />
396. LAX To O'Hare – The Academy Is<br />
397. LBC – Lucky Boys Confusion<br />
398. Leader Of The Band – Dan Fogelberg<br />
399. Leavin’ Chicago – John Lee HOOKER<br />
400. Leavin’ Chicago – Roosevelt SYKES<br />
401. Levin’ Chicago – Popol Vuh <br />
402. Leaving Chicago - Knockout<br />
403. Leaving Chicago AMF – Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah<br />
404. Legit Ballaz - Twista<br />
405. Let Me Entertain You – Queen<br />
406. Let’s Go – Trick Daddy<br />
407. Let's Go Chicago! I Will – [Earl Cleland]<br />
408. Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox - Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers<br />
409. Lincoln Park. A Solo and Chorus – [T. Glass, Geo.W. Morse]<br />
410. (Margie’s at the) Lincoln Park Inn – Tom T. Hall<br />
410.2. “ – Liz Anderson<br />
410.3. “ – Bobby Bare <br />
410.4. “ – Cal Smith<br />
410.5. “ – The Statler Brothers<br />
410.6. “ – Mel Tillis<br />
411. Lincoln Park Pirates – Steve Goodman<br />
412. Little Chicago Fire – Count Basie & Orchestra<br />
413. Little Joe From Chicago – Nat King Cole<br />
413.2. “ - Ted Weems & His Orchestra<br />
414. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me – Dean Martin [Hank Mills, Dick Jennings]<br />
414.2. “ - Merle Haggard <br />
414.3. “ - Robert Mitchum<br />
414.4. “ - Charlie Walker<br />
415. Living A Lie – Cam’ron<br />
416. Living In America – James Brown<br />
417. Living In America – 2 Live Crew<br />
418. Living in Chicago – BEE GEES<br />
419. Lobster & Scrimp – Timbaland<br />
420. Los Alamos – Yello<br />
421. Love/Hate (So Chicago) – Shock Stars<br />
422. Love In The Windy City – Howard Ferguson<br />
423. Love Train – Big & Rich<br />
424. Lyrical Molestation – Da Brat<br />
425. Ma Baker – Boney M.<br />
426. Machine Gun – Jimi Hendrix<br />
427. Mama Chicago – Bonnie Koloc<br />
428. Marching on to Chicago – [Richard Daly, Thomas Parmiter & Clitus Wickens]<br />
429. Math – Ookla the Mok<br />
430. McBride Argyle Station – Tom Dundee [folk]<br />
431. Me and My Brother – Black Sheep [reference to Michael Jordan]<br />
432. Mercy Me – Alkaline Trio<br />
433. Merry Christmas In Chicago – 7th Heaven<br />
434. Midnight Rider – Saxon<br />
435. Midwest Invasion - Twista<br />
436. Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Paris – Jay-Jay Johanson<br />
437. Miss Chicago (The Great 'Pageant' Song) – [Edmund Braham, W.S. Greelish]<br />
438. Mister Cee’s Master Plan – Big Daddy Kane<br />
439. Mistreatin' Mama – Furry LEWIS<br />
440. Moma’s Gotta Die Tonight – Body Count<br />
441. Money Flow – Do Or Die<br />
442. More Gangsta Music – Cam’ron<br />
443. Mr. Flamboyant - Click<br />
444. Mrs. O’ Leary’s Cow – Brian Wilson<br />
445. Murders, Pimps + Thugs – Do Or Die<br />
446. My Bloc – Tupac Shakur<br />
447. My City – Common (featuring Mylik Yusef)<br />
448. My Kind Of Town – Frank Sinatra<br />
449. My Life – The Game, ft. Lil’ Wayne<br />
450. My Nigga’s – Lil’ Boosie<br />
451. My Way – Kanye West<br />
452. Nauvoo (City of Joseph) – Illinois First!<br />
453. Nelson And Simone – Illinois First!<br />
454. Never Get Enough – Antoinette<br />
455. New Heart For Christmas – Kill Hannah<br />
456. New York's My Home – Sammy Davis Jr. <br />
456.2. “ – Ray Charles<br />
457. Nobody Knows Chicago – Big Joe Williams <br />
458. North Side Story – Street Brats<br />
459. North To Chicago – Hank Snow<br />
459.2. “ - Jerry Reed<br />
460. Not Like Me – Lil’ Wayne<br />
461. Nowadays – Ann Reinking & Bebe Neuwirth [Fred Ebb & John Kander]<br />
462. Ode for the opening of the World's Fair. Held at Chicago, 1892 – [C. W. Chadwick, Harriet Monroe]<br />
463. Oh City of a Century – [Eleanor Everest Freer]<br />
464. Oh Illinois – Casiotone For The Painfully Alone<br />
465. Ohne Krimi Geht Die Mimi Nie Ins Bett – Bill Ramsey (DE)<br />
466. Old Chicago – Fred Holstein<br />
467. Old Mother Leary (or "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" or "There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight") – [unknown / parody to jazz song ‘A Hot Time in the Old Town’]<br />
468. On A Freezing Chicago Street – Margot and the Nuclear So and So's<br />
469. On My Way – Jadakiss<br />
470. On The South Side Of Chicago – Ray Price<br />
470.2. “ - Vic Damone<br />
470.3. “ - Walter Wanderley <br />
471. On The Tequila – Alanis Morissette<br />
472. On, Wisconsin! [University of Wisconsin–Madison fight song, version contained in Illini Song Book]<br />
473. One Less Thing – Liz Phair<br />
474. One Of Four (Thank You) – Aesop Rock<br />
475. One Night In Las Vegas – Chely Wright<br />
476. Only in Chicago – Barry MANILOW <br />
477. Orange Pineapple Juice – Common Sense [aka Common]<br />
478. Our Chicago (U of C) – [Norman Reid]<br />
479. Overnight – Scarface (feat. Do or Die, Rock Roc & Snypaz)<br />
480. Paris, Tokyo – Lupe Fiasco<br />
481. Peace Frog – The Doors<br />
482. Perfect – Snoop Dogg<br />
483. Phenomenon – L.L. Cool J.<br />
484. Phone Call from Chicago – Peter Himmelman<br />
485. Picketlines And Pepperspray – Silent Film<br />
486. Pimpin’ All Over The World – Ludacris<br />
487. Play Dis – Saukrates [feat. Common]<br />
488. Playboy’s Theme – Cy Coleman<br />
489. Pobre Juan – Mana<br />
490. Police Song – Broadways<br />
491. Poppin’ Tags – Jay-Z<br />
492. Porno and Snuff Films – The Lawrence Arms<br />
493. Prairie Fire That Wanders About – Sufjan Stevens<br />
494. Prayer Changes – R. Kelly<br />
495. Pretty Girls in Chicago Polka – Li’l Wayne<br />
496. Project Chick – Cash Money Millonaires<br />
497. Props Over Here – Beatnuts<br />
498. Proteck Ya II Neck <br />
499. Pure Uncut – Master P.<br />
500. Pussy Money & Weed – Lil’ Wayne [reference to John Paxson]<br />
501. Put The Blame On Mame – Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Anita Ellis]<br />
502. Rags 2 Riches – Lil’ Flip<br />
503. Raise Your Hands – Bon Jovi<br />
504. Relaxing Town – Stephen Stills [reference to Soldier’s Field and Mayor Daley]<br />
505. Respiration – Black Star, Mos Def, Talib Kweli<br />
506. Return Of Theodore Unit – Ghostface Killah<br />
507. Ricochet – Ice-T<br />
508. Ride Wit Me – T.I.<br />
509. Riverview – Billy CORGAN<br />
510. Rock ‘N’ Roll – Mos Def<br />
511. Rock’N’Roll McDonald’s – Wesley WILLIS [+most of Willis’ songs]<br />
512. Rocky World – Daniel LANOIS<br />
513. Roll Call – All 4 One<br />
514. Roll Call (aka Real Nigga Roll Call) – Lil John feat. Ice Cube<br />
515. Roll Wit Us – Dogg Pound<br />
516. Rollin’ On The Island – Kid Rock<br />
517. Root Of All Evil – Kyprios<br />
518. Rootin’ Ground Hog – Sonny Boy WILLIAMSON<br />
519. Round And Round Mi Mundo – La Sombra<br />
520. Roun’ The Globe – Nappy Roots<br />
521. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 – Nat King Cole [also covers by … ]<br />
521.2. “ - Chuck Berry<br />
521.3. “ - Chelsea<br />
521.4. “ - Cheetah Girls<br />
521.5. “ - Depeche Mode<br />
521.6. “ - Harry JAMES (vocals: Gordon POLK)<br />
521.7. “ - Pied Pipers<br />
521.8. “ - The Rolling Stones [see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_66_(song) for more covers // Greeks with an urge to commit suicide may want to take a look at this translation: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/depeche+mode/ell:route+66_20039434.html]<br />
521.9. “ - Them<br />
522. Same Girl – R. Kelly & Usher<br />
523. San Francisco – Alkaline Trio<br />
524. See You Tonight – Eyeliners<br />
525. Shame! – Big Daddy Kane [reference. to Steve Kerr and Scottie Pippen]<br />
526. She’s A Rebel – Green Day<br />
527. Sidewalks of Chicago – Porter Wagoner<br />
527.2. “ – Merle Haggard<br />
528. Shake That Shit – Shawnna ft. Ludacris<br />
529. Shake Ya Body – R. Kelly<br />
530. She Shook Him In Chicago-(Madame Sherry 1909) – [Karl L. Hoschna, Otto Hauerbach]<br />
531. Sheik from Chicago – Joe Stampley<br />
532. Shout Baby Shout – Colin James [same verse as in Johny’s Jump]<br />
533. Show Me What You Got – Limp Bizkit<br />
534. Showtime in Chicago – Joe JACKSON<br />
535. Sirius – The Alan Parsons Project [used to introduce the Chicago Bulls during the Michael Jordan years]<br />
536. Slow Down Chicago – Canasta<br />
537. Slowly Roll By – Loren Davidson<br />
538. Smooth Operator – Sade<br />
539. Snooky and Moody's Boogie – Snooky Pryor and Moody Jones [reference to Sedgwick St.]<br />
540. Snowed In – Albert Collins<br />
541. So Far To Go – Common<br />
542. So Long Toots – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies<br />
543. Someday We’ll Know – New Radicals<br />
543.2. “ - Mandy Moore feat. Jonathan Foreman<br />
544. Somethin’ More – Original Cast [Jelly’s Last Jam]<br />
545. Somewhere On Fullerton – Allister<br />
546. South Bay Surfer – The Beach Boys<br />
547. South of Cincinnati – Dwight Yoakam<br />
548. South Union – Lucky Boys Confusion<br />
549. Southside – Common<br />
550. Southside Chicago – Otis Brown & The Delights<br />
551. Southside Irish – Arranmore<br />
552. Southside Mojo – JaGoFF<br />
553. Special – Cracklin Moth<br />
554. Spies – Randy NEWMAN<br />
555. Spinning My Wheels – Jonathan Cain<br />
556. Start The Show – Common feat. Kanye West<br />
557. State Street Tomorrow - Theme Song – [Carelton Colby, Maurice Wetzel from the Radio Station KYW staff]<br />
558. Stay Chi – Juice<br />
559. Step In The Name Of Love – R. Kelly<br />
560. Story Of The Blues – Gary Moore<br />
561. Stratford-On-Guy – Liz Phair<br />
562. Streets of Chicago – Link WRAY<br />
563. Streets of Old Chicago – Carl Martin, Ted Bogan, Howard Armstrong<br />
564. Supreme – Benefit<br />
565. Sweater – Modest Mouse<br />
566. Sweet Chicago – Jimmy SLIM [blues]<br />
567. Sweet Chicago Home – David Bromberg<br />
568. Sweet Home Chicago – Robert Johnson<br />
568.2. “ - Luther Allison<br />
568.3. “ – The Blues Brothers<br />
568.4. “ - Jonathon Brandmeier, aka “Johnny B & The Leisure Suits”<br />
568.5. “ - Foghat<br />
568.6. “ - Junior Parker<br />
568.7. “ - Leon Russell & Marc Beno<br />
568.8. “ - Little Junior Parker<br />
568.9. “ - Magic Sam<br />
568.10. “ - Old Chicago Blues Band<br />
568.11. “ - Taj Mahal<br />
568.12. “ - Urban Knights<br />
568.13. “ - Walter Davis<br />
569. Sweet Spots – The Fiery Furnaces<br />
570. Swim – South Park Mexican<br />
571. Swing Out Chicago – Windy City Rev Ups<br />
572. Symphony 2000 – Method Man [reference to Jordan and Pippen]<br />
573. Take Me Back To Chicago – Chicago<br />
574. Talkin’ Bout Chicago – Syl Johnson<br />
575. Taste of Chicago – Albert WASHINGTON & His R&B 4 Leaf Clovers<br />
576. Texas Skies – Freddy Jones Band<br />
577. Thanks for Chicago, Mr. James –Scott WALKER<br />
578. That’s Shawty Lo – Shawty Lo<br />
579. That's That - Snoop Dog ft. R. Kelly<br />
580. The Ballad Of Jean DuSable – Illinois First!<br />
581. The Belle of Chicago – [John Phillip Sousa]<br />
582. The Belle of Chicago Barn Dance – [Theo Bonheur]<br />
583. The Belle of Lincoln Park – [Geo. Maywood (George Maywood)]<br />
584. The Billiken Man - Blanche Ring [Melville J. Gideon, E. Ray Goetz]<br />
585. The Burning of the Iroquois (theater) – [Thos. R. Confare, Morris S. Silver]<br />
586. The Chicago Cubs Song-Hey Hey! Holy Mackerel! – [John Frigo, I.. C. Haag]<br />
587. The Chicago Express (March Two-Step) – [Percy Wenrich]<br />
588. The Chicago Glide – [Prof. Joseph Gearen]<br />
589. The Chicago Language Tape – Yuri Rasovsky <br />
590. The Chicago Strut - Gregory Hines [Jelly’s Last Jam]<br />
591. The Chicago Tribune Centennial March – [Robert Trendler, Jack La Frandre]<br />
592. The Chicago Two-Step – [J. P. Brooks]<br />
593. The Crock Of Gold – Thursday<br />
594. The Corner – Common <br />
595. The Debt Collectors – Ben Lee<br />
596. The Eggplant That Ate Chicago - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band<br />
597. The EL – Rhett Miller<br />
598. The Flame That Killed John Wayne – Mekons<br />
599. The Forest of Love and Romance, Theme song of the Black Forest Village, A Century of Progress Chicago – [Ernie Kratzinger, Charles Kallen]<br />
600. The Friends of Mr. Cairo – Jon and Vangelis<br />
601. The Garfield El – The Fiery Furnaces<br />
602. The Girl in Chicago – Gene WISNIEWSKI<br />
603. The Glory of the Cubs – [Arthur Marshall, F.R. Sweirngen]<br />
604. The Great Chicago Drug Bust – Greg Hildebrand [unreleased]<br />
605. The Great Chicago Fire – Inspector Muffin<br />
606. The Hat He Never Ate – [Ben Harney, Howard S. Taylor]<br />
607. The Hawk – Albert Collins<br />
608. The Land of Wrigley – Stormy Weather<br />
609. The Last Day Of The Fair – [Frank Swain]<br />
610. The Last High – Dandy Warhols<br />
611. The Load-Out / Stay – Jackson Browne<br />
612. The March Maroon, University of Chicago March and Two-Step – [Harry Turner]<br />
613. The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace<br />
613.2. “ – Vanity Fare<br />
613.3. La Noche En Que Chicago Se Murio – Banda Toro [Spanish ‘translation’]<br />
614. The Northside, the L&L, and Any Number of Crappy Apartments – The Lawrence Arms [The Northside and the L&L are Chicago-area bar-grills]<br />
615. The 'Priest' They Called Him – Nirvana [ref. to Lincoln Park & North Park St.]<br />
616. The Rebirth – Chapter 13<br />
617. The Rhythm of State Street (The official song of the State Street Council) – [Wendall Hall]<br />
618. The Seer's Tower – Sufjan Stevens<br />
619. The Sheik of Chicago – Joe STAMPLEY<br />
620. The Song of the Ferris Wheel - World's Fair 1893 – [Geo. Schleiffarth, M. A. Sturgis]<br />
621. The Story Of Bo Diddley – Animals<br />
622. The Streets of Old Chicago – Mark Dvorak<br />
623. The Super Bowl Shuffle – Chicago Bears Shufflin’ Crew<br />
624. The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders – Sufjan Stevens<br />
625. The University of Chicago Alma Mater – [Edwin H. Lewis]<br />
626. The White City March and Twostep – [Hampton Durant]<br />
627. The White Sox March – [T.F. Durand]<br />
628. The Windy City – Doris Day [from ‘Calamity Jane’]<br />
629. The Windy City – To Find Himself<br />
630. The Windy City Blew Away One Fourth Of Me – Midnight Fall<br />
631. The Woman Downstairs – Handsome Family<br />
632. The World's Fair or A Voyage to Chicago – [Leonard Gautier]<br />
633. Theme from “Chicago Hope” – [Jeff Rona]<br />
634. There’s Got To Be A Change – Jonny Lang<br />
635. They Couldn’t Destroy Our Cubs – The Cleaning Ladys<br />
636. This Is Chicago! – Howard Ferguson<br />
637. This Way – Dilated Peoples<br />
638. Throw Back – Fabolous<br />
639. Thug Angels – Wyclef Jean<br />
640. Tight In Chicago – Mozelle Alderson<br />
641. To The Kill – Violent Femmes<br />
642. Toast Song – Bob & Tom<br />
643. Tonight, Tonight – The Smashing Pumpkins [marginal entry to this list– vague references to Chicago but widely recognized as a “Chicago song”] <br />
644. Tonight Will Last Forever – Mest<br />
645. Train To Chicago – Drink Me<br />
645.2. “ - Mike Doughty<br />
646. Trance on Sedgewick St. – Skip Haynes [Terry Callier]<br />
647. Traveling Man – Hans Theessink<br />
648. Truckin’ – Grateful Dead<br />
649. True North – Kathy Mattea<br />
650. Turn It Up – (The White Stripes + Kanye West) [Adrian Champion remix]<br />
651. Tut-Ench-Amon – Falco<br />
652. Twenty Flight Rock – Tiger Army<br />
653. Two Words – Mos Def ft. Kanye West<br />
654. Two Years in Chicago – Robin Trower<br />
655. U Don’t Dans 2 Tekno Anymore – Alabama 3 [aka A3]<br />
656. Un Azteka - Dyablo<br />
657. Via Chicago - Wilco<br />
658. Victory or Death – Twista<br />
659. VIP – Do Or Die<br />
660. Wabash Cannonball – J.A. Roff [traditional]<br />
660.2. “ - Roy Acuff <br />
660.3. “ - The Carter Family<br />
660.4. “ - Johnny Cash<br />
661. Wack, Wack, Wacker Drive – The Grimm Brothers<br />
662. Walk Wit Me – D.A. Smart<br />
663. Wasn’t Born In Chicago – Gary MOORE<br />
664. Watch the Cubs Play Ball – [Harry A. Magill]<br />
665. Wave The Flag of Old Chicago (The University of Chicago Fight Song)<br />
666. We Do That Too – A.G.<br />
667. We’re All Crazy In Chicago – Jonathon Brandmeier, aka “Johnny B & The Leisure Suits”<br />
668. We Ride – Jay Z, R. Kelly, Noreaga<br />
669. Welcome To Chicago, Motherfucker – Kill Hannah<br />
670. Wells St. – Skip Haynes<br />
671. What If – Fredro Starr [reference to Jordan and Pippen]<br />
672. What The Heck Richard Speck; Eight Nurses You Wrecked! – Macabre<br />
673. What’s That Smell – Macabre<br />
674. Wheels A-Rolling, Official Song - Chicago Railroad Fair – [Helen Purcell Maxwell, Philip Maxwell]<br />
675. When A Woman’s Fed Up – R. Kelly<br />
676. When The Cubs Go Marching In – Steve Goodman<br />
677. When The Cubs Win The World Series – The Cleaning Ladies<br />
678. When The Fire Comes Down – Hank Williams<br />
679. When The Levee Breaks – Led Zeppelin<br />
679.2. “ - KANSAS JOE & MEMPHIS MINNIE<br />
680. When The Wind Blows in Chicago – Scott Turner-Audie Murphy<br />
680.2. “ – Roy Clark<br />
681. Where In The World Is Carmen SanDiego - Rockapella<br />
682. Where Were You In Chicago? – Phil Ochs<br />
683. Where You At? (The Whole City Behind Us) – Kanye West<br />
684. Whip Game Proper – Twista<br />
685. William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed – Phil Ochs<br />
686. Willie The Wimp – Stevie Ray Vaughn <br />
687. Windy City – Peter White<br />
688. Windy City – Phish<br />
689. Windy City – The Sweet<br />
690. Windy City Anne – Tom T. Hall<br />
691. Windy City Blues – Marshall Tucker Band<br />
692. Windy City Boogie – Chicago Gangsters<br />
693. Windy City Breakdown – Jonathan Cain<br />
694. Windy City Girl – Howard Ferguson<br />
695. Windy City Rag – Alison Krauss and Union Station<br />
696. Windy City Theme – Windy City<br />
697. Winter In Chicago – 504 Plan<br />
698. Wizard Oil – Win Stracke<br />
699. Wrigley Field – Wesley WILLIS [+most of Willis’ songs]<br />
700. Woman of the ghetto – Marlena SHAW<br />
701. Ya Know How It Goes – Grand Puba [references to Michael Jordan, Lincoln Ave.-Dolton, Ill – Chicago suburb] <br />
702. You Can Always Be Gone – Catie Curtis<br />
703. You Can’t Stop Us Now – Nas [reference to Wrigley Fields]<br />
704. You’ll Never Know - RZA<br />
705. You’re Dead – Alkaline Trio<br />
706. You Wake Up in the Morning in Chicago – [Harry Carroll, Ballard Macdonald & Coleman Goetz]<br />
707. Young Niggaz – Tupac Shakur<br />
708. Zippy – Michael Peter Smith [aka Michael Smith]<br />
709. Αχ, Ελλάδα – Μανώλης Ρασούλης (GR)<br />
710. Εννέα Όγδοα – Πασχάλης Τερζής (GR)<br />
711. Η Ανεμώνα του Σικάγου – Λάκης Παπαδόπουλος (GR) [reference to…3rd Avenue, which does not exist in Chicago…]<br />
712. Τρεις Αμερικάνοι – Μανώλης Μητσιάς [στ. Νίκος Γκάτσος] (GR)<br />
713. Περνώ σε θύμισες παλιές – [στ. Λεωνίδας Παπούτσης] (GR)<br />
714. Ήρθαν οι MC’s – Ζωντανοί Νεκροί (GR)<br />
715. Δύση Ανατολή – Τάνια Κικίδη (GR)<br />
716. Η Μπέμπα η Τραβεστί – Λήτης (GR)<br />
717. Σούπερμαν – Αφροδίτη Μάνου (GR)<br />
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<b>Unclear – Vague reference:<br />
</b>• 5-3-10-4 – Alkaline Trio [about going to school in Chicago, but no explicit reference to Chicago except for stockyards and trains]<br />
• Betya – C-Murder [reference to “the new Jordans”]<br />
• Black, Red, Yellow – Pearl Jam [reference to Chicago Bulls, Rodman/Jordan/Jackson era, according to wikipedia-Dennis Rodman heard making a phone call half-way thru the song / written about “six extraordinary human beings that work together as a team”]<br />
• Bubble Gum – The Returnables […about falling in love on the CTA, according to another list. I haven’t listened to it myself]<br />
• Division St. Girl – Songs: Ohia / Jason Molina [possible reference to / wordplay on Chicago’s Division St.]<br />
• Empire State Express – Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. [Regular trip from Syarcuse, NY to Cleveland, Ohio but the initial train trip was from Syracuse, NY to Chicago but only for exhibition purposes, for the 1893 Chicago World Fair. Train donated to Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, in 1962. Song written in 1965 with no apparent reference to Chicago].<br />
• I’m Alright – Master P. [reference to Michael Jordan, but young…]<br />
• I’m Throwed – Paul Wall [reference to Steve Kerr, but perhaps as a San Antonio Spur]<br />
• Knees LSD Again – Mitch Aliotta [unknown lyrics-I need to listen to it]<br />
• No Bobby Don’t – Kelly Hogan [reference to ‘blue line’ – CTA’s train]<br />
• Prairie Song – Billy Corgan [references to Chicago are vague, not explicit] <br />
• Proteck Ya Neck II In The Zoo lyrics – Ol’ Dirty Bastard (feat. Brooklyn Zu, Sunz of Man) [reference to Scottie Pippen, but when?]<br />
• Red Leaves of October – Michael Peter Smith [Chicago area resident-have seen it mentioned in other lists]<br />
• Someday – Chicago [samples of protest chants from 1968 DNC included]<br />
• Southbound Jericho Parkway – Roy Orbison [there is a “Southbound Jericho Turnpike” in Chicago]<br />
• Star Witness – Neko Case [about Humboldt Park area but no clear reference]<br />
• Swing Life Away – Rise Against [about life in Chicago but no clear reference]<br />
• The Mob – Lil’ Wayne [reference to Bill Cartwright. Has references to other Bulls players in other songs, so it’s probably about Cartwright as a Chicago Bulls player…]<br />
• To Try For The Sun – Donovan [refers to “the windy city”, lowercase letters]<br />
• Without Love – The Doobie Brothers [reference to Illinois Central railroad]<br />
• Babies Of The 80’s – Something Corporate [reference to film: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off]<br />
• Koolaid – Just Jack [reference to film: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off & Breakfast Club, both shot in Chicago area]<br />
• Pass Out – The Alkaholiks [reference to film: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off]<br />
• Who Writes Your Lyric – Princess Superstar [reference to film: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off]<br />
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<b>Not about Chicago: </b><br />
• Back in ’72 (Bob Seger) [refers to the town of Lincoln Park, Michigan]<br />
• Down By The Embarrass – Win Stracke [reference is to Chicago River]<br />
• Take The Time – Freddy Jones Band [I’ve seen it in another list and that’s the only reason I’m including this here]<br />
• Teenage Lust (MC5) [refers to the town of Lincoln Park, Michigan]<br />
• Windy City – June Tabor [nice song but ‘it’s nothing to do with Chicago’ as confirmed by songwriter Ian Telfer himself, in an email exchange we had] <br />
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<b>Artist / Band Names with reference to Chicago: <br />
</b>• 2120 South Michigan Avenue<br />
• 312 Chicago<br />
• Chi-Ill<br />
• Chi-Town Alliance [http://www.myspace.com/chitownalliance]<br />
• Chi-town Sher<br />
• Chicago (formerly Chicago Transit Authority) [brass-rock band]<br />
• Chicago [little-known rapper]<br />
• Chicago Blues Band<br />
• Chicago Bound Blues Band<br />
• Chicago Gangsters<br />
• Chicago Mass Choir<br />
• Chicago Rhythm Kings<br />
• Climax Chicago Blues Band<br />
• George Wettling's Chicago Rhythm Kings<br />
• Haymarket Riot<br />
• Jack Teagarden's Chicagoans <br />
• Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band<br />
• Junior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band<br />
• Kid Named Chicago<br />
• Lakeshore Drive<br />
• Mayor Daley<br />
• Old Chicago Blues Band<br />
• Otis Spann'S South Side Piano<br />
• The Art Ensemble of Chicago<br />
• The Benson Orchestra of Chicago<br />
• The Chicago Mandolin Orchestra<br />
• The Chicago Thieves<br />
• The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band<br />
• Victoria Spivey & The Chicago Four<br />
• Walt Whitman And The Soul Children Of Chicago<br />
• Whodunit: Chicago Knows Who (No Cigar), a 21-song Who tribute album<br />
• Windy City [Korean reggae band]<br />
• Windy City Rev Ups<br />
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<b>Music Albums with reference to Chicago on the title:</b> <br />
• Back To Chicago - Duke Tumatoe & The All Star Frogs<br />
• Blowing In From Chicago – Cliff JORDAN, John GILMORE<br />
• Chicago-The Musical – John Kander / Fred Ebb [Original Score]<br />
• Chicago And Other Ports – Fred Holstein<br />
• Chicago Blue – Howlin’ Wolf<br />
• Chicago Massive – Drastic<br />
• Chicago Songs – Skip Haynes<br />
• Chicago Town and Points West – Art Thieme<br />
• Chicago Transit Authority - (“C.T.A.” “Chicago”)<br />
• Chicago Wind – Merle Haggard<br />
• Experience the NOW Sound of Chicago's HOT Wicker Park – V/A<br />
• Fast Times At Barrington High – The Academy Is... <br />
• Gathering at The Earl of Old Town – Steve Goodman<br />
• History of House Music, Vol. 1: Chicago Classics<br />
• In The Windy City – The Chicago Thieves<br />
• Joe In Chicago, 1978 - JOE VENUTI<br />
• Live In Chicago – Windy City Rev Ups [and many others…]<br />
• Live In Cook County Jail – B.B. King<br />
• Streets Of Chicago - Missing Links Volume 4 – Link WRAY<br />
• Sweet Home Chicago – Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones (live)<br />
• Take Me Out To A Cubs Game – V/A<br />
• Talkin’ Bout Chicago – Syl Johnson<br />
• Tea In Chicago – Eartha KITT<br />
• The Cowsills Plus The Lincoln Park Zoo (The Cowsills)<br />
• The Great Chicago Fire: A Cold Day in Hell – Malik Yusef<br />
• The Other Evening In Chicago – Bob Franke<br />
• The Streets of Old Chicago – Mark Dvorak<br />
• The Windy City – [Musical 1982-83] <br />
• This Is Chicago! (Toasting Chicago With New Music) – Howard Ferguson<br />
• Windy City – [unreleased --- 1984 OST –Jack Nitzsche]<br />
• Windy City Hits: The Best of Chicago Mass Choir – Chicago Mass Choir<br />
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<b>Music Albums with pictures of Chicago on the cover:</b><br />
• Chicago XI – Chicago [map of Chicago area on the LP cover]<br />
• Sublime – Sublime [drawing of Sears Tower on the CD / not the cover]<br />
• Virtual Limits EP – Moonman [‘Chicago’ in road sign of I-94 on the CD]<br />
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