Scott McKenzie

That was not his real name, and is this ever a long story. There used to be someone at the local history room of the Alexandria Library who was well-versed in this subject.

"Scott McKenzie" spent his high school years in Alexandria, Virginia. I was on the street on which he lived on Saturday. He lived a few blocks from where Jim Morrison lived.

Inside The LC: The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation Part XVIII

....
According to Michelle, "Tamar put on perfect airs around my dad and when it became necessary she would sleep with him." Whatever works, I guess. That perhaps explains why, in early 1961, Gil didn't have a problem with allowing his underage daughter to move to San Francisco with the daughter of a violent pedophile. Soon enough, Tamar found herself in a relationship with Journeyman Scott McKenzie, and bandmate John Phillips began coming by Tamar and Michelle's room on a nightly basis.

It wasn't long before Michelle, still just seventeen, was romantically involved with twenty-six-year-old Phillips, despite the fact that John was still married to Adams, with whom he by then had two children, Laura MacKenzie Phillips having been born on November 10, 1959 in Alexandria. Father Gil, who had himself recently taken a sixteen-year-old bride (one of a string of six wives), still wasn't concerned. And it's probably safe to assume that Phillip's father, who had pursued his bride when she was just fifteen, wouldn't have been too concerned either.

In October 1962, a year or so after meeting Michelle, John curiously found himself in Jacksonville, Florida (alongside Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport) for "two weeks of rest and rehearsal" during the Cuban Missile Crisis. For a guy who "never felt comfortable with political advocacy," John seems to have had a keen interest in Cuban affairs. Two months later, on New Years Eve 1962, Holly Michelle Gilliam became John Phillip's second wife. She also joined his reconfigured band, as did Canadian Denny Doherty, who had formerly been with the Mugwumps alongside Cass Elliot. This new lineup was dubbed the New Journeymen.

The newly-formed trio promptly embarked on a curious Caribbean adventure, arriving first at St. Johns, where John has claimed that they "snorkeled on acid" for several weeks. They next ferried over to St. Thomas, where they set up camp at a dive beachfront boardinghouse known as Duffy's. Soon enough, Ellen Naomi Cohen, better known as Cass Elliot, showed up with John's nephew, who was a childhood friend of hers. Cass had been born in Baltimore but had grown up in Alexandria, where, like Phillips, she had attended George Washington High School.

A Homer's Odyssey

By David Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 24, 2006

....
This morning Opsasnick is driving down a winding street in Alexandria. Anybody else would have seen just the tall oaks and blooming crape myrtles shading neat Tudors and Colonials. Opsasnick looks more deeply and sees something that isn't here anymore.

"We're entering Morrison country," he says dramatically, like a tour guide to a secret landscape. "These are the streets he walked on, these are the fields he played on, the sidewalks he traveled to visit his friends." ... That would be Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors.

"There's his girlfriend's house where he went around back and threw pebbles up to her window to get her to come out," Opsasnick continues. "Here is the corner where he would hold court and act crazy. . . . I can almost visualize a teenage Morrison shuffling from his house." ... The house is a stone-fronted Cape Cod in the 300 block of Woodland Terrace. Opsasnick started with the relatively well-known fact that Morrison lived here from the middle of his sophomore year through graduation from George Washington High School in 1961. Then he gave his subject the full Opsasnick treatment: He investigated those 32 months as if they involved the birth of the nation or the fate of the Earth.

The resulting brand-new opus -- "The Lizard King Was Here: The Life and Times of Jim Morrison in Alexandria, Virginia" -- fits well with the other five volumes that make up the author's investigations: another encyclopedic search-and-rescue mission down offbeat byways of the local past.

Out of the Attic - Two Port City musicians with flowers in their hair

Alexandria Times, February 4, 2016

One of the iconic songs of the counterculture movement in the 1960s was sung by Alexandria’s Philip Blondheim. Better known as Scott McKenzie, Blondheim sang the vocals to “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair),” written by fellow Alexandrian John Phillips.

Born in Jacksonville, Fla. in 1939, Blondheim and his family moved to Asheville, N.C., where his father died a few months after Philip’s second birthday. His mother moved to Washington, D.C. in early 1942 to find work in the war industries, but she initially couldn’t afford an apartment of her own, so Blondheim stayed with his grandmother and other family members until 1946, when he joined his mother in an Alexandria townhouse.

Blondheim and Phillips, who later on gained fame with The Mamas and the Papas, both grew up in Alexandria in the mid-1950s and attended George Washington High School. They sang in separate vocal groups in the mid-1950s and met at a party hosted by Phillips at his apartment on Ramsey Alley. The two formed part of a quartet called The Abstracts, modeled after vocal quartets like The Four Freshmen and the Four Preps.

Out of the Attic - From Del Ray to Monterey Pop Festival

Alexandria Times, February 11, 2016

At the center of Alexandria’s connection to rock and folk music fame was John Phillips. Born in South Carolina, John and his family lived in Del Ray for much of his childhood.

He attended George Washington High School, like Cass Elliot and Jim Morrison, graduating in 1953. He met and then married his high school sweetheart, Susie Adams, with whom he had two children, Jeffrey and Mackenzie, who later became famous in her own right.

Phillips and Adams lived in the Belle Haven area after high school, but John left his young family at their Fairfax County home to start a folk music group called the Journeymen in New York City. The new group included lifelong friend and collaborator Philip Bondheim, later known as Scott McKenzie, also from Del Ray.

Arkansas Granny

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2. "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" - Glen Campbell

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clarice

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4. You're good!!!!!! nt

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Arkansas Granny

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5. "Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John

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malthaussen

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103. One of the best songs about a tennis team ever. n/t

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Wounded Bear

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7. A local favorite.....The Aroma of Tacoma...

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pinboy3niner

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8. California Dreamin' - Mamas & The Papas

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BONUS: Larry Marks - "L.A. Break Down (And Take Me In)"

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15. "I'll Sink Manhattan" - They Might Be Giants

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Coventina

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16. "Texarkana" - REM

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17. Massachusetts BeeGees

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24. "Straight Outta Compton" - NWA

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25. John Denver's "Country Roads" aka "Almost Heaven, West Virginia"

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geardaddy

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26. The Night Chicago Died

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27. Galveston by Glen Campbell n/t

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TexasBushwhacker

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28. El Paso by Marty Robbins n/t

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geardaddy

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29. Here's one with two cities in the title.

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IcyPeas

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30. Ohio - Patty Griffin w/Robert Plant

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IcyPeas

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31. Portland Woman - New Riders of the Purple Sage

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32. Lodi - "Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again,"

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33. Indiana Wants Me

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lastlib

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39. What've you done now, Skittles?

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(Kicked the wrong ass? Nah, couldn't be--that NEVER happens! ANYONE who gets a Skittles ass-kickin' richly DESERVES it!)

Skittles

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41. I steer clear of Indiana

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yes indeed

The Velveteen Ocelot

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34. City of New Orleans

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baldguy

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35. Billy Joel

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Allentown

New York State of Mind

Miami 2017

Summer, Highland Falls

Los Angelenos

greendog

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36. Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues

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37. Boy from New York City

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lastlib

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38. "There Ain't No Arizona" - Jamie O'Neal

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"Hotel California" - The Eagles
"Kentucky Rain" - Elvis
"Saturday Night In Toledo, Ohio" - John Denver
"Goin' To Kansas City" - Fats Domino (covered by Wilbert Harrison and others)
"Please Come To Boston" - Dave Loggins
"Walkin' In Memphis" - Marc Cohn
"The Night Chicago Died" - Paper Lace
"Louisiana Rain" - Tom Petty
"Arizona" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
"Little Rock" - Collin Raye
"Hollywood" - Michael Buble
"Hollywood Waltz" - The Eagles
"King of Hollywood" - The Eagles
"The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" - Vicki Lawrence
"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain
"Goin' To California" - Led Zeppelin

Texasgal

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40. "That's right, you're not from Texas"

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Lyle Lovett

Hassin Bin Sober

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42. West L.A. Fadeaway

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IcyPeas

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43. Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou Harris

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IcyPeas

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44. Do You Know the Way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick

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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

45. Chula Vista

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No song captures the excitement of Chula Vista like this one from the first San Diego 'Homegrown' album.

YvonneCa

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75. Thanks for the Saturday...

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...laugh. 😂 I lived there for 27 years...

malthaussen

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104. That makes two songs by Rose and the Arrangement...

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... in one thread!

-- Mal

Ken Burch

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46. Angel From Montgomery-John Prine(sung most memorably by Bonnie Raitt).

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Ken Burch

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47. Mendocino-The Sir Douglas Quintet

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Tikki

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66. Sorry...you beat me to it...

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One of my all~time favorite bands, ever.

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67. "California"...Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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Tikki

Ken Burch

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48. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? -George Strait

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DinahMoeHum

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49. "New York, New York" - Ryan Adams

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The video was shot September 7, 2001

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50. Jackson, June Carter, Johnny Cash

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Doc_Technical

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51. Lukenbach, Texas

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AllenVanAllen

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52. Bayonne - Elysian Fields

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lame54

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53. Baltimore...

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Dyedinthewoolliberal

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106. another...

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cleveramerican

(2,895 posts)

54. "China Grove" by Thr Doobie Brothers

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the legend goes they threw a dart at a map of Texas and it hit China Grove.

CTyankee

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55. "Big D, little a, double ll a S. And that spells Dallas, my darlin', darlin' Dallas..."

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It was from a musical that I saw on Broadway many,many years ago...

Hula Popper

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56. great cities!

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MH1

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57. Tulsa Time

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of course

(edited to add vid)

MH1

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58. Streets of Philadelphia

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How could that one not be mentioned yet??

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59. System Of A Down - "Lost In Hollywood"

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Lars39

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60. Sweet Home Chicago

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Mr. Ected

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61. Kansas City

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Made great in 1959 by Wilbur Harrison.

Tikki

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62. "Beverly Hills"....Circle Jerks

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Tikki

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63. "Riverside"....Beat Farmers

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Such a great song, such a great band...

Tikki

pinboy3niner

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64. Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

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Many good cover versions, notably one by Cher, but the original stands out.

Tikki

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65. removed by poster

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Tikki

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68. "Rockaway Beach"....RAMONES

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Tikki

ps..there are two towns in the US named Rockaway Beach. One is in Oregon..

Tikki

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69. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"....R.E.M.

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Tikki

Coventina

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70. Argh! Can't believe I forgot that one!!

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CTyankee

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71. "Meet me in St. Louis, Louis, meet me at the fair"

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72. One about the most recently acquired American territory

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mulsh

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73. Oakland Stroke- Tower of Power

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handmade34

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74. Moonlight in Vermont... of course!

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Old and In the Way

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76. Tenessee Jed -Grateful Dead -1972

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Tikki

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77. "Cleveland Rocks"....Ian Hunter

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Tikki

anneboleyn

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144. Thank you for posting the original and not the drab 90s remake that the Drew Carey show used

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Sep 2016

Too many people my age thought that the Drew Carey song by the Presidents of the United States of America (ugh) was the original version of this song. I love the new wave/punk kick of the original.

UMTerp01

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78. Viva Las Vegas ----- Elvis nt

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IcyPeas

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79. Malibu - Hole

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Old and In the Way

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80. San Fransico Bay Blues - Hot Tuna

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tibbir

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81. Houston....sung by Dean Martin in the 60s

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astral

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82. In My Mind I'm Going to Carolina

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James Taylor

SwankyXomb

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83. John Linnell - Oregon

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From his State Songs album.

area51

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84. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia.

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DFW

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85. The Little Old Lady From Pasadena

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By Jan and Dean

anneboleyn

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129. Argh -- I just posted this!

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anneboleyn

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130. "California" Phantom Planet

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DFW

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132. I had to delete about 5 of my own after finding them in previous posts

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You are not alone!

DFW

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86. Memphis (by Chuck Berry)

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DFW

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87. Gary, Indiana

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From "The Music Man"

DFW

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88. Tallahassee Lassie

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VERY dated, I know...

DFW

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89. Last Exit to Brooklyn

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By Gene Pitney

DFW

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90. Oxford Town

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Dylan (about Oxford, Mississippi)

DFW

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91. Surf City

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Fictitious place, but definitely in the USA

DFW

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92. The Tennessee Toad

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Leo Kottke

DFW

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93. Lahaina

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By Loggins and Messina

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99. Brooklyn Roads -- Neil Diamond

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malthaussen

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100. The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati

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Ole!

-- Mal

malthaussen

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101. I Left My Heart (In San Francisco)

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One of Tony Bennett's signature tunes.

-- Mal

malthaussen

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102. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

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... There's a Pawnshop on the Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Think I may have passed it a time or two.

-- Mal

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108. Baltimore - Randy Newman

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Beat up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin' to find the ocean
Lookin' everywhere

Hard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
Ain't nowhere to run to
There ain't nothin' here for free

Xipe Totec

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109. Boston - More than a Feeling

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Coventina

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110. "California Love" - Tupac

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anneboleyn

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125. You beat me to it! Great song!

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anneboleyn

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126. "California Girls" Beach Boys

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FrodosPet

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111. Detroit Songs

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I cheated and looked them up at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Detroit

"Back to Detroit" - Wayne Kramer
"Blowing Up Detroit" - John Palumbo
"Born in Detroit," The Rockets
"Broke in Detroit (Again)" - The Dirtbombs
"The D in Detroit" - The Anniversary
"Detroit (Born + Raised)" - André DeJuan, from his upcoming third studio album, I'm Not Me
"Detroit (That's My Home Town)" - Kim Weston
"Detroit" - (from the Disney film, The Happiest Millionaire, introduced by John Davidson)
"Detroit" - Various artists including David Reo. Eddie "Guitar" Burns, Esham (featuring TNT), Fireworks, Laurent Garnier, Green Concorde, Ian Hunter, Injecting Strangers, Mogue Doyle, Morgan Geist, Pato Margetic, Primal Scream, Rancid, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Royce Da 5'9&quot featuring Travis Barker), Va-Voom
"Detroit 4 Life" - A.W.O.L.
"Detroit 101" - City Squad
"Detroit 101" - Esham
"Detroit 442" - Blondie
"Detroit '67" - Sam Roberts Band
"Detroit Blues" - Diana Krall; Vince Benedetti
"Detroit Blues" - Tampa Red
"Detroit Breakdown" - The Bellrays
"Detroit Breakdown" - The J. Geils Band
"Detroit Breakdown" - The Gories
"Detroit City" - Alice Cooper
"Detroit City" - LetricKramer
"Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)" - Bobby Bare (composed by Danny Dill)
"Detroit City" - Sonny B
"Detroit City" - Texas
"Detroit City Blues" - Fats Domino
"Detroit, Detroit" - Bugz
"Detroit, Detroit" - Erik Koskinen
"Detroit Diesel" - Alvin Lee
"Detroit Girl" - Raphael Saadiq
"Detroit Girls" - Starz
"Detroit Has a Skyline" - HiFi Handgrenades
"Detroit Has a Skyline" - Superchunk
"Detroit Iron" - The Darts
"Detroit Jump" - Big Maceo Merriweather
"Detroit Lady" - Motor City Josh
"Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)" - Sufjan Stevens from Michigan (album) 2003
"Detroit Michigan" - Ronnie Love
"Detroit, Michigan"- Kid Rock from Rebel Soul 2012
"Detroit, Michigan" - The Peps
"Detroit Moan"- Victoria Spivey
"The Detroit River Dirty Blues" - Michael Katon
"Detroit Rock City" - KISS 1976
"Detroit Rock City Homage" - Forced Anger
"Detroit Special" - Big Bill Broonzy
"Detroit Sound" - Soul Designer
"Detroit Stand Up" - Ray O'Shea (featuring Big Herk, BO$$, Phohessuain, Esham, Malik (Eddie Kain), Al Nuke & Proof)
"Detroit State of Mind - Elzhi
"Detroit Style" - A1 People
"Detroit Summer" - Obie Trice
"Detroit Sunrise"- Dwele
"Detroit Swing 66" - Gomez
"Detroit Swing City" - Alien Fashion Show
"Detroit Thang" - Kid Rock
"Detroit Tickets" - Apoptygma Berzerk
"Detroit Tin" - The Kursaal Flyers
"Detroit Vs. Everybody" - Eminem and others from Shady XV 2014
"Detroit was Built on Secrets"- Search the City
"Detroit Waves" - Matt Nathanson
"Detroit Women" - Stacia Petrie
"Detroit Winter - Platinum Pied Pipers (featuring MC Invincible)
"Detroit Zoo" - Disco D
"Detroiter, Part 2" - Bantam Rooster
"Doctor Detroit" - Devo
"Detroit Slums" -Back In Spades
"Hello, Detroit" - Daniel Boaventura, Sammy Davis, Jr., Sonny Turner
"Here At Home (In Detroit City)" - Stony Creek
"I Am Detroit" - Electric Six
"I Care About Detroit" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"I Love Detroit" - Amboy Rambler [2]
"In Detroit" ( Featuring TNT ) - Esham
"It's Still East Detroit to Me" - Kid Rock
"Landing In Detroit" - The Detroit Grand Pubahs
"Leaving Detroit" - Roses Are Red, Eliza Neals
"Man From Detroit" - Hard Place
"Moths And Lizards In Detroit" - Andy Roberts
"Move To Detroit" - Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes
"New Detroit" - Neon Blonde
"Nobody in Detroit" - Howling Diablos
"New Nathans Detroit"- Braid (band)
"Ode To Detroit" - Wally Pleasant
"Panic In Detroit" - David Bowie
"Passport to Detroit" - Joe Strummer
"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" - Fedde Le Grand
"Queen of Detroit" - +/- (band)
"Son Of Detroit" - Kid Rock
"Shuttin' Detroit Down" - John Rich
"Sleepin Tonight In Detroit"- The Disregarded
"Spaghetti a Detroit" - Fred Bongusto
"Taking It To Detroit" - The Good Rats
"That's Detroit To Me" - King Gordy
"The D In Detroit" - Anniversary
"We Almost Lost Detroit" - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
"We Almost Lost Detroit" - Gil Scott-Heron
"We Almost Lost Detroit" - Natas
"We Almost Lost Detroit" - Marquise Porter
"Welcome 2 Detroit" - Trick Trick ( Featuring Eminem )
"Welcome 2 The Party" - Kid Rock
"Welcome Back To Detroit - Mariner
"Welcome To Detroit" - Jay-Dee
"Welcome To Detroit" - Eminem
"Welcome To Detroit City" - Obie Trice
"Worse Than Detroit" - Robert Plant
"Who's Afraid of Detroit" - Claude VonStroke

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)

139. Blowing Up Detroit - John Palumbo

Reply to FrodosPet (Reply #111)

Tue Sep 20, 2016, 02:49 PM

Sep 2016

a favorite of mine since its release

nutsnberries

(1,772 posts)

112. Last Trip to Tulsa, Albuquerque, L.A., Alabama, Philadelphia, Ohio..

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 12:26 AM

Sep 2016

all Neil Young and I bet there are more.

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)

113. Alaska and Me

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 03:08 PM

Sep 2016

John Denver

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)

114. Georgia Rain

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 03:09 PM

Sep 2016

Tricia Yearwood

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)

117. If only you had asked about songs with city names in the lyrics.

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 03:50 PM

Sep 2016

I mean, a LOT of city names:

IcyPeas

(21,889 posts)

118. you can start that in another thread...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #117)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 04:12 PM

Sep 2016

I thought of a few of those myself when I was looking at this thread. Dionne Warwick sings that song about Kentucky Bluebird but then I realized it wasn't actually the title.

Also Tallahachie Bridge by Bobbie Gentry is actually called Ode to Billie Joe.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)

119. I'm at "work." Might be hard to justify. You? Go for it. NT

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 04:15 PM

Sep 2016

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

120. Delaware Slide - George Thorogood!

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 04:17 PM

Sep 2016

treestar

(82,383 posts)

153. Cool, didn't know there was such a title

Reply to LynneSin (Reply #120)

Thu Sep 22, 2016, 08:26 PM

Sep 2016

When I went out of state to college and people asked me where I was from and I said Delaware, a lot of the people would immediately say, "George!"

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)

121. Montana

Reply to clarice (Original post)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 04:22 PM

Sep 2016

There's one video in particular that's better than all the others. I think it's live in New York. I lost track of it. I'll look for it some more.

ETA: there was a Halloween 1981 performance at the Palladium that has been taken down due to copyright issues. I'll bet that was the one. Too bad. It's great.

Improved, he says:

Same performance?

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

122. Nutbush (Tenn.) City Limits -- Tina Turner

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 05:03 PM

Sep 2016

yellowdogintexas

(22,264 posts)

123. "Eight More Miles to Louisville"; "Walkin' to New Orleans" "Streets of Laredo"

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 06:22 PM

Sep 2016

Eyes of Texas; Deep in the Heart of Texas; Tennessee Waltz, My Old Kentucky Home, Back Home Again in Indiana, Yellow Rose of Texas, Bristol Stomp, Tennessee Stud,

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

127. "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" Jan and Dean

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 12:54 AM

Sep 2016

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

128. "California Girls" Beach Boys

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 12:54 AM

Sep 2016

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)

131. Oklahoma!

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 06:45 AM

Sep 2016

Hard to believe the song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical hasn't been mentioned yet.

DFW

(54,405 posts)

133. Mississippi Mud

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 09:43 AM

Sep 2016

By Hank Williams

DFW

(54,405 posts)

134. Tennessee Stud

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 09:58 AM

Sep 2016

By various artists. Here's Doc Watson:

Rhythm

(5,435 posts)

135. "Heads, Carolina -- Tails, California" -- Jo Dee Messina

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 01:58 PM

Sep 2016

Rhythm

(5,435 posts)

136. "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" --- covered by a lot of folks, but Kathy Mattea is my favorite

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 02:00 PM

Sep 2016

Rhythm

(5,435 posts)

137. "Mendocino County Line" -- Willie Nelson & Lee Ann Womack

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 02:03 PM

Sep 2016

Rhythm

(5,435 posts)

138. "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" -- David Frizzell & Shelly West

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 02:05 PM

Sep 2016

Boomerproud

(7,955 posts)

140. Goodbye, Columbus by the Association.

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 07:14 PM

Sep 2016

Title song from a 1960's film starring Richard Benjamin.

megahertz

(126 posts)

141. (Anchored Down in) Anchorage - Michelle Shocked

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 08:15 PM

Sep 2016

Can't stand that song, fwiw.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

142. Tony! Toni! Tone!: "Oakland Stroke"

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Wed Sep 21, 2016, 02:22 AM

Sep 2016

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

143. "I Love L.A." Randy Newman (skimmed list but didn't see this one...)

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:14 PM

Sep 2016

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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

145. "California" Phantom Planet (or The O.C. theme song)

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:21 PM

Sep 2016

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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

146. "Going to California" Led Zeppelin

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:26 PM

Sep 2016

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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

147. "Hollywood" Madonna

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:27 PM

Sep 2016

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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

148. "It Never Rains in Southern California" Albert Hammond (awesome song, link in post)

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:29 PM

Sep 2016

One of my all-time favorite songs. Yes I grew up in California...

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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

149. "Hotel California" The Eagles

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:35 PM

Sep 2016

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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

150. "Charleston" (dance named after the city -- 1927 smash hit)

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:48 PM

Sep 2016

Love music from the Roaring Twenties

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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

151. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (1941 version with Dorothy Dandridge)

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:52 PM

Sep 2016

The beautiful Dorothy Dandridge and the awesome dance routine w/the Nicholas Brothers

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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

152. "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (link to Glenn Miller recording)

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 08:07 PM

Sep 2016

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megahertz

(126 posts)

154. Rough Wind in Oklahoma - Michael Hedges

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 09:07 PM

Sep 2016

Sedona

(3,769 posts)

155. Free Falling...Tom Petty

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Thu Sep 22, 2016, 09:47 PM

Sep 2016

It's a long day, living in Reseda......

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCGsITAB8PqKbPWN9SxK7BIA

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

156. "Devil Went Down to Georgia" Charlie Daniels Band

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Sat Sep 24, 2016, 09:06 PM

Sep 2016

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