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This is a '''list of songs written about the city of Birmingham''':
This is a '''list of songs written about the city of Birmingham''':


* Gene Autry, "[[Birmingham Daddy]]"
* "[[Birmingham (Drive-By Truckers song)|Birmingham]]" by the [[Drive By Truckers]] ([[2002]])
* Rachard Farina, Joan Baez, "[[Birmingham Sunday]]"
* "[[Birmingham, Alabama (song)|Birmingham, Alabama]]" by Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves
* Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves, "[[Birmingham, Alabama (song)|Birmingham, Alabama]]"
* "[[Birmingham Boogie]]" by Hot Lips Page
* "[[Birmingham Bounce]]" by Tommy Dorsey ([[1946]]), [[Hardrock Gunter]], Amos Milburn
* "[[Birmingham Bus Station (song)|Birmingham Bus Station]]" by Charlie Daniels ([[1994]])
* "[[Birmingham Daddy]]" by Gene Autry
* "[[Birmingham Jail (song)|Birmingham Jail]]" by Leadbelly, Roy Acuff, Michael Martin Murphey, Johnny Bond, Roy Drusky
* "[[Birmingham Shadows]]" by Bruce Cockburn ([[1995]])
* "[[Birmingham Sunday]]" by Richard Farina, Joan Baez,
 
* Blackhawk, "[[Postmarked Birmingham]]"
* Blackhawk, "[[Postmarked Birmingham]]"
* Bruce Cockburn, "[[Birmingham Shadows]]", [[1995]]
* Charlie Daniels, "[[Birmingham Bus Station (song)|Birmingham Bus Station]]", [[1994]]
* Ani DiFranco, "[[Hello Birmingham]]"
* Ani DiFranco, "[[Hello Birmingham]]"
* Tommy Dorsey, "[[Birmingham Bounce]]", [[1946]]
* [[Drive-By Truckers]], "[[Birmingham (Drive-By Truckers song)|Birmingham]]", [[2002]]
* Duke Ellington, "[[Birmingham Breakdown]]"
* Duke Ellington, "[[Birmingham Breakdown]]"
* Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, the Hollies, others, "[[Boulder to Birmingham]]"
* Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, the Hollies, others, "[[Boulder to Birmingham]]"
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* Merline Johnson, "[[I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine]]", [[1937]]
* Merline Johnson, "[[I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine]]", [[1937]]
* Tracy Lawrence, "[[Paint Me A Birmingham]]", [[2004]]
* Tracy Lawrence, "[[Paint Me A Birmingham]]", [[2004]]
* Leadbelly, "[[Birmingham Jail (song)|Birmingham Jail]]"
* Leadbelly,  
* Amanda Marshall, "[[Birmingham (Amanda Marshall song)|Birmingham]]"
* Amanda Marshall, "[[Birmingham (Amanda Marshall song)|Birmingham]]"
* John Mellencamp, "[[When Jesus Left Birmingham]]", [[1993]]
* John Mellencamp, "[[When Jesus Left Birmingham]]", [[1993]]

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This is a list of songs written about the city of Birmingham:

Birmingham is also mentioned in the following:

  • Tori Amos, "Playboy Mommy" (1998)
  • Chuck Berry, "Promised Land" (later remade as a 1975 hit for Elvis Presley)
  • Birmingham J, "Alabama Anthem" (2005)
  • Lead Belly, "Black Betty" (early 20th century, made a hit in 1977 by Ram Jam)
  • Drive-By Truckers, "One of These Days"
  • Bruce Hornsby, "Jacob's Ladder" (first recorded by Huey Lewis & the News, 1987)
  • Little Richard, "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey"
  • Lyle Lovett, "I Can't Love You Anymore"
  • Lyle Lovett, "Her First Mistake"
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama"
  • Andy Offutt Irwin, "Maribel"
  • Frank Perkins/Mitchell Parish, "Stars Fell on Alabama", (1934)
  • Rolling Stones, "Rip This Joint", (1972)
  • Paul Simon, "Sure Don't Feel Like Love", (2006)
  • Tom Waits, "Swordfishtrombone" (1983)

Source

  • "List of songs about Birmingham, Alabama." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 19 Mar 2006, 17:22 UTC. 19 Mar 2006, 19:09 [1].
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