List of songs about Birmingham

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

• "Birmingham" by Amanda Marshall
• "Birmingham" by the Drive By Truckers (2002)
• "Birmingham" by Randy Newman
• "Birmingham 1982" by Maria Taylor
• "Birmingham, Alabama" by Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves
• "Birmingham Boogie" by Hot Lips Page
• "Birmingham Bounce" by Tommy Dorsey (1946), Hardrock Gunter, Amos Milburn
• "Birmingham Blues" by Edith Wilson, Fess Whatley (1921), John Lee Hooker, Charlie Daniels and others
• "Birmingham Breakdown" by Duke Ellington
• "Birmingham Bus Station" by Charlie Daniels (1994)
• "Birmingham Daddy" by Gene Autry
• "Birmingham Jail" by Leadbelly, Roy Acuff, Michael Martin Murphey, Johnny Bond, Roy Drusky
• "Birmingham Mama" by Tony Conn
• "Birmingham Shadows" by Bruce Cockburn (1995)
• "Birmingham Sunday" by Richard Farina, Joan Baez
• "Birmingham Tonight" by Delbert McClinton, Telluride
• "Birmingham Turnaround" by Keith Whatley
• "Boulder to Birmingham" by Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, the Hollies, and others
• "Breakfast in Birmingham" by David Lee Murphy
• "Down and Out in Birmingham" by Pirates of the Mississippi
• "Hello Birmingham" by Ani DiFranco
• "I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine" by Merline Johnson (1937)
• "Paint Me A Birmingham" by Tracy Lawrence (2004)
• "Postmarked Birmingham" by Blackhawk
• "Sweet Birmingham" by Robert Moore, recorded by Taj Mahal
• "Talking Birmingham Jam" by Phil Ochs (1965)
• "Tuxedo Junction" by Erskine Hawkins, recorded by Manhattan Transfer and many others
• "When Jesus Left Birmingham" by John Mellencamp (1993)

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].