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* Ani DiFranco, "[[Hello Birmingham]]" | * Ani DiFranco, "[[Hello Birmingham]]" | ||
* Tommy Dorsey, "[[Birmingham Bounce]]", 1946 | * Tommy Dorsey, "[[Birmingham Bounce]]", 1946 | ||
* Drive-By Truckers, "[[Birmingham (Drive-By Truckers song)|Birmingham]]", 2002 | * [[Drive-By Truckers]], "[[Birmingham (Drive-By Truckers song)|Birmingham]]", 2002 | ||
* Duke Ellington, "[[Birmingham Breakdown]]" | * Duke Ellington, "[[Birmingham Breakdown]]" | ||
* [[Erskine Hawkins]], "[[Tuxedo Junction]]" | * [[Erskine Hawkins]], "[[Tuxedo Junction]]" | ||
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* Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama" | * Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama" | ||
* Tom Waits, "Swordfishtrombone" (1983) | * Tom Waits, "Swordfishtrombone" (1983) | ||
* Drive-By Truckers, "One of These Days" | * [[Drive-By Truckers]], "One of These Days" | ||
* Andy Offutt Irwin, "Maribel" | * Andy Offutt Irwin, "Maribel" | ||
* [[Birmingham J]], "Alabama Anthem" (2005) | * [[Birmingham J]], "Alabama Anthem" (2005) | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 2 May 2006
- This is an incomplete listing, which may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.
This is a list of songs written about the city of Birmingham:
- Gene Autry, "Birmingham Daddy"
- Rachard Farina, Joan Baez, "Birmingham Sunday"
- Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves, "Birmingham, Alabama"
- Blackhawk, "Postmarked Birmingham"
- Bruce Cockburn, "Birmingham Shadows", 1995
- Charlie Daniels, "Birmingham Bus Station", 1994
- Ani DiFranco, "Hello Birmingham"
- Tommy Dorsey, "Birmingham Bounce", 1946
- Drive-By Truckers, "Birmingham", 2002
- Duke Ellington, "Birmingham Breakdown"
- Erskine Hawkins, "Tuxedo Junction"
- Merline Johnson, "I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine", 1937
- Tracy Lawrence, "Paint Me A Birmingham", 2004
- Leadbelly, "Birmingham Jail"
- Amanda Marshall, "Birmingham"
- John Mellencamp, "When Jesus Left Birmingham", 1993
- Robert Moore, "Sweet Birmingham" (first recorded by Taj Mahal)
- Randy Newman, "Birmingham"
- Phil Ochs, "Talking Birmingham Jam", 1965
- Pirates of the Mississippi, "Down and Out in Birmingham"
- Keith Whitley, "Birmingham Turnaround"
- Edith Wilson, Fats Waller (and many others) "Birmingham Blues", 1921
Birmingham is also mentioned in the following:
- Chuck Berry, "Promised Land" (later remade as a 1975 hit for Elvis Presley)
- Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
- Little Richard, "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey"
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama"
- Tom Waits, "Swordfishtrombone" (1983)
- Drive-By Truckers, "One of These Days"
- Andy Offutt Irwin, "Maribel"
- Birmingham J, "Alabama Anthem" (2005)
- Frank Perkins/Mitchell Parish, "Stars Fell on Alabama", 1934
- Lyle Lovett, "I Can't Love You Anymore"
- Lyle Lovett, "Her First Mistake"
Source
- "List of songs about Birmingham, Alabama." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 19 Mar 2006, 17:22 UTC. 19 Mar 2006, 19:09 [1].