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This is a '''list of songs written about the city of Birmingham'''. [[Birmingham]] and specific locations within the city have been referenced in numerous popular songs, of which the following represents a sample:
This is a '''list of songs written about the city of Birmingham'''. [[Birmingham]] and specific locations within the city have been referenced in numerous popular songs, of which the following represents a sample:
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==1800s==
===1900s – 1930s===
 
* "[[Birmingham Blues]]" (1921) by Edith Wilson
==1900s – 1930s==
* "[[Birmingham Breakdown]]" (1926) by Duke Ellington & His Kentucky Club Orchestra
* "[[Birmingham Blues]]" by Edith Wilson, [[Fess Whatley]] ([[1921]]), [[Birmingham Jug Band]] ([[1930]]), John Lee Hooker, Charlie Daniels and others
* "[[Birmingham Boys]]" (1926) by the [[Birmingham Jubilee Singers]]
* "[[Birmingham Boys]]" by the [[Birmingham Jubilee Singers]] ([[1926]])
* "[[Jefferson County (song)|Jefferson County]]" (1926) by Sid Harris, recorded by Priscilla Stewart, Bo Weavil Jackson
* "[[Jefferson County (song)|Jefferson County]]" (1926) by Sid Harris, recorded by Priscilla Stewart, Bo Weavil Jackson
* "[[Pratt City Blues]]" (1926) by Bertha "Chippie" Hill
* "[[Pratt City Blues]]" (1926) by Bertha "Chippie" Hill
* "[[Birmingham Black Bottom]]" by Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten ([[1927]])
* "[[Birmingham Black Bottom]]" (1927) by Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten  
* "[[Birmingham Jail (song)|Birmingham Jail]]" by Darby and Tarlton ([[1927]])
* "[[Birmingham Jail (song)|Birmingham Jail]]" (1927) by Darby and Tarlton  
* "[[Snatch It Back Blues]]" by Buddy Boy Hawkins
* "[[Snatch It Back Blues]]" by Buddy Boy Hawkins
* "[[Third Alley Blues]]" (1927) by Ivy Smith
* "[[Third Alley Blues]]" (1927) by Ivy Smith
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* "[[Keep Your Man Out of Birmingham]]" (1928) by William Harris
* "[[Keep Your Man Out of Birmingham]]" (1928) by William Harris
* "[[Big Rock Jail]]" (1929) by Barefoot Bill
* "[[Big Rock Jail]]" (1929) by Barefoot Bill
* "[[Birmingham Daddy]]" by Gene Autry ([[1931]])
* "[[Birmingham Daddy]]" (1931) by Gene Autry  
* "[[Seventh Street Alley Strut]]" (1931) by Marshall Owens
* "[[Seventh Street Alley Strut]]" (1931) by Marshall Owens
* "[[Pratt City Blues]]" (1932) by Jabo Williams
* "[[Pratt City Blues]]" (1932) by Jabo Williams
* "[[45 Pistol Blues]]" (1935) by Walter Roland
* "[[45 Pistol Blues]]" (1935) by Walter Roland
* "[[Eighth Avenue Blues]]" (1937) by Peanut the Kidnapper
* "[[Eighth Avenue Blues]]" (1937) by Peanut the Kidnapper
* "[[I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine]]"  ([[1937]]) by Merline Johnson
* "[[I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine]]"  (1937) by Merline Johnson
* "[[Fifteen Miles from Birmingham]]" ([[1938]]) by the [[Delmore Brothers]]  
* "[[Fifteen Miles from Birmingham]]" (1938) by the [[Delmore Brothers]]  
* "[[Tuxedo Junction]]" (1939) by [[Erskine Hawkins]], recorded by Manhattan Transfer and many others
* "[[Tuxedo Junction]]" (1939) by [[Erskine Hawkins]], recorded by Manhattan Transfer and many others


==1940s – 1950s==
===1940s – 1950s===
* "[[Back to Birmingham]]" by the [[Delmore Brothers]] ([[1940]])
* "[[Back to Birmingham]]" (1940) by the [[Delmore Brothers]]
* "[[Birmingham Bus (song)|Birmingham Bus]]" by Romo Vincent ([[1945]])
* "[[Birmingham Bus (song)|Birmingham Bus]]" (1945) by Romo Vincent
* "[[Fat Sam from Birmingham]]" by Louis Jordan ([[1947]])
* "[[Fat Sam from Birmingham]]" (1947) by Louis Jordan
* "[[Birmingham Bounce]]" by [[Hardrock Gunter]] ([[1950]]), Tommy Dorsey, Amos Milburn
* "[[Birmingham Bounce]]" (1950) by [[Hardrock Gunter]]
* "[[Birmingham Boogie]]" by Hot Lips Page
* "[[Birmingham Boogie]]" by Hot Lips Page
* "[[Birmingham Breakdown]]" by Duke Ellington


==1960s – 1970s==
===1960s – 1970s===
* "[[Birmingham, Alabama (song)|Birmingham, Alabama]]" by Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves
* "[[Washington Heights, Pratt City Special]]" (1962) by Robert McCoy
* "[[Washington Heights, Pratt City Special]]" (1962) by Robert McCoy
* "[[Alabama (John Coltrane song)|Alabama]]" by John Coltrane ([[1963]])
* "[[Alabama (John Coltrane song)|Alabama]]" (1963) by John Coltrane
* "[[The Magic City (album)|The Magic City]]" by [[Sun Ra]] ([[1965]])
* "[[Birmingham Sunday]]" (1964) by Richard Fariña, recorded by Joan Baez
* "[[Talking Birmingham Jam]]" by Phil Ochs ([[1965]])
* "[[The Magic City (album)|The Magic City]]" (1965) by [[Sun Ra]]
* "[[Birmingham Sunday]]" by Richard Farina, Joan Baez
* "[[Talking Birmingham Jam]]" (1965) by Phil Ochs  
* "[[Backin' to Birmingham]]" by Lester Flatt (1972)
* "[[Birmingham, Alabama (song)|Birmingham, Alabama]]" (1969) by Murray MacLeod & Stuart Margolin, recorded by Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves
* "[[Birmingham Mistake]]" by Sammi Smith ([[1973]])
* "[[Backin' to Birmingham]]" (1972) by Lester Flatt
* "[[Birmingham (Randy Newman song)|Birmingham]]" by Randy Newman
* "[[Birmingham Lucy]]" (1973) by Bobby Goldsboro
 
* "[[Birmingham Mistake]]" (1973) by Sammi Smith
==1980s – 1990s==
* "[[Birmingham (Randy Newman song)|Birmingham]]" (1974) by Randy Newman
* "[[Birmingham (Amanda Marshall song)|Birmingham]]" by Amanda Marshall
* "[[Boulder to Birmingham]]" (1975) by [[Emmylou Harris]]
* "[[When Jesus Left Birmingham]]" by John Mellencamp ([[1993]])
* "[[Birmingham Mama]]" (1979) by Tony Conn
* "[[Birmingham Bus Station (song)|Birmingham Bus Station]]" by Charlie Daniels ([[1994]])
* "[[Birmingham Shadows]]" by Bruce Cockburn ([[1995]])
* "[[Birmingham Road]]" by Jeff Black ([[1998]])
* "[[Wither Vulcan]]" by [[Remy Zero]] ([[1998]])
* "[[Hello Birmingham]]" by Ani DiFranco ([[1999]])


==2000s –==
===1980s – 1990s===
* "[[Birmingham (Drive-By Truckers song)|Birmingham]]" by the [[Drive By Truckers]] ([[2002]])
* "[[Birmingham Tonight]]" (1980) by [[Telluride]]
* "[[Leaving You Behind]]" by [[Emily DeLoach]] ([[2003]])
* "[[Birmingham Turnaround]]" (1990) by Keith Whitley
* "[[Sparrows over Birmingham]]" by Josh Rouse ([[2003]])
* "[[Down and Out in Birmingham]]" (1990) by Pirates of the Mississippi
* "[[Birmingham (Katherine McElroy song)|Birmingham]]" by [[Katherine McElroy]] ([[2004]])
* "[[Train to Birmingham]]" (1991) by John Hiatt, recorded by Kevin Welch
* "[[Paint Me A Birmingham]]" by Buck Moore & Gary Duffey. Recorded by Ken Mellons ([[2003]]) and Tracy Lawrence ([[2004]])
* "[[When Jesus Left Birmingham]]" by John Mellencamp (1993)
* "[[Birmingham 1982]]" by [[Maria Taylor]]
* "[[Birmingham Bus Station (song)|Birmingham Bus Station]]" by Charlie Daniels (1994)
* "[[Birmingham (Amanda Marshall song)|Birmingham]]" (1995) by Amanda Marshall
* "[[Birmingham Shadows]]" by Bruce Cockburn (1995)
* "[[Breakfast in Birmingham]]" (1996) by David Lee Murphy & Kim Tribble
* "[[Postmarked Birmingham]]" (1997) by Phil Vassar, Blackhawk
* "[[Birmingham Road]]" by Jeff Black (1998)
* "[[Wither Vulcan]]" by [[Remy Zero]] (1998)
* "[[Hello Birmingham]]" by Ani DiFranco (1999)


* "[[Birmingham Lucy]]" by Bobby Goldsboro
===2000s –===
* "[[Birmingham Mama]]" by Tony Conn
* "[[Sweet Birmingham]]" (2000) by [[Robert Moore]], recorded by Taj Mahal
* "[[Birmingham Tonight]]" by Delbert McClinton, [[Telluride]]
* "[[Birmingham (Drive-By Truckers song)|Birmingham]]" by the [[Drive By Truckers]] (2002)
* "[[Birmingham Turnaround]]" by Keith Whatley
* "[[Leaving You Behind]]" by [[Emily DeLoach]] (2003)
* "[[Boulder to Birmingham]]" by [[Emmylou Harris]], Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, the Hollies, and others
* "[[Sparrows over Birmingham]]" by Josh Rouse (2003)
* "[[Breakfast in Birmingham]]" by David Lee Murphy
* "[[Paint Me A Birmingham]]" by Buck Moore & Gary Duffey. Recorded by Ken Mellons (2003) and Tracy Lawrence (2004)
* "[[Days of Birmingham]]" by Whisky Falls
* "[[Birmingham (Katherine McElroy song)|Birmingham]]" by [[Katherine McElroy]] (2004)
* "[[Down and Out in Birmingham]]" by Pirates of the Mississippi
* "[[Birmingham 1982]]" (2005) by [[Maria Taylor]]
* "[[Postmarked Birmingham]]" by Blackhawk
* "[[Sweet Birmingham]]" by [[Robert Moore]], recorded by Taj Mahal
* "[[Train to Birmingham]]" by John Hiatt


==Mentions==
Birmingham is also mentioned in the following:
Birmingham is also mentioned in the following:
* "Alabama Anthem" by [[Birmingham J]] ([[2005]])
* "Alabama Anthem" by [[Birmingham J]] ([[2005]])

Revision as of 23:07, 7 March 2010

This is a list of songs written about the city of Birmingham. Birmingham and specific locations within the city have been referenced in numerous popular songs, of which the following represents a sample:

1900s – 1930s

1940s – 1950s

1960s – 1970s

1980s – 1990s

2000s –

Mentions

Birmingham is also mentioned in the following:

  • "Alabama Anthem" by Birmingham J (2005)
  • "Black Betty" by Leadbelly (early 20th century), remade by Ram Jam (1977)
  • "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" by Little Richard
  • "Jacob's Ladder" by Bruce Hornsby, first recorded by Huey Lewis & the News (1987)
  • "Gun Street Girl" by Tom Waits, (1985)
  • "Her First Mistake" by Lyle Lovett
  • "I Can't Love You Anymore" by Lyle Lovett
  • "Maribel" by Andy Orfutt Irwin
  • "One of These Days" by the Drive-By Truckers
  • "Playboy Mommy" by Tory Amos (1998)
  • "Promised Land" by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley (1975)
  • "Rip This Joint" by the Rolling Stones (1972)
  • "Stars Fell on Alabama" by Frank Perkins & Mitchell Parish (1934)
  • "Sure Don't Feel Like Love" by Paul Simon (2006)
  • "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • "Swordfishtrombone" by Tom Waits (1983)

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