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].
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