List of songs about Birmingham

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

• "Alabama" by John Coltrane (1963)
• "Backin' to Birmingham" by Lester Flatt (1972)
• "Back to Birmingham" by the Delmore Brothers (1940)
• "Birmingham" by Amanda Marshall
• "Birmingham" by the Drive By Truckers (2002)
• "Birmingham" by Randy Newman
• "Birmingham" by Katherine McElroy (2004)
• "Birmingham 1982" by Maria Taylor
• "Birmingham, Alabama" by Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves
• "Birmingham Black Bottom" by Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten (1927)
• "Birmingham Blues" by Edith Wilson, Fess Whatley (1921), Birmingham Jug Band (1930), John Lee Hooker, Charlie Daniels and others
• "Birmingham Boogie" by Hot Lips Page
• "Birmingham Bounce" by Hardrock Gunter (1950), Tommy Dorsey, Amos Milburn
• "Birmingham Breakdown" by Duke Ellington
• "Birmingham Boys" by the Birmingham Jubilee Singers (1926)
• "Birmingham Bus Station" by Charlie Daniels (1994)
• "Birmingham Daddy" by Gene Autry (1931)
• "Birmingham Jail" by Darby and Tarlton (1927)
• "Birmingham Lucy" by Bobby Goldsboro
• "Birmingham Mama" by Tony Conn
• "Birmingham Mistake" by Sammi Smith (1973)
• "Birmingham Road" by Jeff Black (1998)
• "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
• "Days of Birmingham" by Whisky Falls
• "Down and Out in Birmingham" by Pirates of the Mississippi
• "Fat Sam from Birmingham" by Louis Jordan (1947)
• "Fifteen Miles from Birmingham" by the Delmore Brothers (1938)
• "Hello Birmingham" by Ani DiFranco (1999)
• "I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine" by Merline Johnson (1937)
• "Leaving You Behind" by Emily DeLoach (2003)
• "The Magic City" by Sun Ra (1965)
• "Paint Me A Birmingham" by Buck Moore & Gary Duffey. Recorded by Ken Mellons (2003) and Tracy Lawrence (2004)
• "Postmarked Birmingham" by Blackhawk
• "Sparrows over Birmingham" by Josh Rouse (2003)
• "Sweet Birmingham" by Robert Moore, recorded by Taj Mahal
• "Talking Birmingham Jam" by Phil Ochs (1965)
• "Train to Birmingham" by John Hiatt
• "Tuxedo Junction" by Erskine Hawkins, recorded by Manhattan Transfer and many others
• "When Jesus Left Birmingham" by John Mellencamp (1993)
• "Wither Vulcan" by Remy Zero (1998)

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)

Reference

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