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


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


Birmingham is also mentioned in the following:
Birmingham is also mentioned in the following:

Revision as of 11:42, 31 August 2007

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

 "Birmingham Blues" by Edith Wilson, Fess Whatley (1921), John Lee Hooker, Charlie Daniels and others

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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