Indiana Wants Me ... bring on your favorite state and city songs

Dools...

Tallahassee Lassie-- Freddy Cannon

which reminds me of:
Palisades Park -- Freddy Cannon

 

Brooklyn -- Buckcherry

China -- Tori (doesn't fit, but fuck it)

Malibu -- Hole

New York City -- They Might Be Giants

All from my iPod.

 

Going through my iTunes division:

Devil Went Down to Georgia -- Charlie Daniels Band
Take Me Back to New Orleans -- Cowboy Mouth
Panic in Cicero -- Jesus Lizard (from the Clerks soundtrack)
Dakota -- Stereophonics
Beverly Hills -- Weezer

Poetic license division:

Silver Springs -- Fleetwood Mac

From the wayback machine:

"Charleston"
"Sweet Georgia Brown"
"Chicago Breakdown" -- Louis Armstrong
"St. Louis Blues" -- The Mills Bros.

And how the fuck could we get so far along without the ultimate city-state song:

"I've Been Everywhere" -- Johnny Cash

 

One of my all-time favorite city-state songs is a song I downloaded off Kazaa about five years ago. Have no clue who sings it (it was listed as NOFX, but I don't think so) or where it's from. (Any help, SJ music experts?):

"Fuck Y'all, We're From Texas."

 

Fort Worth Blues - Townes Van Zandt & covered by Steve Earle
Birmingham and Space City - Drive-By Truckers
Abilene - Dave Alvin
Lodi - CCR
My Oklahoma Home - Pete Seeger
This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
Mississippi - Bob Dylan
California Sun - Gin Blossoms
East Virginia Blues - Gob Iron
Dallas - Joe Ely
Memphis in the Meantime - John Hiatt
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Patty Loveless
Harlan Man - Steve Earle
When It's Springtime in Alaska - Johnny Cash
Winter in the Hamptons - Josh Rouse

 

I might suggest changing I-65 to I-70 for the sake of geographic accuracy. I-65 passes nowhere near the Haute.

 

Noticeable lack of Glenn Campbell here, who gave us "Galveston" and "Wichita Lineman."

Also, not a city, but sung by a state: "Bringing it Back to Mexico" by Kansas.

 

More state and regional titles ... accept my apologizes for any repeats

"My Home's In Alabama" - Alabama
"Tennessee River" - Alabama
"Whoever's In New England" - Reba McEntire
"I Am The South" - Paul Ott
"Amarillo by Morning" - George Strait
"Mississippi Girl" - Faith Hill
"Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" - Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty
"New Orleans Ladies" - Louisiana Leroux
"Goin' Down to Laurel" - Steve Forbert
"New York Groove" - Ace Frehley
"The Streets of Bakersfield" - Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam
"Walking into Clarksdale" - Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
"Jackson" - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
"Last Train to Clarksville" - The Monkees
"Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John
"San Francisco" - Scott McKenzie
"L.A. Woman" - The Doors
"Detroit Rock City" - Kiss
"Tulsa Time" - Don Williams

 

"Tennessee Stud" — variously performed, but most prominently, in my opinion, by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

 

Sam: As far as Allentown, the majority of people there now weren't there when the song came out (and it is a pretty accurate portrayal of the place at the time). Besides, that song helped popularize a town that really has/had no reason to be on anyone's pop culture radar.

 

Brooklyn -- Steely Dan
Oh, Atlanta -- Little Feat
Midnight Train To Georgia -- Gladys Knight and the Pips.
Walkin' To New Orleans -- Fats Domino
What Made Milwaukee Famous (Made A Loser Out of Me) -- Jerry Lee Lewis
Armenia City In The Sky -- The Who

 

"I Love L.A." (Oh, those fast-breaking nights at the Fabulous Forum during "Showtime").