From Sea to Shining Sea
1 Launch (Theme from ‘Armageddon’) Trevor Rabin
2 Daytona Demon Suzi Quatro
3 I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine Joan Baez
4 Talahassee Lassie Tommy Steele
5 Swannee Al Jolson
Doing the Charleston
6 The Devil Went Down to Georgia Charlie Daniels Band
7 Georgia on my Mind Ray Charles
8 Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight & The Pips
9 Marching Through Georgia Acker Bilk
10 Working on the Chain Gang Sam Cooke
The Great Smoky Mountains
11 Summertime Billie Holliday
12 Carolina Moon Connie Francis
13 When You Get to Asheville Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
14 On Top of Old Smoky Harry Belafonte
15 Knoxville Girl The Outlaws
Country Music
16 My Tennessee Mountain Home Dolly Parton
17 Cumberland Gap Lonnie Donegan
18 Chattanooga Choo Choo The Andrews Sisters
19 Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy Freddie Cannon
20 Nashville Cats Lovin’ Spoonful
Elvis Was Here
21 Tennessee Waltz Patti Page
22 Jackson Johnny Cash & June Carter
23 Nutbush Tina Turner
24 Memphis Tennessee Elvis Presley
25 Walking in Memphis Mark Cohn
We Don’t Smoke Stogies
26 Arkansas Traveller Pete Seeger
27 Going Back to Arkansas Big Bill Broonzy
28 Wolverton Mountain Claude King
29 Okie from Muskogee Merle Haggard
30 This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie
Is this the Way?
31 Oklahoma Gordon MacRae
32 24 Hours to Tulsa Gene Pitney
33 Route 66 Nat King Cole
34 Wichita Linesman Glen Campbell
35 Is this the Way to Amarillo? Tony Christie
En Route
36 Lubbock Milton Mapes
37 Yellow Rose of Texas Roy Rogers
38 Deep in the Heart of Texas Bing Crosby
39 Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Judy Garland
40 El Paso Marty Robbins
Catch a Falling Star
41 Albuquerque ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
42 New Mexico Johnny Cash
43 By the Time I Get to Phoenix Glen Campbell
44 Take It Easy The Eagles
45 Last Train to Clarksville (Clarkdale) The Monkees
Viva! Las Vegas
46 Flagstaff Purple Sunset
47 Arizona Kings of Leon
48 London Bridge (Children’s song)
49 Boulder City Dam Blue Highway
50 Viva! Las Vegas Elvis Presley
Hollywood
51 California Here I Come Al Jolson
52 California Dreaming The Mamas & The Papas
53 Hotel California The Eagles
54 California Girls The Beach Boys
55 Last Train to San Fernando Johnny Duncan
South to the Border
56 Santa Monica Boulevard Sheryl Crow
57 When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano Ink Spots
58 America the Beautiful Mormon Tabernacle Choir
59 San Diego Billy J Kramer
60 Leaving on a Jet Plane Peter Paul & Mary
A few notes …
Some of the hints were blindingly obvious (like the blog title, for instance!), some were obscure, to be sure (‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and others), and some should be clear when you look at the pictures (‘Standing on the Corner’ Park in Winslow – the group, and a huge chunk of the lyrics can be found in one single photo!)
… and an explanation.
Not every well-known started out with the same title as it had when it became famous. The Monkees hit ‘Last Train to Clarksville’ had no connection with any Clarksville at all. It was ‘Last Train to Clarksdale (Arizona)’, but ‘Clarksville’ sounded snappier. The Monkees neither wrote it nor sang it in the beginning. The mimed it on the show.
Same for the Johnny Cash/June Carter song ‘Jackson’. It originally was ‘Memphis’. And though it doesn’t feature here, ‘Way Down Upon the Swannee River’ was originally ‘Way Down Upon the PeeDee River’. The author never even visited Florida, it is the Florida State Song, and the lyrics are somewhat politically incorrect.
We will name the winner in the next blog. Hope you all enjoyed it.
Pretty sure most of those went right over my head…..
Sounds like you had a great time though, and some good pictures!