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Subject: Songs about Iowa, Alaska, Kentucky, and Colorado
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: jonnydev-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 28 Mar 2005 20:50 PST
Expires: 27 Apr 2005 21:50 PDT
Question ID: 501792
I would like a list of 20 mainstream songs from any time period that
have Iowa, Alaska, Kentucky, or Colorado in the title, or as a major
subject in the song.  I would like at least 4 for each state, and a
total of 20.
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Subject: Re: Songs about Iowa, Alaska, Kentucky, and Colorado
Answered By: rainbow-ga on 29 Mar 2005 03:06 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hi jonnydev,

The following are songs with titles and/or lyrics which contain the
names of the states you requested:


ALASKA

Road to Alaska - Bee Gees

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Bee+Gees/Miscellaneous/Road+to+Alaska/37526.html

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Alaska And Me - John Denver

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/John+Denver/Miscellaneous/Alaska+And+Me/167838.html

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North To Alaska - Johnny Horton

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Horton+Johnny/Miscellaneous/North+To+Alaska/116666.html

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Alaska - Eyes Adrift

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Eyes+Adrift/Eyes+Adrift/Alaska/251376.html

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When It's Springtime In Alaska (it's Forty Below) - Johnny Horton 

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Johnny+Horton/Miscellaneous/When+It%27s+Springtime+In+Alaska+%28it%27s+Forty+Below%29/194630.html

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Alaska Country - Shocking Blue

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Shocking+Blue/Shocking+Blue+Live+In+Japan/Alaska+Country/111013.html

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IOWA

All I Iowa - Dick Haymes

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Dick+Haymes/Miscellaneous/All+I+Iowa/245643.html

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Iowa - Dar Williams

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Dar+Williams/Mortal+City/Iowa/17693.html

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Iowa Stubborn - Meredith Wilson

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Willson+Meredith/The+Music+Man/Iowa+Stubborn/112014.html

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Iowa - Slipknot

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Slipknot/Miscellaneous/Iowa/148880.html

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KENTUCKY

Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Elvis+Presley/Miscellaneous/Kentucky+Rain/139329.html

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Kentucky Woman - Neil Diamond 

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Diamond+Neil/Miscellaneous/KENTUCKY+WOMAN/82667.html

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Blue Moon Of Kentucky - LeAnn Rimes 

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/LeAnn+Rimes/Miscellaneous/Blue+Moon+Of+Kentucky/164289.html

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My Old Kentucky Home - Johnny Cash

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Cash+Johnny/Miscellaneous/My+Old+Kentucky+Home/17010.html

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Kentucky Bluebird - Burt Bacharach

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Burt+Bacharach/Miscellaneous/Kentucky+Bluebird/234426.html

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Kentucky Gambler - Dolly Parton

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Dolly+Parton/Miscellaneous/Kentucky+Gambler/160360.html

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Blue Kentucky Girl - Loretta Lynn

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Loretta+Lynn/Miscellaneous/Blue+Kentucky+Girl+%281965%29/242251.html

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My Old Kentucky Home - Randy Newman

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Randy+Newman/Miscellaneous/My+Old+Kentucky+Home/144100.html

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COLORADO

Bound for Colorado - Jackson Browne

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Jackson+Browne/Miscellaneous/BOUND+FOR+COLORADO/155775.html

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I Guess He?d Rather Be In Colorado - John Denver

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/John+Denver/Miscellaneous/I+Guess+He%92d+Rather+Be+In+Colorado/165561.html

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Rocky Mountain High - John Denver

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/John+Denver/Miscellaneous/Rocky+Mountain+High/166575.html

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Colorado - Stephen Stills

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Stills+Stephen/Manassas/Colorado/204031.html

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Denver Dream - Donna Summer

http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Donna+Summer/Miscellaneous/Denver+Dream/170689.html


Source: 
Song Lyrics
http://www.songlyrics.com/


I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions regarding my answer
please don?t hesitate to ask before rating it.

Best regards,
Rainbow
jonnydev-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Excellent work.

Comments  
Subject: Re: Songs about Iowa, Alaska, Kentucky, and Colorado
From: crythias-ga on 29 Mar 2005 06:21 PST
 
http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/animaniacs/animaniacs_200000/wakkos_america-89202-lyric/

A song with every state and its capital. :) fun, fun fun!

Free comment.
Subject: Re: Songs about Iowa, Alaska, Kentucky, and Colorado
From: voila-ga on 29 Mar 2005 08:29 PST
 
"Anchorage" by Michelle Shocked from "Short Sharp Shocked."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001FOH/qid=1112113302/sr=8-13/ref=pd_ka_6/104-2181442-3682355?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

Think I'll go play it now....
? V ?
Subject: Re: Songs about Iowa, Alaska, Kentucky, and Colorado
From: cryptica-ga on 29 Mar 2005 13:21 PST
 
In addition to those, here are some from a book by my brother, "The
Green Book of Songs by Subject: A Thematic Guide to Popular Music:"

ALASKA - Bobby G.Rice
ALASKA --UK
ALASKA --Danny Gottlieb
ALASKA CATS - Garrison Keillior & Frederica von Stade
ALASKA HIGHWAY - Neon Judgment
ALASKA QUEEN - Joe Hackney
ALASKAN SUITE: NORTHERN LIGHTS - Lyle Mays
ALASKAN SUNRISE - Dick Pinney
NORTH TO ALASKA - Besides Johnny Horton, Dwight Yoakum ("under the covers" album)
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN - Lefty Frizzel  (I guess it talks about Alaska)
THEME FROM NORTHERN EXPOSURE - David Schwartz
WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA - Johnny Horton (Rainbow's already mentioned)

ALONG THE COLORADO TRAIL - The Weavers
COAST OF COLORADO  - Skip Ewing
COLORADO - Linda Ronstadt and another version by Stephen Stills, which
Rainbow listed already
COLORADO CALLING ME - Jim & Jesse
COLORADO KOOL AID  - Johnny Paycheck
COLORADO QUEENIE - Little David Wilkins
COLORADO SONG - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
COLORADO TRAIL - Ian Tyson. Also version by Salli Terri
COME & GROW WITH ME IN COLORADO - Tom Paxton
COORS IN COLORADO - Ray Price
DON'T BLAME ME FOR COLORADO - Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
I GUESS HE'D RATHER BE IN COLORADO - John Denver   (Rainbow lists this, too)
I WONDER HOW IT IS IN COLORADO - Gene Watson
LONG AFTERNOONS - Jerry Jeff Walker
MOONLIGHT ON THE COLORADO - Sons of the Pioneers
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - John Denver  (Rainbow lists this, too)
SHE CAME FROM FORT WORTH - Kathy Mattea (guess she ends up in colorado?)
SILENCE ON THE LINE - Chris LeDoux
SOMEDAY SOON - Judy Collins. Also Chris LeDoux version.  Ian & Syvlia
version. Moe Bandy version. Suzy Boggus version.
WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN - Clint Black

IOWA - Soup Stone
IOWA - Phoids
IOWA - Spelunkers
IOWA - Dar Willimas
IOWA FIGHT SONG --Original Soundtrack: "The Greatest College Fight Songs"
IOWA LANDS - Robin Holcom
IOWA STUBBORN - from "The Music Man"
IOWA WALTZ - Greg Brown
JENNY (IOWA SUNRISE) - Janis Ian
LOVE SONG FOR IOWA - Bonnie Koloc
ON IOWA - Original Soundtrack: "The Greatest College Fight Songs"

lots of Kentucky Songs (some previously mentioned by Rainbow):

BACK IN KENTUCKY - Leadbelly.  Also one by Tom Rush.
BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL - Emmy Lou Harris.  Also Loretta Lynn.
BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY - versions by Elvis (per Rainbow) and Bill
Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
BOWLING GREEN - Everly Bros.
BUS FARE TO KENTUCKY - Skeeter Davis
COUNTRY IN MY JEANS - Loretta Lynn
DOWN HOME IN KENTUCKY - Frankie Jaxton
EAST KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS - Anne Hills
GOIN' BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY - New Grass Revival
GREEN KENTUCKY EYES - Pal Rakes
HILLS OF KENTUCKY - Debby McClatchy & the Red Clay Runners
I AM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW- Ralph Stanley. Also the Soggy Mountain
Boys (soundtrack to "O, Brother Where Art Thou?)
I CAN HEAR KENTUCKY CALLING ME - Chet Atkins
I WONDER HOW THE OLD FOLKS ARE AT HOME - Doc & Merle Watson
I'M GOING BACK TO KENTUCKY - Bill Monroe
KENTUCKIAN SONG - Eddy Arnold
KENTUCKY - versions by Everly Bros., Gail Davies, Mac Wiseman, Osborne
Brothers, Whistein Brothers
KENTUCKY AVENUE - Tom Waits
KENTUCKY AVENUE, A.C. - Duke Ellington
KENTUCKY BLUEBIRD - Keith Whitley
KENTUCKY BLUES - Joy Ford. Also Roy Bookbinder
KENTUCKY FLOWER - King Edward IV & The Knights
KENTUCKY FRIED BLUES - Nazareth
KENTUCKY GAMBLER - Merle Haggard & The Strangers
KENTUCKY HILLS OF TENNESSEE - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet AIrmen
KENTUCKY MANDOLIN - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
KENTUCKY MEANS PARADISE - Barbara Mandreel.  Also Roger Bellow
KENTUCKY MOONSHINE - Pure Prairie League
KENTUCKY MOONSHINER - Davd Van Rocnk.  George Tucker
KENTUCKY POOL - John Hartford
KENTUCKY RAIN - Elvis
KENTUCKY SLOP SONG - NRBQ
KENTUCKY SONG BIRD - Roger Whitaker
KENTUCKY SUNRISE - Ringling Brothers B & B Band
KENTUCKY WALTZ - Bill Monroe.  Bill Monroe & Emmy Lou Harris
KENTUCKY WOMAN - Deep Purple.  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap.  Neil Diamond
KENTUCKY WOMAN - Billy Cole Reed
KENTUCKY WOMAN - Ronnie Milsap
MEET ME TONIGHT BY MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME - Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys
MESSAGE TO MICHAEL - Dionne Warwick
MOON OF KENTUCKY - Elvis
MY' Ol' KENTUCKY ROCK & ROLL HOME - Original cast album: Oil City Symphony
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME - Al Jolson.   Ry Cooder.  Salli Terri.
MY ROSE OF OLD KENTUCKY - Billl Monore.  Bill Monroe & Flatt & Scruggs.
NO CHRISTMAS IN KENTUCKY - Phil Ochs
NOTHIN' BUT THE TAIL LIGHTS - Clint Black
OLD KENTUCKY FIDDLE - Hoot Hester
OLD KENTUCKY HOME - Randy Newman  
OLD KENTUCKY LAND - The Kingston Trio
OLD KENTUCKY SONG - The Oak Ridge Boys
ON THE OLD KENTUCKY SHORE - J.D.Crowe
ONE PIECE AT A TIME - Johnny Cash
ROLL ALONG, KENTUCKY MOON - Jimmie Rodgers.  Also version by Leon Redbone.
SOMEWHERE IN KENTUCKY - Charlie Bandy
SWEET KENTUCKY HAM - David Frishberg
TAKE ME BACK TO KENTUCKY - Cross Country Grass
TUCK ME TO SLEEP IN MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME - Blue Sky Boys
WILD KENTUCKY ROAN - Mike Audridge
WILD KENTUCKY SKIES - Marty Brown

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