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This is a list of songs set in or about New Orleans, Louisiana 0-9 "1220 Lyons Street" by Idris Muhammad "35th Street Blues" by Jelly Roll Morton "912 Greens" by ...
Pages in category "Songs about New Orleans" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
"City of New Orleans" is a country folk song written by Steve Goodman (and first recorded for Goodman's self-titled 1971 album), describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans on the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans in bittersweet and nostalgic terms.
The song was first released as Mardi Gras in New Orleans by Professor Longhair and His Shuffling Hungarians in 1949 on a Star Talent 10" 78 RPM single. A version recorded in November 1949 and produced by Ahmet Ertugun and Herb Abramson was released as a 10" by Professor Longhair and his New Orleans Boys on Atlantic in February 1950. [6]
The song is about an old man who lives in the famed New Orleans French Quarter.The man is unfazed when told that a hurricane was about to hit the city; even when "a man from Chicago" claims that the levees need to be raised, he claims that the levees will hold and the man will be "on his way to Illinois".
The song depicts unique scenes from New Orleans, and features a brief piano solo. Connick wrote the song about New Orleans when he was at his mother-in-law's (Glenna Goodacre) house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He says, in a 1996 interview, the song was written on a deadline to complete the album.
Songs about New Orleans (39 P) Pages in category "Music of New Orleans" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
The song's best known version was recorded in 1954 by the Hawketts, whose membership included Art Neville, a founding member of the Meters and the Neville Brothers. It is one of the iconic songs frequently played during the New Orleans Mardi Gras .