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"New Orleans Song" by La Croix "New Orleans Stomp" by Louis Armstrong "New Orleans Street March" by Chris Farlowe, Brian Auger and Pete York "New Orleans Strut" by Cannonball Adderley "A New Orleans Suite" by Sheba Sound "New Orleans Twist" by Blazer Boy "New Orleans When It Rains" by Razzy Bailey "New Orleans Wiggle" by Piron's New Orleans ...
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. *
One of Elvis Presley's most famous songs, “Jailhouse Rock,” was released in 1957 in conjunction with the movie of the same name. ... Recorded in New Orleans, the original song included racy ...
"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.
Early New Orleans jazz bands had habaneras in their repertoire and the tresillo/habanera figure was a rhythmic staple of jazz at the turn of the 20th century. Comparing the music of New Orleans with the music of Cuba, Wynton Marsalis observes that tresillo is the New Orleans "clave". [25]
The Meters, Lee Dorsey, Ernie K-Doe [4] gained hit songs. New band Galactic released jazz funk album. Mahalia Jackson. The city also has a rich tradition of gospel music and spirituals; Mahalia Jackson was the most famous of New Orleans' gospel singers. She is buried in Metairie.
In Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs in the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "The Battle of New Orleans" was ranked as the 28th song overall [3] and the number-one country music song to appear on the chart. [4] Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. [5]
Ray Stevens, on his 2007 album New Orleans Moon. [27] The Grateful Dead performed the song live 3 times in 1970, and once in 1984 along with members of The Band. [28] The song was performed in the 1998 movie the Blues Brothers 2000 by the Blues Brothers Band and "The Louisiana Gator Boys". It was also included in the movie's soundtrack album.