# Cities mentioned in Huey Lewis' "Heart of Rock and Roll"

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**Created:** [June 9, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-mentioned-in-huey-lewis-heart-of-rock-and-roll/499225 "2009-06-09T17:31:48Z")\
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> [@subcarrier](#):
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> In Milwaukee (and I assume in Minneapolis) Huey said “Minneapolis! Milwaukee!”. I heard the song on the radio today (in Milwaukee), but it wasn’t there. Of course, the 80’s were analog and the stations probably got the personalized versions on a reel-to-reel tape, which was transferred to a cart.

Which reminds me of “We Built This City (on Rock & Roll)” where the generic DJ prattle mid-song was overdubbed by the local Chicago radio stations to promote themselves. I’m sure this was not limited to Chicago, of course.

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Also Woody Guthrie, Roger Miller, Hoyt Axton, Chet Baker, Roy Clark, Eddie Cochran, Lee Hazlewood, Bob Dunn, Chainsaw Kittens, Flaming Lips, Reba McEntire, Patti Page, Bob Wills, Sheb Wooley, Conway Twitty, Gene Autry - to name a few influential and/or contemporary early 80s musicians.

OKC and Tulsa are both on Rt 66.

I always wondered why we rated two, though.

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-mentioned-in-huey-lewis-heart-of-rock-and-roll/499225/23 "2013-05-10T17:05:53Z")

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> [@\_3Bill](#):
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> In 1959, Tommy Facenda recorded 28 local versions of “High School USA,” which consisted almost entirely of high school name checks. It (they) became a top forty hit nattionwide.

Better, Bobby Rydell’s _Kissin’ Time_, released the same year: “They’re kissin’ in Cleveland, Kansas City too . . .” Bobby was 17.

Later recorded by — Kiss!

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> [@Timchik](#):
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> The Canadian version added “Toronto! And Montreal!” at the fade out in a way that sounded just different enough to make it really obvious they were pandering to the market.

Huh! I never heard that version growing up in western Canada.

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-mentioned-in-huey-lewis-heart-of-rock-and-roll/499225/25 "2013-05-11T05:45:03Z")

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Dancing in the Streets. Shout outs to:  
Chicago  
New Orleans  
New York City  
Philadelphia P.A.,  
Baltimore  
D.C  
motor city  
Way down in L.A

And these wacky places:  
in the streets  
around the world  
across the nation  
Across the ocean blue

And spoken at the end of the Mama’s and Papa’s version:  
“Not to mention Hafilax, Nova Scotia.”  
“Not to mention [?]”  
“Well, [?], you know?” “Yes, I know.”  
“Manchester?” “And, oh, Amherst, Amherst.”  
“Alexandria?” “And Virginia, Virginia.”  
“Falls Church?” “Where’s that?”  
“[?] --oh, Boyle Heights”  
“Boyle heights? Never heard of it…”

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