NJ also has favorite son Francis Albert Sinatra but he never sang about New Jersey really.
Long Island has Billy Joel but I don’t think he can claim New York State.
I suppose Kansas might work for Kansas, though does it?
Cleveland and Drew Carey.
Detroit and Ted Nugent?
I was going for singers/bands, sorry if that wasn’t clear.
San Francisco: Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead
Los Angeles: The Doors
Liverpool: The Beatles
Minnesota and Prince
Bob Seger and Michigan
Bruce Willis and Philadelphia.
Darryl Hall and Philadelphia.
Red Hot Chili Peppers and California, specifically southern California.
Utah and the Osmonds.
Soft Machine, Wilde Flowers, Caravan, Gong, Hatfield and the North, and National Health are all strongly identified with Canterbury in the UK. There’s a whole list of progressive rock groups that are connected.
Similarly, Orpheus, The Beacon Street Union, Ultimate Spinach, and many others were associated strongly with Boston (much to their dismay).
Grand Funk (Railroad) and Flint, Michigan
Fats Domino and New Orleans/Louisiana
Jimmy Buffet and Florida
Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, The Charlatans and Manchestet.
The Minutemen / San Pedro
Shepherd’s Bush / The Who
Notorious B.I.G. on the East Coast, Tupac Shakur on the West Coast. Eminem in Detroit.
The Ramones and Blondie are closely connected to New York City.
The big 4 and the Bay area.
John Mellencamp and Indiana.
John Denver and Aspen.
Particularly south Florida, and Key West, I’d think.