# Streets mentioned in Pop/Rock songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931 "2006-10-10T14:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/21 "2006-10-10T15:48:28Z")
Shakedown Street- Dead Highway 61 Revisited- Dylan, various covers ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/22 "2006-10-10T15:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] …State Street (that great street): Frank Sinatra and many others [/QUOTE] (from the song “Chicago”) ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/23 "2006-10-10T15:52:04Z")
Also from Tom Waits: Virginia Avenue (in which he also mentions Columbus Avenue) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/24 "2006-10-10T15:54:15Z")
Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/25 "2006-10-10T16:02:00Z")
“Baker Street”–Gerry Rafferty “Electric Avenue”–Eddy Grant Santa Monica Freeway, “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/26 "2006-10-10T16:07:14Z")
Blue Highway- Geo. Thoroughgood Some Allman Bros. song speaks of being “born in … a bus…Highway 31” Cajun Waltz- Sonny Landreth “…south of I-10 we really got it made…” Congo Square- also Sonny 88 Elmira Street- Danny Gatton 6th Avenue Heartache- Wallflowers ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/27 "2006-10-10T16:09:36Z")
[QUOTE=Hey you!] (from the song “Chicago”) [/QUOTE] Thanks…I knew Sinatra was referring to Chicago’s State Street, but for some reason, I drew a blank on the song name. Maybe I just need more coffee this morning. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/28 "2006-10-10T16:11:46Z")
Ammonia Avenue- Alan Parsons Project Freeway of Love- Aretha Franklin ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/29 "2006-10-10T16:21:37Z")
Another Baker Street - Jethro Tull, Baker Street Muse The [A1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_road) - Tull Too Old To Rock and Roll Twelfth Street and Vine - Wilber Harrison (?) Kansas City ---
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Rosemary & Cameron streets in Chapel Hill, NC - Ben Folds Five “Kate” ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/31 "2006-10-10T16:27:37Z")
Randy Newman’s “I Love LA” mentions a handful of streets. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/32 "2006-10-10T16:34:48Z")
“Dead End Street” - The Kinks “Respectable Street” - XTC ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/33 "2006-10-10T16:37:20Z")
_Pico and Sepulveda_ lists a whole lot of LA streets. Trivia bit: Alan Parson’s \*Ammonia Avenue \* references a real street that they came across at a refinery. Presumably it intersected with the likes of Methane Way and Gasoline Alley. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/34 "2006-10-10T16:37:40Z")
Shawn Mullins - Lullabye > [@](#): > > Now she feels safe in this bar on Fairfax It also references Hollywood Hills and Boulevard, not sure if that counts. 🙂 ---
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Time to get some Southern streets into the mix: **Bourbon Street** and **Esplanade** - “New Orleans Ladies” - LeRoux **Atlanta Highway** - “Love Shack” - B52s **Copperhead Road** - “Copperhead Road” - Steve Earle **Highway 41** - “Ramblin’ Man” - Allman Brothers Band **[Highway] 441** - “American Girl” - Tom Petty **Beale [Street]** - “Walking in Memphis” - Marc Cohn **Lonely Street** - “Heartbreak Hotel” - Elvis Presley ---
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**Lake Shore Drive** - Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/37 "2006-10-10T18:42:25Z")
Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-mentioned-in-pop-rock-songs/375931/38 "2006-10-10T18:48:39Z")
“Across 110th Street” - Bobby Womack “Delancy Street” - Dana Dane “Vapors” - Biz Markie (“Do you remember me from Noble Street, chief?”) “The Ave” - Run DMC (OK, that’s a stretch) “Boys N the Hood” - NWA (“Bust a left turn, was on Crenshaw”) ---
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Down on “Main Street” Bob Seger. ---
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