Shakedown Street- Dead
Highway 61 Revisited- Dylan, various covers
(from the song “Chicago”)
Also from Tom Waits: Virginia Avenue (in which he also mentions Columbus Avenue)
Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees
“Baker Street”–Gerry Rafferty
“Electric Avenue”–Eddy Grant
Santa Monica Freeway, “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma”
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
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.
Ammonia Avenue- Alan Parsons Project
Freeway of Love- Aretha Franklin
Another Baker Street - Jethro Tull, Baker Street Muse
The A1 - Tull Too Old To Rock and Roll
Twelfth Street and Vine - Wilber Harrison (?) Kansas City
Rosemary & Cameron streets in Chapel Hill, NC - Ben Folds Five “Kate”
Randy Newman’s “I Love LA” mentions a handful of streets.
“Dead End Street” - The Kinks
“Respectable Street” - XTC
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.
Shawn Mullins - Lullabye
It also references Hollywood Hills and Boulevard, not sure if that counts.
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
Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah
Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel
“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”)
Down on “Main Street” Bob Seger.
I-405 - “405” Death Cab for Cutie