Streets mentioned in Pop/Rock songs

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. :slight_smile:

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. :slight_smile:

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