# Where The Streets Do Have Names: Song Titles Which Are Street Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776 "2005-10-25T05:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/41 "2005-10-25T15:59:45Z")
**157 Riverside Avenue** - REO Speedwagon **Slaughter on 10th Avenue** - Richard Rodgers ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/42 "2005-10-25T16:28:54Z")
“Doubleback Alley” - The Rutles ---
**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 25, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/43 "2005-10-25T17:25:01Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” - the Munchkins in _The Wizard of Oz_ And of course “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” - Elton John (Duh!) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/44 "2005-10-25T17:33:57Z")
“The Ballad of Thunder Road” - Robert Mitchum ---
**Author:** ![sponge\_worthy\_bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@sponge\_worthy\_bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sponge_worthy_bob)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/45 "2005-10-25T17:50:01Z")
tobacco road - david lee roth gypsy road - cinderella 6th avenue heartache - wallflowers ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/46 "2005-10-25T17:58:16Z")
Broadway, The Clash ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/47 "2005-10-25T18:12:49Z")
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway… ---
**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 25, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/48 "2005-10-25T18:15:33Z")
“On the Blue Highway” --George Thorogood “Highway 61 Revisited” --Bob Dylan “Highway 41” --Allman Brothers “On Broadway” --The Coasters? “Ammonia Avenue” --Alan Parsons Project “Under the Boardwalk” --Sam Cooke? “Positively 4th Street” --Bob Dylan “6th Avenue Heartache” --The Wallflowers (Jakob Dylan) “Wimpole Street Song” --from Robert and Elizabeth “Moon Over Bourbon Street” --Sting “Heart Attack and Vine (?)” --Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/49 "2005-10-25T18:24:57Z")
Randy Newman’s **I Love L.A.** mentions several Los Angeles streets by name. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/50 "2005-10-25T18:32:24Z")
Bob Dylan’s \*\*Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues \*\* tells you not to put on any airs when your down on Rue Morgue Avenue. In **Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Bles Again** , he tells us of a man who built a fire on Main Street and shot it full of holes. In **Tangled Up In Blue** , he shares a basement apartment on Montague Street with a woman he met in a topless place. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/51 "2005-10-25T18:35:36Z")
“Wall Street Rag” - Scott Joplin ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/52 "2005-10-25T18:37:44Z")
10th Avenue Freeze Out - Bruce Springsteen ---
**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 25, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/53 "2005-10-25T18:40:39Z")
In the Street– **Big Star** Brickhouse Road– **Lynyrd Skynyrd** ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/54 "2005-10-25T22:24:16Z")
The Wall Street Shuffle by\* 10cc\* One-Way Street by _Aerosmith_ Ventura Highway by _America_ Blue Highway by\* Billy Idol\* Street of Dreams by\* Rainbow\* ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/55 "2005-10-25T22:35:26Z")
Not _exactly_ an answer per the OP, but worth an Honorable Mention: **On the Street Where You Live** from _My Fair Lady._ ---
**Author:** ![jainsafel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@jainsafel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jainsafel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/56 "2005-10-25T23:00:15Z")
Mercy Street – Peter Gabriel (_This_ is what brings me out of lurkerdom?!) ---
**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 25, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/57 "2005-10-25T23:19:03Z")
“Dead End Street” - The Kinks “Respectable Street” - XTC ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/58 "2005-10-25T23:19:52Z")
> [@jainsafel](#): > > Mercy Street – Peter Gabriel > > (_This_ is what brings me out of lurkerdom?!) Heh, heh…works every time! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/59 "2005-10-25T23:52:05Z")
_The Valley Road_ – Bruce Hornsby _Seven Bridges Road_ – The Eagles _Church on the Cumberland Road_ – Shenandoah _Summer Ridge Drive_ – Artie Shaw _Devil Gate Drive_ – Suzi Quatro _Lonely Avenue_ – Ray Charles _Beale Street Blues_ – Written by WC Handy, performed by many artists _A1A_ – Jimmy Buffett album named for Florida’s [Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway](http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/2477/) ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-streets-do-have-names-song-titles-which-are-street-names/327776/60 "2005-10-26T00:16:45Z")
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