These are songs that contain States names in the lyrics or title.
“I’ve Been Everywhere” is a rapid-fire novelty song originally written in 1959 by Australian country singer-songwriter Geoff Mack, who crafted it as a tongue-twisting travelogue listing dozens of towns across Australia, but it was later adapted to American geography in 1962 by Hank Snow,
Mother loved Country Music and Patsy Cline was one of her favorites.
Patsy Cline, born Virginia Patterson Hensley on September 8, 1932, in Winchester, Virginia, remains one of the most revered voices in American country music history. Raised in a working-class family during the Great Depression, her early years were marked by hardship. Her father, Samuel Hensley, left the family when she was young, leaving her mother, Hilda, to support Patsy and her siblings.
This “Stand Out Single” was one of my Mom’s and a favorite of mine as a kid.
The single “I’m a Nut” / “Knee Deep” by Leroy Pullins, released in June 1966, stands as a notable example of country novelty music. Leroy Pullins, both the writer and performer, crafted “I’m a Nut” with a humorous and whimsical style reminiscent of Roger Miller, leading to frequent misattributions to Miller.
England swings like a pendulum do
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two, Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben, The rosy-red cheeks of the little children
As a record collector, I went out and hunted down a lot of my favorites but obviously came nowhere near getting them all. Here are some of the favorites that I didn’t own at the time.
