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Best United State of America?

danG
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Best United State of America? 66 members have voted

  1. 1. vote for your faves 1/2

    • Ferko String Band - Alabama Jubilee (#20, 1955)
      0
    • Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (#31, 1976)
      22
    • David Bowie - Alabama Song (#23, 1980)
      3
    • Johnny Horton - North To Alaska (#23, 1961)
      0
    • Freddy Cannon - California Here I Come (#24, 1960)
      0
    • Beach Boys - California Girls (#26, 1965)
      9
    • Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin (#9, 1966)
      34
    • Move - California Man (#7, 1972)
      2
    • Beach Boys - California Saga (#37, 1973)
      2
    • Eagles - Hotel California (#8, 1977)
      33
    • River City People - California Dreamin (#13, 1990)
      2
    • Wedding Present - California (#16, 1992)
      0
    • 2Pac feat. Dr Dre - California Love (#6, 1996)
      19
    • Belinda Carlisle - California (#31, 1997)
      3
    • Dante Thomas feat. Pras - Miss California (#25, 2001)
      0
    • Phantom Planet - California (#9, 2005)
      17
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California (#2, 2006)
      24
    • Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls (#1, 2010)
      26
    • Rihanna - California King Bed (#8, 2011)
      21
    • Lil Baby - California Breeze (#26, 2022)
      0
    • Perry Como - Delaware (#3, 1960)
      2
    • Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind (#24, 1960)
      4
    • Gladys Knight and the Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (#10, 1976)
      10
    • Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia (#14, 1979)
      6
    • Randy Crawford - Rainy Night In Georgia (#18, 1981)
      2
    • Julie Rogers - Hawaiian Wedding Song (#31, 1965)
      0
    • R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (#2, 1971)
      4
    • Little Richard - Kansas City (#26, 1959)
      1
    • Trini Lopez - Kansas City (#35, 1963)
      0
    • Lou Johnson - Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha) (#36, 1964)
      0
    • Adam Faith - Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird) (#12, 1964)
      0
    • Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain (#21, 1970)
      1
    • Bee Gees - Massachusetts (#1, 1967)
      18
    • Pussycat - Mississippi (#1, 1976)
      3
    • ZZ Top - My Head's In Mississippi (#37, 1991)
      2
    • Tony Brent - Walkin' To Missouri (#7, 1952)
      0
    • Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (#12, 1967)
      4
    • T.Rex - New York City (#15, 1975)
      3
    • Hello - New York Groove (#9, 1975)
      3
    • Patsy Gallant - From New York To L.A. (#6, 1977)
      4
    • Odyssey - Native New Yorker (#5, 1977)
      6
    • Darts - The Boy From New York City (#2, 1978)
      4
    • Frank Sinatra - Theme From 'New York, New York' (#4, 1980)
      11
    • Elbow Bones and the Racketeers - A Night In New York (#33, 1984)
      1
    • Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (#2, 1987)
      37
    • Sting - Englishman In New York (#15, 1988)
      16
    • Allison Jordan - The Boy From New York City (#23, 1992)
      2
    • Shinehead - Jamaican In New York (#30, 1993)
      1
    • Various Artists - New York Undercover EP (#39, 1996)
      0
    • [not voting in this poll]
      0

  2. 2. vote for your faves 2/2

    • Fun Lovin' Criminals - King Of New York (#28, 1997)
      4
    • Pet Shop Boys - New York City Boy (#14, 1999)
      16
    • Strokes - New York City Cops (#16, 2001)
      4
    • R.E.M. - Leaving New York (#5, 2004)
      8
    • Wombats - Moving To New York (#13, 2008)
      17
    • Paloma Faith - New York (#15, 2009)
      25
    • Taylor Swift - Welcome To New York (#39, 2014)
      21
    • Charles Hamilton feat. Rita Ora - New York Raining (#29, 2015)
      4
    • Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (#6, 1971)
      2
    • Bonnie Lou - Tennessee Wig Walk (#4, 1954)
      0
    • Dave Berry and the Cruisers - Memphis Tennessee (#19, 1963)
      0
    • Chuck Berry - Memphis Tennessee (#6, 1963)
      3
    • Arrested Development - Tennessee (#18, 1992)
      2
    • Mitch Miller and his Orchestra and Chorus - The Yellow Rose Of Texas (#2, 1955)
      0
    • Gary Miller - The Yellow Rose Of Texas (#13, 1955)
      0
    • Ronnie Hilton - The Yellow Rose Of Texas (#15, 1955)
      0
    • Duane Eddy - Deep In The Heart Of Texas (#19, 1962)
      0
    • The Grid - Texas Cowboys (#17, 1993)
      2
    • Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em (#1, 2024)
      18
    • Roxy Music - Virginia Plain (#4, 1972)
      5
    • Drake - Virginia Beach (#6, 2023)
      1
    • [not voting in this poll]
      4

  3. 3. Bonus: Best charting artist named after a US state

    • Alabama 3
      5
    • Arizona Zervas
      2
    • Florida Georgia Line
      7
    • Georgia Gibbs
      0
    • Georgia Satellites
      1
    • Georgia Jones
      0
    • Indiana
      5
    • French Montana
      6
    • Nevada (of 2003 hit 'Dancin Tonight')
      0
    • Nevada (of 2016 hit 'The Mack')
      1
    • New York City
      0
    • Ohio Express
      1
    • Tennessee Ernie Ford
      2
    • Tennessee Three
      0
    • Texas
      32
    • Utah Saints
      23
    • Dinah Washington
      2
    • Geno Washington
      0
    • Grover Washington Jr
      2
    • Keith Washington
      4
    • Sarah Washington
      2
    • [not voting in this poll]
      10

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Some of them chart peaks for California Dreamin, Sweet Home Alabama etc are ridiculously low for the legend of the songs!
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Popular Days

California Dreamin'

Midnight Train to Georgia

New York City Cops

King of New York

Texas Cowboys

Virginia Plain

(voted for a few others too but the above are particular faves)

 

Plus, of course, UTAH SAINTS U U U UTAH SAINTS! *.*

I am legally obliged to post this from Rob Newman and David Baddiel (The Mary Whitehouse EWxperience). This was one of a number of acoustic (Unplugged) spoofs they did as a running joke. Sorry the quality of the video is so poor.

 

I voted..

 

Sweet Home Alabama

California Dreamin

Hotel California

Dani California

California King Bed

Midnight Train To Georgia

Massachusetts

Fairytale Of New York

Texas Hold Em

 

Texas

Utah Saints

 

Edit : California Girls as well!

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