Songs about Oklahoma City

[baralheia]

Over the weekend, my BF (who lived almost his whole life in Chicago) had me listen to "Lake Shore Drive" by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - a rather catchy tune about the famed street that follows the edge of Lake Michigan through the city of Chicago. It got me to thinking... Are there any songs out there about Oklahoma City or it's features? I think it'd be neat to compile a list of them.

Songs listed in this thread:

• Jewel - The Oklahoma City Song
• Jabee - Cool
• Nine Days - Oklahoma City
• Kim Fowley - Oklahoma City
• Argyle Street - Oklahoma City
• Cake Bake Betty - Oklahoma City
• The Fixtures - Oklahoma City Alarm Clock
• Jimmy Wakely - Oklahoma City Blues
• Charley Austin - Oklahoma City on the Radio
• Bobby Sherman - Oklahoma City Times
• The Deep Vibration - Oklahoma City Woman Blues
• Joe "King" Carrasco - Hungover in Oklahoma City

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[Roger S]

Whole list here.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...about_Oklahoma

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[baralheia]

Yeah, I found that too, but those are songs about Oklahoma as a whole, or other cities around the state... More specifically, I was meaning songs about OKC in one way or another. That list is so huge it's a bit hard to skim through and parse.

[Roger S]

Yeah, I found that too, but those are songs about Oklahoma as a whole, or other cities around the state... More specifically, I was meaning songs about OKC in one way or another. That list is so huge it's a bit hard to skim through and parse.

Most of the songs about OKC are in the same spot on the list.

[baralheia]

Fair enough, but I imagine not all songs about Oklahoma City are titled "Oklahoma City". Case in point: "Cool" by Jabee. That's why I was asking

[Roger S]

Ok... but 50% of your current list does and here are a bunch more.

"Oklahoma City" – Paul Howard and His Cotton Pickers, 1947.
"Oklahoma City" – Nine Days, 1996.
”Oklahoma City” – Kim Fowley, 1998.
"Oklahoma City" – Argyle Street, 2008.
"Oklahoma City" – Cake Bake Betty, 2009.
"Oklahoma City Alarm Clock" – The Fixtures.
"Oklahoma City Blues" – Jimmy Wakely
"Oklahoma City Blues" – Neal Pattman
"Oklahoma City on the Radio" – Charley Austin.
"Oklahoma City Times" – The Limeliters,
"Oklahoma City Woman Blues" – The Deep Vibration.
“Hungover in Oklahoma City” – Joe "King" Carrasco.

[baralheia]

Here's some of those songs that I could find on YouTube.

Nine Days - Oklahoma City

[baralheia]

Argyle Street - Oklahoma City

[baralheia]

Cake Bake Betty - Oklahoma City

[baralheia]

Bobby Sherman - Oklahoma City Times

[PhiAlpha]

The song isn't about OKC but It is mentioned in the first line of Central Daylight Time by the Wrinkle Neck Mules. You'll recognize it from the Geico Texas two stepping commercial



Heres the commercial for anyone that doesn't remember it from the billion + times it ran:

[PhiAlpha]

[HOT ROD]

Isn't Oklahoma City prominently mentioned in a number of songs, particularly Route 66 - get your kicks. "Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty!" and the Heart of Rock N Role from Huey Lewis, come to mind.

[baralheia]

When I was thinking "Songs about OKC" I was thinking more along the lines of songs that are actually about the city or some prominent part thereof, not just a simple mention of the city in the lyrics or in the title. For instance, Jabee's "Cool" talks about the streets and the people of OKC, or "Lake Shore Drive" (mentioned in the first post) waxes nostalgic about a very prominent street in Chicago. Those are the kind of songs I'm looking for; that's what I mean when I say "songs about OKC".

[Just the facts]

Does this one count?

[baralheia]

It doesn't really talk a whole lot about the city, but after reading the lyrics it's talking about picking his girlfriend up in the city and spending the weekend here, so I think that would qualify.

[Just the facts]

She lives downtown on Sycamore St.

[Laramie]

[TheSteveHunt]

https://youtu.be/KH_OcbxFoLk

[SEMIweather]

This is just general Oklahoma, not OKC-specific, but probably my favorite song that's been written about this state: https://youtu.be/pwE5pluCRgI

[SEMIweather]

Here's a great song that is OKC-specific, from what used to be my favorite OKC band (now based out of Fort Collins, CO): https://youtu.be/hSrOf0Jzrl0