Modern songs - Post 1960

• "5-3-10-4" - Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band that formed in McHenry, Illinois, in 1996. The band's line-up consists of Matt Skiba , Dan Andriano , and Derek Grant...
  
  
• "Back to Chicago" - Styx
  Styx (band)
  Styx is an American rock band that became famous for its albums from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Chicago band is known for melding the style of prog-rock with the power of hard rock guitar, strong ballads, and elements of American musical theater....
  
  
• "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
  Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
  "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is the title of a song written by American folk rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his 1973 album Life and Times, the song was a Number One pop hit for him, spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1973...
  
  " - Jim Croce
  Jim Croce
  James Joseph "Jim" Croce January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973 was an American singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and 11 singles...
  
  
• "Baseball Dreams" - Ralph's World
  Ralph's World
  Ralph's World is a children's music group created by Ralph Covert. Covert, previously of Chicago-based indie-rock group The Bad Examples, uses high rock and roll energy with kid-friendly lyrics....
  
  
• "Best Wishes to your Black Lung" - Less Than Jake
  Less Than Jake
  Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio, the band evolved into a hybrid of ska punk. Less Than Jake have also been cited as showing influences from a wide variety of genres including post-grunge, heavy metal, alternative...
  
  
• "Born in Chicago" - Paul Butterfield
  Paul Butterfield
  Paul Butterfield was an American blues vocalist and harmonica player, who founded the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the early 1960s and performed at the original Woodstock Festival...
  
  
• "Calling Me Home, Chicago" 1985 - Composer: Paul David Wilson
  Paul David Wilson
  Paul David Wilson is a songwriter, composer, conductor, and music producer. Most of his professional life has been devoted to music, including composing for radio and TV commercials, he was became the president of a start-up record label begun by Frank Thomas, who was then the starring player on...
  
  
• "Casimir Pulaski Day" - Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...
  
  
• "Chi-City" - Common
  Common (rapper)
  Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. , better known by his stage name Common , is an American hip-hop artist and actor....
  
  
• "Chicago" - Alexz Johnson
  Alexz Johnson
  Alexzandra Spencer "Alexz" Johnson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Her debut album Voodoo was independently released on March 30, 2010....
  
  
• "Chicago" - Big D and the Kids Table
  Big D and the Kids Table
  Big D and the Kids Table is a ska punk band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork In Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records and SideOneDummy...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Bis
  Bis (band)
  Bis are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark , John Clark , and Amanda MacKinnon . Formed in 1994, the band broke up in 2003, but reformed briefly in 2007 for a series of concerts.-History:...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Clueso
  Clueso
  Clueso is a German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer.Clueso, named after Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther, started making music in 1995. In 1998 he got to know his future manager Andreas Welskop and gave up his hairdressing apprenticeship. His first vinyl Clüsolo was released on BMG...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Da Brat
  Da Brat
  Shawntae Harris , better known as Da Brat, is an American rapper and actress. Her debut album, Funkdafied, sold one million copies, making her the first female rapper to have a platinum-selling album.-Early life:...
  
  
• "Chicago" - The Doobie Brothers
  The Doobie Brothers
  The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band. The group has sold over 40 million units worldwide throughout their career. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.-Original incarnation:...
  
  
• "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)
  Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)
  "Chicago" is a popular song. It was written by Fred Fisher and was published in 1922. The song has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known version is by Frank Sinatra....
  
  " - Fred Fisher
  Fred Fisher
  Fred Fisher was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher. Fisher founded Fred Fisher Music Publishing Company in 1907. He was born as Albert von Breitenbach in Cologne...
  
  , popularized by Frank Sinatra
  Frank Sinatra
  Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Frédéric François
  Frédéric François
  Frédéric François is a Belgian – Italian singer, born in Sicily, near Palermo.-Biography:In 1952, his family left his village to settle in Wallonia, Tilleur . When he was 12, he bought a guitar and sang at night in cabarets after work at the mine, with his father...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Hieroglyphics
  Hieroglyphics (band)
  Hieroglyphics, also known as the Hieroglyphics Crew and Hiero, are an American underground hip hop collective based in Oakland, California. The collective was founded in the early-1990s by rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Ingram Hill
  Ingram Hill
  Ingram Hill is a rock band from Memphis, Tennessee.In the summer of 2000, after attending the University of Memphis childhood friends Justin Moore and Phil Bogard joined with Shea Sowell and Matt Chambless to form the band. They spent much of the next year and a half touring throughout the...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Kate Voegele
  Kate Voegele
  Kate Elizabeth Voegele is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is signed to Interscope Records. She is also known for her part as Mia Catalano in the CW TV series One Tree Hill.-Career:...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Lucy Wainwright Roche
  Lucy Wainwright Roche
  Lucy Wainwright Roche is an American singer-songwriter, and the daughter of musicians, Loudon Wainwright III and Suzzy Roche. Preceded by two EPs, 8 Songs and 8 More, Roche released her debut album, Lucy in October 2010....
  
  
• "Chicago" - Portugal. The Man
  Portugal. The Man
  Portugal. The Man is an American psychedelic rock band based in Portland, Oregon, but originally from Wasilla, Alaska. The group released their first two albums with Fearless Records. They also released material on their own imprint Approaching AIRballoons through indie label Equal Vision Records...
  
  
• "Chicago" - The Purple Hearts
  Purple Hearts (Australian band)
  The Purple Hearts were an Australian rock group, formed in Brisbane in 1964. The band consisted of lead vocalist Mick Hadley, lead guitarist Barry Lyde , rhythm guitarist Fred Pickard, bassist Bob Dames, and drummers Adrian 'Red' Redmond and Tony Cahill .It is notable that Brisbane, traditionally...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Pal Joey (musical), Rodgers & Hart
• "Chicago" - Sean Watkins
  Sean Watkins
  Sean Charles Watkins is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is a member of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek, the duo Fiction Family and the supergroup Works Progress Administration.-Nickel Creek:...
  
  
• "Chicago" - Shawnna
  Shawnna
  Rashawnna Guy , better known by her stage name Shawnna is an American rapper. She was the first female artist signed to Def Jam through Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace Records...
  
  
• "Chicago
  Chicago (Sufjan Stevens song)
  "Chicago" is a track from Sufjan Stevens 2005 concept album Illinois, released on Asthmatic Kitty. The song tells the semi-autobiographical story of a young man on a road trip, and his youthful idealism. The track is Stevens' signature song, and he usually ends his live shows with a version of this...
  
  " - Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...
  
  
• "Chicago" - The Tossers
  The Tossers
  The Tossers are a six-piece Celtic punk band from Chicago, Illinois. They formed in July 1993. They have toured with Murphy's Law, Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, Dropkick Murphys, The Reverend Horton Heat, Flogging Molly, Street Dogs, Clutch, Sick of it All & Mastodon. They opened for The Pogues...
  
  
• "Chicago" - The Uglysuit
  The Uglysuit
  The Uglysuit were an indie rock band from Oklahoma City. They are made up of Israel Hindman , Kyle Mayfield , Crosby Bray , Jonathan Martin , Colin Bray , and Dustin Maynord .-Name and Formation:Their name, "The Uglysuit", is a reference to how the band...
  
  
• "Chicago...." - Screeching Weasel
  Screeching Weasel
  Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1986 by Ben Weasel and John Jughead.Since their formation, Screeching Weasel have broken up and reformed numerous times with numerous line-up changes. Ben Weasel has been the only constant...
  
  
• "Chicago at Night" - Spoon
  Spoon (band)
  Spoon is an American rock band formed in Austin, Texas. The band is composed of Britt Daniel ; Jim Eno ; Rob Pope and Eric Harvey .-History:...
  
  
• "Chicago Bound" - Canned Heat
  Canned Heat
  Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artists...
  
  
• "Chicago Bound" - Jimmy Rogers
  Jimmy Rogers
  Jimmy Rogers was an American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters' band of the 1950s.-Career:...
  
  
• "Chicago Bound Blues" - Bessie Smith
  Bessie Smith
  Bessie Smith was an American blues singer.Sometimes referred to as The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s...
  
  
• "Chicago, Damn" - Bobbi Humphrey
  Bobbi Humphrey
  Barbara Ann Humphrey is an American jazz flautist and singer who plays fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz styles. Bobbi Humphrey has performed for audiences around the world....
  
  
• "Chicago Fanphair '93" - Local H
  Local H
  Local H is an American rock duo, formed by Joe Daniels and Scott Lucas in Zion, Illinois in 1987. Local H's 1996 album, As Good as Dead, includes the top 10 hit "Bound for the Floor" Author, rock critic and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Kot and the Chicago Tribune named the band its 2008 Chicago...
  
  
• "Chicago's Finest" - Emmure
  Emmure
  Emmure is an American band formed in 2003, originally based in Connecticut, but now residing in Queens, New York. The group has a total of seven releases...
  
  
• "Chicago Institute" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a British progressive rock group formed in 1971 by Manfred Mann.-Formation:Having started in the 1960s with a British band that had such hits as "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and "The Mighty Quinn", then moving on to Jazz Fusion with Manfred Mann's Chapter Three, Manfred's third...
  
  
• "Chicago Is So Two Years Ago" - Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
  
  
• "Chicago Is Large" - Nazgul
  Nazgûl
  The Nazgûl are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium...
  
  
• "Chicago Is Not Chicago" - Soul Coughing
  Soul Coughing
  Soul Coughing was a popular New York-based alternative rock band. The band found modest mainstream success during the mid-to-late 1990s. Soul Coughing developed a devout fanbase and have garnered largely positive response from critics. Steve Huey describes the band as "one of the most unusual cult...
  
  
• "Chicago, New York" - The Aislers Set
  The Aislers Set
  The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...
  
  
• "Chicago-Rillas" - Rhymefest
  Rhymefest
  Che Smith , known by the stage name of Rhymefest, is an American hip hop artist from Chicago, Illinois whose first official album, Blue Collar, was released on July 11, 2006. He co-wrote Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", which won a Grammy at the 47th Grammy Awards. In October, 2010, Rhymefest announced...
  
  
• "Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night" - The Hold Steady
  The Hold Steady
  The Hold Steady is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2004. The band consists of Craig Finn , Tad Kubler , Galen Polivka , Bobby Drake , and Steve Selvidge...
  
  
• "Chicago Song" - David Sanborn
  David Sanborn
  David Sanborn is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school...
  
  
• "Chicago (We Can Change The World)" - Graham Nash
  Graham Nash
  Graham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...
  
  
• "Chicago Wind" - Merle Haggard
  Merle Haggard
  Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
  
  
• "Chicago x 12" - Rogue Wave
  Rogue Wave (band)
  Rogue Wave is an indie rock band from Oakland, California, , and headed by Zach Schwartz who created the band after losing his job in the dot-com bust. Their first album was Out of the Shadow which was released privately in 2003 and re-released in 2004...
  
  
• "City Lights" - Lucky Boys Confusion
  Lucky Boys Confusion
  Lucky Boys Confusion is a rock band from the Chicago suburbs in DuPage County. Their music is a mix of rock, punk, ska, and hip hop. The band consists of bassist Jason Schultejann, drummer Ryan Fergus, vocalist Kaustubh Pandav, guitarist/vocalist Adam Krier, and guitarist Joe Sell...
  
  
• "City of CHI" - Juice
  Juice
  Juice is the liquid that is naturally contained in fruit or vegetable tissue.Juice is prepared by mechanically squeezing or macerating fruit or vegetable flesh without the application of heat or solvents. For example, orange juice is the liquid extract of the fruit of the orange tree...
  
  
• "City of Chicago" - Luka Bloom
  Luka Bloom
  Luka Bloom is an Irish folk-rock singer-songwriter. He is the younger brother of Irish folk singer Christy Moore.-Early life:...
  
   / Christy Moore
  Christy Moore
  Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
  
  
• "Closer To Our Graves" - Lucky Boys Confusion
  Lucky Boys Confusion
  Lucky Boys Confusion is a rock band from the Chicago suburbs in DuPage County. Their music is a mix of rock, punk, ska, and hip hop. The band consists of bassist Jason Schultejann, drummer Ryan Fergus, vocalist Kaustubh Pandav, guitarist/vocalist Adam Krier, and guitarist Joe Sell...
  
  
• "Come On! Feel the Illinoise! - Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...
  
  
• "The Corner" - Common
  Common (rapper)
  Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. , better known by his stage name Common , is an American hip-hop artist and actor....
  
  
• "Country Girls
  Country Girls
  "Country Girls" is a 1985 single written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser and recorded by John Schneider. "Country Girls" was John Schneider's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart .-Chart...
  
  " - John Schneider
  John Schneider (television actor)
  John Richard Schneider III is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bo Duke in the 1980s American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and as Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a 2001 television adaptation of Superman.Alongside his acting career, Schneider performed as a...
  
  
• "Crook County" - Twista
  Twista
  Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds...
  
  
• "Daley's Gone" - Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
  
  
• "Dead End Street" - Lou Rawls
  Lou Rawls
  Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game"...
  
  
• "Dear Chicago" - Ryan Adams
  Ryan Adams
  David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
  
  
• "A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request" - Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
  
  
• "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago
  The Eggplant That Ate Chicago
  The Eggplant That Ate Chicago is a psychedelic jug band song about alien invasion by Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. Although often listed as a "one hit wonder",...
  
  " - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
  Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
  Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band was a psychedelic rock band. They were known best for both producing Norman Greenbaum; and the their own hit "The Eggplant that Ate Chicago", which reached #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966.-Albums:...
  
  
• "The EL" - Rhett Miller
  Rhett Miller
  Stewart Ransom Miller II , better-known as Rhett Miller is the lead singer of the alternative country band Old 97's and a successful solo musician. He graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas, a private boys' school in Dallas in 1989 and briefly attended Sarah Lawrence College on a creative...
  
  
• "Everything" - Dawn Xiana Moon
• "Far, Far Away" - Wilco
  Wilco
  Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...
  
  
• "Full Moon" - Common
  Common (rapper)
  Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. , better known by his stage name Common , is an American hip-hop artist and actor....
  
  
• "Go Go Gadget Flow" - Lupe Fiasco
  Lupe Fiasco
  Wasalu Muhammad Jaco , better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco , is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Lupe is the CEO of 1st and 15th Entertainment. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his critically acclaimed debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food...
  
  
• "Going to Chicago Blues" - The Count Basie Orchestra
• "Golden Ring" - Tammy Wynette
  Tammy Wynette
  Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
  
   & George Jones
  George Jones
  George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
  
  
• "Goodbye to Guyville" - Urge Overkill
  Urge Overkill
  Urge Overkill is an alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, United States, consisting of Nash Kato , and Eddie "King" Roeser . Their cover of Neil Diamond's song "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" appeared prominently in the movie Pulp Fiction, and became a hit in 1994...
  
  
• "Growing Up" - Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
  
  
• "A Guided Tour of Chicago" - The Lawrence Arms
  The Lawrence Arms
  The Lawrence Arms are an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. They have released five full-length albums and toured extensively.-Pre-history:...
  
  
• "Hands Open"- Snow Patrol
  Snow Patrol
  Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994 as an indie rock band, the band is now based in Glasgow...
  
  
• "Happy Summertime" - R.Kelly
• "Here Come the Hawks
  Here Come the Hawks
  "Here Come the Hawks!" is the official fight song and introduction of the Chicago Blackhawks. The song was written by J. Swayzee and produced by the Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir in 1968. It is still played today during the pre-game video. An abbreviated rendition is also played following the end...
  
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• "Hitch Hike" - The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
  
  
• "Home" - Kanye West
  Kanye West
  Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
  
  
• "Homecoming" - Kanye West
  Kanye West
  Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
  
  , Ft. Chris Martin
  Chris Martin
  Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin is an English song-writer, who is the lead vocalist, pianist and rhythm guitarist of the band Coldplay. He is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.-Early life:...
  
  
• "Homesick At Spacecamp" - Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
  
  
• "I Came Home" - Rhymefest
  Rhymefest
  Che Smith , known by the stage name of Rhymefest, is an American hip hop artist from Chicago, Illinois whose first official album, Blue Collar, was released on July 11, 2006. He co-wrote Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", which won a Grammy at the 47th Grammy Awards. In October, 2010, Rhymefest announced...
  
  
• "I Dream of Chicago" - Parlours
• "I'm Dying Tomorrow" - Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band that formed in McHenry, Illinois, in 1996. The band's line-up consists of Matt Skiba , Dan Andriano , and Derek Grant...
  
  
• "I'm a Ramblin' Man
  I'm a Ramblin' Man
  "I'm a Ramblin' Man" is the title of a song written by Ray Pennington and performed by Waylon Jennings. "I'm a Ramblin' Man" would be Waylon Jennings' second number one on the country chart...
  
  " - Waylon Jennings
  Waylon Jennings
  Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...
  
  
• "In Tha Chi" - Shawnna
  Shawnna
  Rashawnna Guy , better known by her stage name Shawnna is an American rapper. She was the first female artist signed to Def Jam through Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace Records...
  
  
• "In The Kitchen - Umphrey's McGee
  Umphrey's McGee
  Umphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....
  
  
• "In The Ghetto
  In the Ghetto
  "In the Ghetto" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1969. It was written by Mac Davis and made famous by Elvis Presley who had a major comeback hit with the song in 1969. It was released in 1969 as a 45 rpm single with "Any Day Now" as the flip side...
  
  "- Elvis Presley
  Elvis Presley
  Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
  
  
• "Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago" - Soul Coughing
  Soul Coughing
  Soul Coughing was a popular New York-based alternative rock band. The band found modest mainstream success during the mid-to-late 1990s. Soul Coughing developed a devout fanbase and have garnered largely positive response from critics. Steve Huey describes the band as "one of the most unusual cult...
  
  
• "Jesus Just Left Chicago" - ZZ Top
  ZZ Top
  ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...
  
  
• "Just Blew in From the Windy City" - Doris Day
  Doris Day
  Doris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
  
  
• "L.A., Goodbye" - The Ides of March
• "Lake Effect Kid" (Demo Song) - Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
  
  
• "Lake Michigan" - Rogue Wave
  Rogue Wave (band)
  Rogue Wave is an indie rock band from Oakland, California, , and headed by Zach Schwartz who created the band after losing his job in the dot-com bust. Their first album was Out of the Shadow which was released privately in 2003 and re-released in 2004...
  
  
• "Lake Shore Drive
  Lake Shore Drive (song)
  Lake Shore Drive is a song written by Chicago-based rock group Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah released on their 1971 album of the same name. This song was an homage to the famed lakefront highway in Chicago of the same name. The song also uses the initials of the highway, "LSD," to evoke an double...
  
  " - Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
  Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
  Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah was an American rock group from the early 1970s.This West Allis, Wisconsin trio was originally composed of bassist Mitch Aliotta, drummer Ted Aliotta, and guitarist Skip Haynes. Ted left after their debut album to be replaced by pianist John Jeremiah...
  
  
• "Lake Shore Driving" - Duran Duran
  Duran Duran
  Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
  
  
• "LAX To O'Hare" - The Academy Is...
  The Academy Is...
  The Academy Is... was an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2003. Before dispersing, they were signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other...
  
  
• "Leaving Chicago" - Knockout
  Knockout
  A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
  
  
• "Lincoln Park Pirates" - Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
  
  
• "Little Joe from Chicago" - Nat King Cole
  Nat King Cole
  Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
  
  
• "Living in Chicago" - The Bee Gees
• "Love/Hate (So Chicago)" - Shock Stars
• "Meet Me in Chicago" - Mat Kearney
• "Mercy Me" - Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band that formed in McHenry, Illinois, in 1996. The band's line-up consists of Matt Skiba , Dan Andriano , and Derek Grant...
  
  
• "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" - Brian Wilson
  Brian Wilson
  Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
  
  
• "My Kind of Town
  My Kind of Town
  My Kind of Town is an American television game show that premiered on August 14, 2005 on ABC. Part variety show, part game show, the series brings 200 people from a small town in the United States to New York City to compete for prizes and participate in games and assorted gags...
  
  " - Frank Sinatra
• "The Night Chicago Died
  The Night Chicago Died
  "The Night Chicago Died" is a song by the British group Paper Lace, written by Peter Callander and Mitch Murray. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in 1974, reached number 3 in the UK charts, and number 2 in Canada. It is about a fictional shoot-out in Chicago...
  
  " - Paper Lace
  Paper Lace
  Paper Lace are a Nottingham based pop group, formed in 1969. They are known to Americans as a one-hit wonder; however, in the UK they were a "classic two and a half hit wonder".-History:...
  
  
• "On a Freezing Chicago Street" - Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
  Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
  Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s are a band from Indianapolis, Indiana. Their style has been described as "cinematic chamber pop" that "both the casual music fan and music perfectionist will enjoy"...
  
  
• "On The South Side of Chicago" - Freddy Cole
  Freddy Cole
  Lionel Frederick Cole is an American jazz singer and pianist, whose recording career has spanned over fifty years. He is leader of the Freddy Cole Quartet, which regularly tours the US, Europe, the Far East and South America....
  
  
• "Peace Frog" - The Doors
  The Doors
  The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
  
  
• "Picketlines And Pepperspray" - Silent Film
  Silent film
  A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
  
  
• "Prairie Song" - Billy Corgan
  Billy Corgan
  William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the...
  
  
• "The Rebirth" - Chapter 13
• "Red Leaves of October" - Michael Peter Smith
  Michael Peter Smith
  Michael Peter Smith is a Chicago, U.S.-based singer-songwriter. Rolling Stone Magazine once called him "The greatest songwriter in the English language"...
  
  
• "Riverview" - Billy Corgan
• "San Francisco" - Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band that formed in McHenry, Illinois, in 1996. The band's line-up consists of Matt Skiba , Dan Andriano , and Derek Grant...
  
  
• "Saying Goodbye" - Every Avenue
  Every Avenue
  -History:Every Avenue formed in Marysville, Michigan in 2003. Early on, they changed lead singers, and the former lead singer James Beesley later became the group's tour manager, and is currently working with former drummer Mike Govaere. They self-released two EPs in 2004 and 2006 before signing to...
  
  
• "The Seer's Tower" - Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...
  
  
• "Shy-Town" - Gorillaz
  Gorillaz
  Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters...
  
  
• "Sidewalks of Chicago" - Merle Haggard
  Merle Haggard
  Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
  
  
• "Slow Down Chicago" - Canasta
  Canasta (band)
  Ned Raggett of Allmusic wrote that on this album the band "display both an ambition and a sense of range that any number of early 21st century American groups described in similar terms would be wise to follow"...
  
  
• "Somewhere on Fullerton" - Allister
  Allister
  Allister is an American pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed in 1996 and were one of the first bands to sign to Drive-Thru Records...
  
  
• "Southside" - Common ft. Kanye West
• "Southside Mojo" - JaGoFF
• "South Side Irish" - Arranmore
  Arranmore
  Árainn Mhór is the largest inhabited island of County Donegal, and the second largest in all of Ireland, with a population of 528 in 2006, down from 543 in 2002, and over 600 in 1996. The island is part of the Donegal Gaeltacht...
  
  
• "South Union" - Lucky Boys Confusion
  Lucky Boys Confusion
  Lucky Boys Confusion is a rock band from the Chicago suburbs in DuPage County. Their music is a mix of rock, punk, ska, and hip hop. The band consists of bassist Jason Schultejann, drummer Ryan Fergus, vocalist Kaustubh Pandav, guitarist/vocalist Adam Krier, and guitarist Joe Sell...
  
  
• "Star Witness" - Neko Case
  Neko Case
  Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers....
  
   (about Humboldt Park: http://www.avclub.com/content/node/48266/1)
• "Stay Chi" - Juice
  Juice
  Juice is the liquid that is naturally contained in fruit or vegetable tissue.Juice is prepared by mechanically squeezing or macerating fruit or vegetable flesh without the application of heat or solvents. For example, orange juice is the liquid extract of the fruit of the orange tree...
  
  
• "Stratford-On-Guy" - Liz Phair
  Liz Phair
  Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw and Phair moved to San Francisco together, and Phair tried to become an artist there...
  
  
• "Super Bowl Shuffle
  Super Bowl Shuffle
  "The Super Bowl Shuffle" is a rap song performed by players of the Chicago Bears football team during 1985, slightly prior to their win in Super Bowl XX.-Song and video:...
  
  " - Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew, the 1985 Chicago Bears
• "Sweet Home Chicago
  Sweet Home Chicago
  "Sweet Home Chicago" is a popular blues standard in the twelve bar form. It was first recorded and is credited to have been written by Robert Johnson...
  
  " - Robert Johnson, covered by The Blues Brothers
  The Blues Brothers
  The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live...
  
  
• "Sweet Spots" - The Fiery Furnaces
  The Fiery Furnaces
  The Fiery Furnaces are a U.S. indie rock band formed in 2000 in Brooklyn, New York. The band's primary members are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. The siblings are originally from Oak Park, Illinois, a near-western suburb of Chicago.- Band biography :...
  
  
• "Swing Life Away" - Rise Against
  Rise Against
  Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. The band currently consists of Tim McIlrath , Zach Blair , Joe Principe and Brandon Barnes .Rise Against spent its first five years signed to the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords, on which it...
  
  
• "Switchboard" - Amanda Blank
• "Take Me Back to Chicago" - Chicago
  Chicago (band)
  Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
  
  
• "Take the Time" - Freddy Jones Band
  Freddy Jones Band
  The Freddy Jones Band is a roots rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Despite the name, no member of the band is actually named Freddy Jones, and the band has never definitively revealed the name's source.-History:...
  
  
• "That's That" - Snoop Dog ft R. Kelly
  R. Kelly
  Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...
  
  
• "This City" - Patrick Stump
  Patrick Stump
  Patrick Vaughn Stump is an American singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, and music critic. He is the composer, lead singer, and multi-instrumentalist of Fall Out Boy, an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, and is also a solo artist...
  
   ft Lupe Fiasco
  Lupe Fiasco
  Wasalu Muhammad Jaco , better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco , is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Lupe is the CEO of 1st and 15th Entertainment. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his critically acclaimed debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food...
  
  
• "Tonight, Tonight" - The Smashing Pumpkins
  The Smashing Pumpkins
  The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...
  
  
• "Tonight Will Last Forever" - Mest
  Mest
  Mest was a pop punk band from Blue Island, Illinois. The band's lineup, prior to their breakup in 2006, consisted of vocalist and guitarist Tony Lovato, guitarist Jeremiah Rangel, bassist Matt Lovato, and drummer Nick Gigler...
  
  
• "True Enough" - Girlyman
  Girlyman
  Girlyman is an American folk-rock band formerly based in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, now based in Atlanta, Georgia.Their self-released debut album, Remember Who I Am, sold 5,000 copies before it was re-released by Daemon Records, the independent record label run by Amy Ray of the Indigo...
  
  
• "25 or 6 to 4
  25 or 6 to 4
  "25 or 6 to 4" is a song written by American musician Robert Lamm, one of the founding members of the rock/jazz fusion band Chicago. It was recorded for their second album, Chicago , with Peter Cetera on lead vocals. The song was edited and released as a single in June of the year 2009, climbing to...
  
  " - Chicago
  Chicago (band)
  Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
  
  
• "Twilight Serenade" - Jason Miles Goss
• "Two Words" - Kanye West
  Kanye West
  Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
  
   feat. Mos Def
  Mos Def
  Dante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which...
  
  , Freeway
  Freeway (rapper)
  Leslie Edward Pridgen , better known by his stage name Freeway, is an American rapper. Best known for his tenure on Roc-A-Fella Records and his affiliation with Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel, he is recognized by his high-pitched delivery and for the long beard he keeps due to his Muslim faith...
  
  , and The Harlem Boys Choir
• "Via Chicago" - Wilco
  Wilco
  Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...
  
  
• "Welcome To Chicago" - Kill Hannah
  Kill Hannah
  Kill Hannah is a rock band formed in 1993 in Chicago. The band has released six studio albums, seven EPs, and two compilation albums as well as three DVDs.-History:...
  
  
• "We're All Crazy in Chicago" - Jonathan Brandmeier
• "We Ride" - Jay-Z
  Jay-Z
  Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
  
  
• "When the Levee Breaks
  When the Levee Breaks
  "When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927....
  
  " - Kansas Joe McCoy
  Kansas Joe McCoy
  Kansas Joe McCoy was an African American Delta blues musician and songwriter.-Career:McCoy played music under a variety of stage names but is best known as "Kansas Joe McCoy". Born in Raymond, Mississippi, he was the older brother of the blues accompanist Papa Charlie McCoy...
  
   and Memphis Minnie
  Memphis Minnie
  Memphis Minnie was an American blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the only female blues artist considered a match to male contemporaries as both a singer and an instrumentalist.-Career:...
  
  , reworked by Led Zeppelin
  Led Zeppelin
  Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
  
  
• "When the Wind Blows in Chicago" - Roy Clark
  Roy Clark
  Roy Linwood Clark is an American country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969–1992. Clark has been an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and helping to popularize the genre...
  
  
• "Windy City" - Phish
  Phish
  Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...
  
  
• "Winter in Chicago" - 504 Plan
• "The Woman Downstairs" - The Handsome Family
  The Handsome Family
  The Handsome Family is an alternative country band, formed in Chicago, Illinois.-History:The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks and Rennie Sparks and drummer Mike Werner, although the band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes...
  
  
• "You're Dead" - Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio
  Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band that formed in McHenry, Illinois, in 1996. The band's line-up consists of Matt Skiba , Dan Andriano , and Derek Grant...
  
  
• "Zelda" - Farewell
  Farewell (band)
  Farewell is an American pop punk band formed in 2004 in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were signed to Epitaph Records releasing two CDs. After fulfilling their contractural obligations with the release of their second CD, the relationship with Epitaph ended....
  
  

A

• "An Afternoon in Midway Plaisance
  Midway Plaisance
  The Midway Plaisance, also known locally as the Midway, is a park on the South Side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It is one mile long by 220 yards wide and extends along 59th and 60th streets, joining Washington Park at its east end and Jackson Park at its west end. It divides the Hyde Park...
  
  . Fantasie for Piano." 1893 - Composer Gustav Luders
• "Apostrophe to Chicago" - Composer & Lyricist: Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden
• "Awake! Awake!" - Composer & Lyricist: Mrs. Emily M. (Blakeslee) Boyden

B

• "The Belle of Chicago" 1892 - Composer: John Phillip Sousa
• "The Belle of Chicago Barn Dance" - Composer: Theo. Bonheur
• "The Belle of Lincoln Park
  Lincoln Park
  Lincoln Park is an urban park in Chicago, which gave its name to the Lincoln Park, Chicago community area.Lincoln Park may also refer to:-Urban parks:*Lincoln Park , California*Lincoln Park, San Francisco, California...
  
  " - Composer & Lyricist: Geo. Maywood
• "Big Bill the Builder
  William Hale Thompson
  William Hale Thompson was Mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as "Big Bill", Thompson was the last Republican to serve as Mayor of Chicago, and ranks among the most unethical mayors in American history.Thompson was born in Boston, Massachusetts to William Hale...
  
  " (mayor) 1928 - Composers & Lyricists: Milton Weil, Bernie Grossman & Larry Shay
• "The Billiken Man" 1909 - Composer: Melville J. Gideon, Lyricist: E. Ray Goetz, Sung by Blanche Ring
• "Boost Chicago" - Composer: Armin P. Bauer
• "Boy Reporter Blues, Dedicated to Horace Wade - Boy Reporter of the Chicago Evening American" 1924 - Composers: Dell Lampe & J. Bodewalt Lampe, Lyricist: Haven Gillespie
• "The Burning Iroquois" (theater) 1904 - Composer: Edward Stanley, Lyricist: Mathew Goodwin
• "The Burning of the Iroquois" 1904 - Composer: Thos. R. Confare, Lyricist: Morris S. Silver

C

• "Cairo Street Waltz" 1893 - Composer: Signor Guglielmo Ricci
• "Chicago" 1909 - Composer: Aubrey Stauffer, Lyricist: Jimmie O'Brien
• "Chicago" - Composer: Granville English, Lyricist: Charles G. Blanden
• "C-h-i-c-a-g-o" - Composer & Lyricist: Gertrude E. Ketchum
• "Chicago Ad March" 1915 - Composer: A. H. Nussbaum
• "Chicago Beautiful" 1955 - Composer & Lyricist: Juanita Mabelle Rosness
• "Chicago Bound Blues" 1923 - Composer & Lyricist: Lovie Austin
  Lovie Austin
  Lovie Austin was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period...
  
  
• "Chicago by the Inland Sea" - Composer & Lyricist: Russell Wood
• "Chicago Centennial Jubilee March 1803-1903" 1903 - Composer: John W. Baume
• "Chicago Chicago Chicago" - Composers & Lyricists: Ben Trace, Al Trace
  Al Trace
  Albert J. Trace was a prolific American songwriter and orchestra leader of the 1930s, 40s and 50s whose peak of popularity was reached in the Chicago area during the height of the Big Band era....
  
   & Herbie Herbert
• "Chicago, City of Destiny" 1921 - Composer: August Halter, Lyricist: Dr. Edward L. Fernald
• "The Chicago Cyclist March" 1896 - Composer: Hans Liné
• "Chicago Day Waltz" 1893 - Composer: G. Valisi
• "The Chicago Express (March Two-Step)" 1905 - Composer: Percy Wenrich
• "Chicago for Christ" 1910 - Composer & Lyricist: Robert Harkness
• "Chicago's Gift to a 'Nation's Hero'" (U.S. Grant) 1891 - Composer & Lyricist: W.C. Robey
• "The Chicago Girls' March or Two-Step Dance" 1895 - Composer: J.W. Tate
• "The Chicago Glide" - Composer: Prof. Joseph Gearen
• "Chicago (How I Love Chicago)" - Composers & Lyricists: Ben Trace, Al Trace & Teddy Phillips.
• "The Chicago Hussar's Quickstep" 1892 - Composer: A. H. Rintelman
• "Chicago, Illinois (Looks Mighty Good to Me)" - Composer: Ernest H. Kelley, Lyricist: Jas. J. Kennedy, Arranger: Jean Walz
• "C-h-i-c-a-g-o in Illinois" - Composer & Lyricist: Tom Lynn, Editor: Jack Tomlinson
• "The Chicago March" 1909 - Composer: Henry S. Sawyer
• "Chicago. Marine Band" - Composer: Wm. F. Peters
• "Chicago, My Home Town" - Composer & Lyricist: Paul S. Hargrow
• "Chicago of My Heart" (Dedicated to Chicago on 'Census day' June 11) 1930 - Composer: Ben Kanter, Lyricist: Eileen Quinlan
• "Chicago Polka" 1935 - Composer: John Krachtus
• "Chicago, Prairie Gem of Illinois" - Composer & Lyricist: Laura Aborn
• "Chicago Quickstep" 1882 - Composer: Mrs. D. C. Payne
• "Chicago Rhythm" 1929 - Composer: Ben Kanter & Lyricist: Bernie Grossman
• "C-h-i-c-a-g-o Spells Chicago" - Composer: Frank D. Brayn, Lyricist: Chas. H. Smith, Arranger: Al LaRue
• "Chicago Style" 1952 - Composer: James Van Heusen, Lyricist: Johnny Burke
• "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)
  Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)
  "Chicago" is a popular song. It was written by Fred Fisher and was published in 1922. The song has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known version is by Frank Sinatra....
  
  " 1922 (originally spelled Todd'ling) - Composer & Lyricist: Fred Fisher
  Fred Fisher
  Fred Fisher was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher. Fisher founded Fred Fisher Music Publishing Company in 1907. He was born as Albert von Breitenbach in Cologne...
  
  
• "Chicago, the City of Today" - Composer: Bill Snyder, Lyricist: Ann Marsters
• "Chicago, the Gem on the Shore" 1923 - Composer & Lyricist: J. A. Johnson
• "Chicago, the Most Beautiful City" - Composer & Lyricist: Frank Padula
• "Chicago Theatre of the Air Theme" - Composer: Adolf G. Hoffmann, Lyricist: Francis Coughlin
• "Chicago Town Waltzes" 1893 - Composer: Rudolph Patek, T.R.A.M Vienna
• "Chicago Tribune
  Chicago Tribune
  The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
  
   March" 1893 - Composer: W. Paris Chambers
  W. Paris Chambers
  William Paris Chambers was an American composer, cornet soloist and bandmaster of the late 19th century....
  
  
• "The Chicago Tribune Centennial March" 1947 - Composer: Robert Trendler, Lyricist: Jack La Frandre
• "The Chicago Two-Step" - Composer: J. P. Brooks
• "Chicago Waltz" 1945 - Composer: Joseph P. Elsnic
• "Chicago World's Exposition
  World's Columbian Exposition
  The World's Columbian Exposition was a World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Chicago bested New York City; Washington, D.C.; and St...
  
  " - Composer: Victor Vogel
• "City of Promise. 1934 Century of Progress
  Century of Progress
  A Century of Progress International Exposition was the name of a World's Fair held in Chicago from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial. The theme of the fair was technological innovation...
  
   Song" - Composer: Jos. Snabl-Antes, Lyricist (Czech text): Vasek Niederle, Lyricist (English trans.): Libushka Bartusek
• "Columbia Fair (Grand March)" - Composer: Theodore Moelling
• "Columbian Guards March - The Musical Hit of the World's Fair" 1892 - Composer & Lyricist: T. P. Brooke
• "Columbus Fair (Grand March)" - Composer: Geo. Schleiffarth
• "Come to Chicago" - Composer: Dorothy Giffey, Lyricist: James Andrichen

F

• "Fair Women of Chicago Waltzes" 1893 - Composer: Theo. H. Northrup
• "Ferris Wheel March" 1893 - Composer: Geo. Maywood
• "Ferris Wheel Waltz" 1893 - Composer: G. Valisi, Lyricist: Harry C. Clyde
• "The Forest of Love and Romance, Theme song of the Black Forest Village, A Century of Progress Chicago" 1933 - Composer: Ernie Kratzinger, Lyricist: Charles Kallen
• "Funeral March In Memoriam, Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago" 1893, Composer : W. Herbert Layon

G

• "Go Go Chicago. Wonder City Home of Mine." - Composer & Lyricist : Clitus M. Wickens
• "Goin' to Chicago Blues" 1939 - Composer: Count Basie Orchestra
  Count Basie Orchestra
  The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie. The band survived the late '40s decline in big band popularity and went on to produce notable collaborations with singers such as Frank Sinatra and Ella...
  
  
• "Grand Exposition March" - Composer: Louis Falk
• "Greater Chicago March" - Composer: Jacob Valentine Havener, Lyricist: Agner Clark Winkler
• "Green Mill Garden Blues" 1920 - Composer: Unknown (88 key Piano Roll)
• "Greetings. Chicago's Official Song. 1833-Chicago-1933" - Composer & Lyricist: George D. Gaw, Transcribed & Arranged by: Frank Barden.

H

• "Hail Chicago (March)" 1933 - Composer: Stanley Kay, Lyricist: A. Seaborg
• "Hail, Chicago! Official Song of the Pageant of Progress" 1921 - Composer: Bob Allen, Lyricist: Ted Turnquist
• "Hail to Thee, Chicago" - Composer: John E. King, Lyricist: Estella A. Johnson-Hunt
• "The Hat He Never Ate" - Composer: Ben Harney, Lyricist: Howard S. Taylor
• "Hello Chicago Fox-Trot" 1933 - Composer: Anthony Misuraca, Lyricist: Joseph Argento
• "Homecoming" - 2007 - Kanye West

I

• "I Am Proud of Chicago" - Composer & Lyricist: Ben Schwartzberg
• "I Used to Work in Chicago
  I Used to Work in Chicago
  "I Used to Work in Chicago" is a humorous traditional drinking song. It was written by songwriter and entertainer Larry Vincent. The earliest printed date for the song is March 1945 in the underground mimeographed songbook Songs of the Century. Many of the lyrics are considered humorous because...
  
  . I Did But I Don't Anymore" 1944 - Composers & Lyricists: Larry Vincent & Sunny Skylar
  Sunny Skylar
  Sunny Skylar was an American composer, singer, lyricist, and music publisher. He was born Selig Shaftel in Brooklyn, New York. As a singer, he appeared with a number of big bands, including those led by Ben Bernie, Paul Whiteman, Abe Lyman, George Hall and Vincent Lopez...
  
  
• "I'll Meet You In Chicago (At The Fair)" 1928 - Composers & Lyricists: Charlie Harrison & Fred Rose
• "I'm from Chicago" 1917 - Composer: Leo Edwards
  Leo Edwards (composer)
  Leo Edwards was a Broadway composer. He was the brother of Gus Edwards,, who was also a Broadway composer....
  
  , Lyricist: Blanche Merrill
• "I'm Going Right Back to Chicago" (Coon Song) 1906 - Composer: Egbert Van Alstyne, Lyricist: Harry Williams
• "In Cairo Street: A Characteristic Fantasie for Piano" 1893 - Composer: Geo. Schleiffarth
• "In Chicago" - Composer & Lyricist: Olive Jeane
• "In 1933. (Where Will You Be)" - Composer & Lyricist: Art Kassel, Arranger: Charles Adams
• "In Old Chicago
  In Old Chicago
  In Old Chicago is a 1937 American drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, "We the O'Learys." The film is a fictionalized account about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and stars Alice Brady as Mrs. O'Leary, the owner of...
  
  " 1937- Composers & Lyricists: Mack Gordon & Harry Revel
• "It's a Way They Have in Chicago" (from Sinbad) 1896 - Composer: Gustav Lüders, Lyricist: M.E. Rourke
• "It's a Way They Have in Chicago" (from the Royal Chef) 1904 - Composer: Ben M. Jerome, Lyricists: Geo. E. Stoddard & Chas. S. Taylor

J

• "Jolly Bears, To Those on the Board of Trade of Chicago. Polka Humoristic" 1880 - Composer: Geo. Schleiffarth

L

• "The Last Day of The Fair" 1893 - Composer: Frank Swain
• "Let's Go Chicago! I Will" - Composer & Lyricist: Earl Cleland
• "Lincoln Park. A Solo and Chorus" - Composer: T. Glass, Lyricist: Geo.W. Morse
• "Little Joe From Chicago" 1930 - Composers: Mary Lou Williams
  Mary Lou Williams
  Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements, and recorded more than one hundred records...
  
  , Henry Wells
• "Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flats" 1926 - Composer: Jimmy Blythe
  Jimmy Blythe
  Jimmy Blythe was an influential American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist.-Life:He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and moved to Chicago, Illinois around 1916, studying with pianist Clarence Jones...
  
  

M

• "The Man from the South with a Big Cigar in his Mouth" 1930 - Composers & Lyricists: Rube Bloom
  Rube Bloom
  Reuben Bloom was a Jewish American multi-faceted entertainer, and in addition to being a songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and writer .During his career, he worked with many well-known performers, including Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Ruth Etting,...
  
   & Harry M. Woods
  Harry M. Woods
  Henry MacGregor Woods was a Tin Pan Alley songwriter and pianist. Woods is sometimes credited as Harry Woods.-Early life:...
  
  
• "The March Maroon, University of Chicago
  University of Chicago
  The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
  
   March and Two-Step" 1906 - Composer: Harry Turner
• "Marching on to Chicago" 1933 - Composers & Lyricists: Richard Daly, Thomas Parmiter & Clitus Wickens
• "Mecca Flat Blues" 1924 - Composer: Jimmy Blythe
  Jimmy Blythe
  Jimmy Blythe was an influential American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist.-Life:He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and moved to Chicago, Illinois around 1916, studying with pianist Clarence Jones...
  
  , Lyricists: Jimmy Blythe & Priscilla Stewart
• "Miss Chicago (The Great 'Pageant' Song)" 1921 - Composer: Edmund Braham, Lyricist: W.S. Greelish

O

• "Ode for the opening of the World's Fair. Held at Chicago, 1892" - Composer: C. W. Chadwick, Lyricist: Harriet Monroe
• "Oh City of a Century" - Composer: Eleanor Everest Freer
• "Oh You Chicago, Oh You New York" 1910 - Composer: Albert Von Tilzer, Lyricists: Junie McCree & Sydney Rosenfeld
• "On the Midway, or the Jolly Bum, Bum" 1893 - Composer & Lyricist: Louis Ortenstein
• "The Original Chicago Blues" 1915 - Composer: James White
• "Our Chicago" (U of C) 1926 - Composer & Lyricist: Norman Reid

R

• "Red Hot Chicago" Flying High (musical)
  Flying High (musical)
  Flying High is a musical comedy with book by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and John McGowan, lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson....
  
   1930 - Composers & Lyricists: B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown
  Lew Brown
  Lew Brown was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States.Brown was born as Louis Brownstein in Odessa, Russian Empire...
  
   & Ray Henderson
  Ray Henderson
  Ray Henderson , was an American songwriter.Born Raymond Brost in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley...
  
  
• "Rest Loved Ones Rest - to the lost lives in the Iroquois Theatre Fire" 1904 - Composer: Eustacio Rosales, Lyricist: Geo. Cooper
• "The Rhythm of State Street" (The official song of the State Street Council) 1937 - Composer & Lyricist: Wendall Hall

S

• "State Street Tomorrow - Theme Song" 1930 - Composers: Carelton Colby & Maurice Wetzel from the Radio Station KYW staff.
• "The Sheik of Chicago (Mustafa)" 1960 - Adaptor & Lyricist: Bob Merrill , Recorded by the Four Lads and Archie Bleyer
• "She Shook Him In Chicago" - (Madame Sherry 1909) - Composer: Karl L. Hoschna, Lyricist: Otto Hauerbach
• "The Song of the Ferris Wheel - World's Fair 1893" - Composer: Geo. Schleiffarth, Lyricist: M. A. Sturgis
• "Sweet Home Chicago
  Sweet Home Chicago
  "Sweet Home Chicago" is a popular blues standard in the twelve bar form. It was first recorded and is credited to have been written by Robert Johnson...
  
  " 1936 - Composer: Robert Johnson, Lyricists: Robert Johnson & Roosevelt Sykes
  Roosevelt Sykes
  Roosevelt Sykes was an American blues musician, also known as "The Honeydripper". He was a successful and prolific cigar-chomping blues piano player, whose rollicking thundering boogie-woogie was highly influential.-Career:Born in Elmar, Arkansas, Sykes grew up near Helena but at age 15, went on...
  
  

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• "The Trianon
  Trianon Ballrooms
  The Trianon Ballrooms were located in a number of cities during America's bigband era. The most prominent Trianon was in Chicago, Illinois, but there were others as well, located in places such as Cleveland, Philadelphia, Seattle, Toledo, and the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate...
  
   March" Dedicated to the Chicago Association of Dancing Masters 1934 - Composer: R. Alexander Campbell

U

• "The University Quickstep - Inscribed to the President and Friends of the Chicago University" 1865 - Composer: E.M. Shaw

V

• "The Viking March - Captain Andersen's Viking Ship from Norway to the World's Fair" 1893 - Composer: H.C. Verner

W

• "Wave the Flag, A Song of University of Chicago" 1928 - Composer: Gordon Erickson
• "Weston's March to Chicago" 1867 - Composer E. Mack, Pub. S. Brainard & Sons
• "Wheels A-Rolling, Official Song - Chicago Railroad Fair" 1948 - Composer: Helen Purcell Maxwell, Lyricist: Philip Maxwell
• "When the Levee Breaks
  When the Levee Breaks
  "When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927....
  
  " 1929 - Composers & Lyricists: Kansas Joe McCoy
  Kansas Joe McCoy
  Kansas Joe McCoy was an African American Delta blues musician and songwriter.-Career:McCoy played music under a variety of stage names but is best known as "Kansas Joe McCoy". Born in Raymond, Mississippi, he was the older brother of the blues accompanist Papa Charlie McCoy...
  
  , Memphis Minnie
  Memphis Minnie
  Memphis Minnie was an American blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the only female blues artist considered a match to male contemporaries as both a singer and an instrumentalist.-Career:...
  
  
• "The White City March and Twostep" 1905 - Composer: Hampton Durant
• "Windy City Two-Step and March" 1900 - Composer: F.R. Sweetland
• "World's Columbian Exposition Waltz" 1893 - Composer: Adelaide Marcelia Gluck
• "The World's Fair or A Voyage to Chicago" 1893 - Composer & Lyricist: Leonard Gautier

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• "You Wake Up in the Morning in Chicago" 1915 - Composer: Harry Carroll, Lyricists: Ballard Macdonald & Coleman Goetz

Songs about Chicago Sport teams

• "The White Sox March" 1907 - Composer: T.F. Durand
• "Cubs on Parade (The Great March and Two-Step)" 1907 - Composer: H.R. Hempel, Arranger: Jos. Techen
• "The Glory of the Cubs" 1908 - Composer: Arthur Marshall, Lyricist: F.R. Sweirngen
• "Hurrah for the Cubs" 1930 - Composer: Burrell Van Buren, Lyricist: Betty Douglas
• "Come On You Cubs Play Ball" 1937 - Composer & Lyricists: anon, Tiffany Music Company
• "Watch the Cubs Play Ball" 1941 - Composer & Lyricist: Harry A. Magill
• "Bear Down Chicago Bears" 1941 - Composer & Lyricist: Jerry Downs
• "Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox
  Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox
  "Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox" is the fight song of the Chicago White Sox of the American League.The song first appeared in 1959 during the White Sox' run for the AL pennant--the team's first league championship since the infamous Black Sox Scandal of 1919. It was written by former White Sox minor...
  
  " 1959 - Composer & Lyricists: Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers
  Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers
  Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers was a country-comedy band that performed largely in the Midwest United States from the late 1930s into the 1960s.-Members:...
  
  
• "Here Come the Hawks
  Here Come the Hawks
  "Here Come the Hawks!" is the official fight song and introduction of the Chicago Blackhawks. The song was written by J. Swayzee and produced by the Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir in 1968. It is still played today during the pre-game video. An abbreviated rendition is also played following the end...
  
  " 1968 - Composer: J. Swayzee, Producer: The Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir
• "The Chicago Cubs Song - Hey Hey! Holy Mackerel!" 1969 - Composer: John Frigo, Lyricist: I. C. Haag
• "Go Cubs Go" 1984 - Composer & Lyricist: Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
  
  
• "Super Bowl Shuffle
  Super Bowl Shuffle
  "The Super Bowl Shuffle" is a rap song performed by players of the Chicago Bears football team during 1985, slightly prior to their win in Super Bowl XX.-Song and video:...
  
  " 1985 - Composers: B. Daniels, L. Barry, Lyricists: R. Meyer, M. Owens, Performers: Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew, the 1985 Chicago Bears
• "Chelsea Dagger
  Chelsea Dagger
  "Chelsea Dagger" is a song by The Fratellis and their second single. It was released on 28 August 2006. It is taken from their debut album Costello Music, which was released in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2006...
  
  " with text modified by Blackhawks' fans, 2006 - Composer and Lyricist: Jon Fratelli
  Jon Fratelli
  Jon Fratelli is a Scottish musician and songwriter best known for his work with the band The Fratellis. He has also played in a band called Codeine Velvet Club but is currently performing as a solo artist.-Early years:Little is known about Lawler's life before he joined the Fratellis. He attended St...
  
  , Performers: The Fratellis
  The Fratellis
  The Fratellis were an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli , bass guitarist Barry Fratelli , and drummer and backing vocalist Mince Fratelli .The band released 2 albums during their career, Costello Music in 2006 and Here We Stand in...
  
  

External links

• Chicago's Best Sports Songs
• http://www.chipublib.org/search/details/cn/1706570
• http://lyrics.filestube.com/s/songs+about+chicago