Songs about the greatness of America

My Keyboard | 15-Feb-2011 | gov_bean_ counter

[gov_bean_ counter]

I have started an iPOD playlist called "America".

[Daffynition]

Pingaroo...BD can you give us jazzzzzzzzzzz and blues recommendations?

[freeordie]

Check out Steve Vaus’ website. I have all of his music. My favorite: I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

Also try Carl Klang.

[RedMDer]

You’ll even see The Gipper toward the end of this video.

Yes! There he is at 4:21.

[Fiji Hill]

I love Barry Sadler’s music. One of my favorite’s is Letter from Vietnam. He also sings a salute to the nurses over in Vietnam which is another good one. I have the cd which has these songs plus more in my car. When I go on trips, I listen to them.

My favorite Barry Sadler song is "Ba Mươi Ba" (33), a French brand of beer brewed in South Vietnam under license. It apparently contained formaldehyde to keep it from going stale in the hot clomate of Vietnam. The song is available on one of Sadler's albums.

Other Vietnam-inspired songs that I like are Bob Seger's The Yellow Beret (1966) and Wish You Were Here by Pat Boone, which got air play on country-western stations in the fall of 1966. "Take the Time" by the Shangri-Las (1967) is one of the few pro-war songs to be released by a major rock group, although at the time the group was in decline and the song sold poorly.

[Fiji Hill]

How about some songs celebrating America's cities and states?

• Golden Gate--Herb Wiedoeft & His Orchestra, 1928

• Home in Pasadena--The Savoy Havana Band, 1924

• Montana Call--George Olsen & His Music, 1930

• Moon Over Miami--Connee Boswell, 1935

• Honolulu Moon--The Revelers, 1927

• The Jersey Walk--Roger Wolfe Kahn, 1926

• Under a Texas Moon--The Paramount Rhythm Orchestra, 1930

• Back in the Hills of Colorado--The Beverly Hillbillies, 1930

• Moonlight on the Colorado--The Four Aces, 1930

• Home on the Range--Jules Verne Allen, 1930. (This is an excerpt. The full version can be downloaded here.

[gov_bean_ counter]

That will work too. Thanks to all!!!

[BluesDuke]

I can think of a few . . .

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, "The Star Spangled Banner" (the opening cut on his 1943 Carnegie Hall concert, available on Fantasy/Prestige CD)
The Impressions, "This is My Country"
James Brown, "Night Train"

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

More Than A Name On The Wall - Statler Brothers

If this song doesn't make one proud of the US military NOT will....FReegards.....

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

Sorry...wrong title....”More Than A Name On A Wall”.....

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

Also — any songs from the old (60’s) “Up With People” record/movement/tour group...don’t remember the names of all the songs, but they ALL dealt with patriotic themes....if any one knows how to get ahold of those songs, please alert me.....FReegards....

[Jim Noble]

Uncle Sam’s Farm

[Mr_Moonlight]

Since yer on Sammy Hagar, there is this gem:

Van Halen - Dreams (Blue Angels Version)

And of course this classic:

Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

God Bless America :)