Songs About New York

1. Duke Ellington's Take the A Train are directions to get to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi2emUrIyQY

2. Duke Ellington's Drop Me Off In Harlem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJBkp40KVI0

3. Duke Ellington, Jungle Nights In Harlem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGYCmXrafeI

4. Cootie Williams, Echoes of Harlem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJLsvlYE9t8

5. Duke Ellington, Harlem River Quiver http://grooveshark.com/s/Harlem+River+Quiver+brown+Berries+/30KuVi?src=5

6. Duke Ellington, Harlem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U84duwdrza4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR0AKav58FI&feature=related

7. Duke Ellington, Harlemania http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy-gPuxGZAM

8. Duke Ellington, Harlem Air-Shaft http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5faDJNBkvXw

9. Fletcher Henderson, Harlem Madness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQcFnGE2S0I

10. Art Ensemble of Chicago, New York Is Full of Lonely People http://grooveshark.com/s/New+York+Is+Full+Of+Lonely+People/3YvFEn?src=5

11. Billie Holiday, Autumn In New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuzltUeITpw

12. Beastie Boys, No Sleep Till Brooklyn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtztvaGN92A

13. Charles Mingus, Nostalgia in Times Square http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSWeY_pWEvA

14. Charlie Parker, Scrapple from the Apple (assuming it is about New York) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NAsNPqiX4k

15. Charles Mingus, GG Train http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psvjD6nfrPw

16. Chick Webb Orchestra, Stompin' At the Savoy and Clifford Brown's cover (Savoy Ballroom in Harlem)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgX5_waK--w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8D7krp46NE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52x5hjpD5k Charlie Christian's live version from a club performance

17. Duke Ellington, Cotton Club Stomp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W86JH4snDSU

18. Duke Ellington, Sidewalks of New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piPsIIDNVCY

19. Duke Ellington, New York, New York http://grooveshark.com/s/New+York+New+York/3UsYHl?src=5

20. Gil Scott-Heron, New York Is Killing Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRe3c_n20sA

21. John Coltrane, Central Park West http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDB5xwJXdyg

22. Ella Fitzgerald, Manhattan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJsa0OfWcGA

23. Mos Def, Brooklyn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8VIn_Cj1DI

24. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Brooklyn Zoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlRV2N8s_IQ

25. Jay-Z, Empire State of Mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcjqGgx38fQ

26. Nina Simone, Central Park Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9I1MoWtaGo

27. Boogie Down Productions, South Bronx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iepqptjVwD4

28. Wyclef Jean, Heaven's in New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g1GDz-lMFA&feature=related

29. Prince, All the Critics Love U In New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbEAW99fZ2Y

30. Simon & Garfunkel, The Only Living Boy in New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGDt2skie84

31. Steely Dan, Daddy Don't Live in that New York City No More http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa9iPivw0fw

32. Steely Dan, Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsXg9pQ-1k0

33. Stevie Wonder, Livin' For the City http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc0XEw4m-3w

34. Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ88oTITMoM

35. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, The Message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6_WZ3qMPs0

36. Nas, NY State of Mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjj4hk0pV4

37. The Ramones, Rockaway Beach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6siGKxcKol0

38. Wu Tang Clan, C.R.E.A.M. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrsfJHLx5YA

39. Lou Reed, Coney Island, Baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPHbbvQEA1E

40. Grandmaster Flash, New York, New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVMuSmP2tY

41. Bob & Earl, Harlem Shuffle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjrvEeQowRk

42. Simon & Garfunkel The 59th Street Bridge Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KZi-aV0VTk

43. Simon & Garfunkel, At the Zoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0uO5RKI-S8

44. Bob Dylan, Positively 4th Street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2wuPssClKs

45. Wilson Pickett, Funky Broadway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIuJH3qroDY

46. Gil Scott-Heron, Madison Avenue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svM3RtsHovc

47. Bobby Womack, Across 110th Street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmc9tDky9B4

48. Santigold, L.E.S. Artistes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz0Qb5ws98k

49. The Jeffersons Theme Song

50. Simon & Garfunkel, Bleecker Street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q98pbT-ok3s

51. Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer http://www.youtube.com/watch?vhe =AdKjEHfHINQ

52. Rammellzee and K-Rob, Beat Bop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I56Kkxh_os

53. Black Star, Astronomy (8th Light) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-hVkorqicw

54. Mos Def, Bed Stuy Parade and Funeral March http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfmnRQRAt3g

55. Sonny Rollins, The Bridge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtY9hpg7sic

56. Charles Hamilton, Brooklyn Girls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4HYyATyeHs

57. Jay-Z, Brooklyn Go Hard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn8XKECyIs4

58. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Harlem World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlsE2Pz-AoE

59. Schooly D, King of New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AsMsu8DU10

60. Prince, Lady Cab Driver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ9xHHWAyos

61. AZ, Sugar Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeyeSCG5Ho

62. Weather Report, Birdland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae0nwSv6cTU

63. Ben E. King, Spanish Harlem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGd6CdtOqEE

64. Miles Davis, There's a Boat Dat's Leaving Soon for New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElKVdkSRe0c

65. Roy Ayers, We Live in Brooklyn, Baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chA_-j1gBWQ

66. Notorious B.I.G., Where's Brooklyn At? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZniFNh0oIe4