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Best best ballads that refer to a US State

Recently, there was a long discussion focused on the business merits of one US state.  It got me thinking about getting back to music and the ballads that refer to so many great places in the US.  So do you have a list (top 3-5) of favorite ballads that refer to a US state?

My list:
1) California Dreaming,  Mamas & Papas
2) Take Me Home Country Road (Almost heaven, West Virginia), John Denver
3) Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd
4) Please come to Boston (man from Tennessee), Dave Loggins
5) Colder Weather (Colorado), Zak Brown Band
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johnto
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Massachusetts the Bee Gees.  

Kentucky Woman by Deep Purple.

 

 

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larsman
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@notlistening - yeah, I remember that 'Della wear' song very well; I just never realized that the hit version of it was by Perry Como! 

jim5559
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Most persons that work at that comes out with ":MOON LIGHT IN VERMONT "

As do 95 % of people that lived at the time ! Frank Sinatra has a good one on here, as

have many great jazz artists .

 

 

jim5559
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Hate to break to you , folks , but not knowing this is pittiful ;

This is what that is almost gone in America , CLASS .

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larsman
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@jim5559 - that must have been some poll to find out that 95% of the population that lived at that time would say 'Moonlight In Vermont' as a ballad with a state name in it.

I'm 70 years old and I don't know anybody who would have named it, but then, I didn't take the poll. I find that fascinating - could you please provide a link to it? 

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