Inspired by Tori Amos's new album Scarlet's Walk, I dedicated today's show to songs about specific places.
Songs such as:
" Telephone call from Istanbul " performed by the Jive Kings
" I left my heart in San Francisco " performed by Bobby Darrin
" New York, New York " from On The Town
" N.Y.C. " from Annie
" New York Interlude " from Crazy For You
" Kansas City " and " Oklahoma " from Oklahoma!
" There are no cats in America " from An American Tail
" Atlantic City " from Ragtime
" The last time I saw Paris " performed by The Four Fishermen
" Avril en Portugal " performed by Eartha Kitt
" We open in Venice " from Kiss Me, Kate
" Ohio " performed by Rosalind Russell and Edie Adams from Wonderful Town
" Born in Puerto Rico " performed by Paul Simon from The Capeman
" America " from West Side Story
" Dear old Syracuse " from The Boys From Syracuse
" Just blew in from the Windy City " from Calamity Jane
" Bali Ha'i " from South Pacific
" Those Canaan days " from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat