Posted by Graeme Gigante on September 20, 2024 at 19:40:50:
For the fourth hour feature, if we are set to do a theme where the songs for that hour have to do with a street, or something similar falling under the category of that whether the term is included in the title and/or lyrics, I have a whole list of songs I believe would best fit that theme and any one or few of those songs could be played during the hour:
Martha and the Vandellas/Mick Jagger (From The Rolling Stones), and David Bowie - Dancing in the Street
Billy Joel - The Big Man on Mulberry Street
Billy Joel - Miami (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
Petula Clark - Downtown
Petula Clark - I Know a Place (Referring to Downtown Manhattan, NYC)
Chicago - Hot Streets
Doobie Brothers - Takin’ It To the Streets
Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto
Dead End Street - The Kinks
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles
Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones
Feeling Groovy (The 59th Street Bridge Song) - Simon and Garfunkel
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
King of the Road - Roger Miller
In the Middle of the Road - The Pretenders
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Running Down the Street - The Guess Who
Down On the Corner - Credence Clearwater Revival
On the Sunny Side of the Street - (Any Version Including Louie Armstrong’s, Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie’s Verison )
Route 66 - Nat King Cole
Peachtree Street - Frank Sinatra and Rosemary Clooney
On the Street Where You Live - Nat King Cole
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Back on the Road Again - REO Speedwagon
Bright Side of the Road - Van Morrison