Discography
These are the songs that appear in The American State Songbook radio series. They are listed by state in the order in which they appear in the program. The official songs have been highlighted. The series is available free to radio stations who wish to carry it. For more information about The American State Songbook, please visit www.americanstatesongbook.com or call Jeff Brown at KTOO-FM in Juneau, Alaska at 907-586-1670.
Music used to introduce and close each program is The Star Spangled Banner, performed by Leo Kottke on Dreams and All That Stuff. I recommend all of his music.
(This is a long file. You may want to use the "find" function in your search engine.)
Alabama
Stars Fell Over Alabama
by M. Parish and F. Perkins
Performer: Percy Faith, American Serenade
STATE SONG
Alabama
Words by Julia Tutweiler
Music by Edna Gockel-Gussen
Performer: University of Alabama "Million Dollar" Band,
Directed by Carleton Butler,
and the University Singers
Directed by Kenneth Nielsen,
Arranged by Steve Sample
Alaska
Song: North to Alaska
by M. Phillips, from the movie, North to Alaska
Performer: Johnny Horton
STATE SONG
Song: Alaska's Flag
by Marie Drake and music by Elinor Dusenberry
Performer: The Trio Harmonettes
STATE SONG
Song: Alaska's Flag
by Marie Drake and music by Elinor Dusenberry
Performer: The Anchorage Community Chorus
STATE SONG
Song: Alaska's Flag
by Marie Drake and music by Elinor Dusenberry
Arranged by Steve Nelson
Performer: John Moore, Alaska Hit Singles
Arizona
STATE BALLAD
I Love You, Arizona
by Rex Allen, Jr.
Performer: Rex Allen, Jr., Something Old, Something New
STATE SONG
Arizona March Song
by Margaret Rose Clifford, and music by Maurice Blumenthal
Performer: Katy Lee
Arkansas
OFFICIAL STATE HISTORIC SONG
The Arkansas Traveler
Traditional
Performers: Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
Not For Kids Only
STATE SONG
Oh, Arkansas
by Terry Rose and Gary Klaff
STATE SONG
Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)
by Wayland Holyfield
Performer: Wayland Holyfield
California
California, Here I Come
by Jolson, DeSylva, Meyer; Music: Anne-Rachel Music
Performer: Al Jolson
STATE SONG
I Love You, California
by F. B. Silverwood, music by A. F. Frankenstein
Performer: Harold Grayson and His Trojans
From an early RCA Victor Electric Recording
Colorado
Rocky Mountain High
by John Denver
Performer: John Denver
STATE SONG
Where the Columbines Grow
by Dr. Arthur J. Flynn
Performers: Arvada Center Chorale
Recorded by Betsy Schwarm, KVOD
Connecticut
STATE SONG
Yankee Doodle
Traditional
Performer: Tom Callinan, Connecticut Troubadour
Delaware
STATE SONG
Our Delaware
by George Hynson and Will M. S. Brown
Performer: Delaware Music Camp Orchestra and Small Choir
Robert Page, conductor; Charles H. Reid, organist
Florida
STATE SONG
Swanee River (Old Folks At Home)
by Stephen Foster
Performer: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
STATE SONG
Swanee River (Old Folks At Home)
by Stephen Foster
Performer: Paul Robeson, Pearl Records
Georgia
Ramblin' Wreck From Georgia Tech
Georgia Institute of Technology
Perfomer: Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus,
Football Songs
STATE SONG
Georgia on My Mind
by Stuart Gorrell & Hoagy Carmichael
Performer: Ray Charles
Best of Ray Charles
Hawaii
STATE SONG
Hawaii Ponoi
Lyrics by King David Kalakaua
Music by Prof. Henry Berger, the Royal Bandmaster
Performers: Royal Hawaiian Band, In Concert
STATE SONG
Hawaii Ponoi
Lyrics by King David Kalakaua
Music by Prof. Henry Berger, the Royal Bandmaster
Performer: Palani Vaughan
Idaho
Idaho
by Jesse Stone
Performers: Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich, The Original Drum Battle
STATE SONG
Here We Have Idaho
Lyrics by McKinley Helm Tomkins
Music by Sallie Hume Douglas
Performers: Meistersingers Choir of Boise State University
Jerry Schroeder, Choral Instructor
Boise State University
Thanks to Gale E. Maxey
Illinois
Sweet Home Chicago
by Woody Payne
Performers: Blues Brothers
Movie Soundtrack
STATE SONG
Illinois
by C. H. Chamberlain and Archibald Johnson
Performers: Quincy Senior High II Music Department
Music of America
Indiana
Indiana
by Hanley-McDonald
Performer: Louis Armstrong, An Evening With Louis Armstrong
STATE SONG
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away
by Paul Dresser
Performers: Joan Morris (soprano) and William Bolcom (piano)
After the Ball
Iowa
The Iowa Corn Song
By Lockard, Hamilton, Riley, Botsford
Performed by Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus
Touchdown!
STATE SONG
The Song of Iowa
Words by S. H. M. Byers
Music: Traditional, "O Tannenbaum"
Performers: The Iowa State Singers
Kansas
Ahhh, Kansas!
Promotional Kansas Spot
Kansas City
by Fats Domino
Volume II
STATE SONG
Home on the Range
by Dr. Brewster Higley, music by Dan Kelly
Performer: Gene Autry
Gene Autry's Country Music Hall of Fame Album
Kentucky
Blue Moon of Kentucky
by Bill Monroe
Live Recordings
STATE SONG
My Old Kentucky Home
by Stephen Collins Foster
Performer: Paul Robeson
Louisiana
Bosco Stomp
Traditional
Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
Home Music With Spirits
STATE SONG
Give Me Louisiana
by Doralice Fontane and John Schaum
Performers: Unknown
Tape courtesy Martin Sotile
State of Louisiana Department of Education
STATE SONG
You Are My Sunshine
By Jimmy Davis and Charles Mitchell
Performer: Jimmy Davis
Jimmy Davis Celebrates His 100th Birthday
Maine
The Maine Stein Song
by Fenstad, Vallee, and Colcord
Performer: Les Brown and His Band of Renown
College Classics
STATE SONG
State of Maine Song
by Roger Vinton Snow
Performers: University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers
Robert Russell, conductor; Judith Quimby, pianist
Maryland
O Tannenbaum
Traditional
Performer: Ed Gerhard
STATE SONG
Maryland, My Maryland
Performer: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings Civil War Songs of the South
Massachusetts
Dirty Water
by The Standells
STATE ODE
Ode to Massachusetts
by Joseph Falzone
STATE FOLK SONG
Massachusetts
by Arlo Guthrie
Performer: Arlo Guthrie
Amigo
STATE SONG
All Hail To Massachusetts
by Arthur J. Marsh
Performer: Worchester Polytechnic Institute
Michigan
Song: Michigan, My Michigan
By William Otto Miessner & Douglas M. Malloch
Performer: Judith Connelly
Michigan Song Bag (Ann Arbor Public Library)
STATE SONG
My Michigan
by Giles Kavanagh, music by H. O'Reilly Clint
Performer: Timothy Hogan, vocal; Erich von Behren, piano
Thanks to Paul and Gail Beck.
Minnesota
STATE SONG
Hail! Minnesota
by Truman Rickard, later words added by Arthur E. Upson
Performer: University of Minnesota Marching Band
1986 Indoor Concert, Recorded Live November, 1986
Barry E. Kopetz, Director
STATE SONG
Hail! Minnesota
by Truman Rickard, later words added by Arthur E. Upson
Performer: The Land of Lakes Choirboys of Elk River
Hail! Minnesota
Mississippi
STATE SONG
Go Mississippi!
by Houston Davis
Performer: Jerry Lane Orchestra
and the Maurice Thompson
Tape courtesy John Davis Willams Library, Blues Archive
University of Mississippi
Missouri
STATE SONG
Missouri Waltz
by James Royce Shannon and John Valentine Eppel
Performer: 101 Strings
Hit American Waltzes
STATE SONG
Missouri Waltz
by James Royce Shannon and John Valentine Eppel
Performer: The Collins Kids
Montana
STATE BALLAD
Montana Melody
by LeGrande Harvey
Performer: LeGrande Harvey
STATE SONG
Montana
by Charles Cohan, music by Joseph E. Howard
Performer: MSU Music School Foundation
Album No.2
STATE SONG
Montana
by Charles Cohan, music by Joseph E. Howard
Performer: Lolo Preschool and Childcare
Director: Sharon Dibrito. Guitar: Jacqueline Claxton
Nebraska
Nebraska
by Bruce Springsteen
Performer: Bruce Springsteen
Nebraska
Here in Nebraska
Promotional announcement
STATE SONG
Beautiful Nebraska
Words by Jim Fras and Guy Miller
Music by Jim Fras
Performer: Scarlet and Cream Singers
University of Nebraska
Thanks to Cindy Evert, Public Information, State of Nebraska
Nevada
Nevada
by Woody Paul and Karen Ritter
Performer: Riders in the Sky
Prairie Serenade
STATE SONG
Home Means Nevada
by Bertha Raffetto
Performer: Reno Municipal Band
New Hampshire
HONORARY STATE SONG
The New Hampshire State March
by Rene Richards
HONORARY STATE SONG
Autumn in New Hampshire
by Leo Austin
HONORARY STATE SONG
The Old Man of the Mountain
by Paul Belanger
Performd by Paul Belanger
HONORARY STATE SONG
Oh, New Hampshire (You're My Home)
By Brownie McIntosh
Performed by Brownie Macintosh
HONORARY STATE SONG
New Hampshire, Naturally
By Rick Shaw and Ron Shaw
Performed by The Shaw Brothers
The Shaw Brothers Collection
STATE SONG
Old New Hampshire
Performer: Temple Male Quartet
Recorded in late 20's
New Jersey
I'm From New Jersey
by Red Mascara
Performer: Parke Frankenfield and the Chordbenders
Born to Run
by Bruce Springsteen
Performer: Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run
Jersey Bounce
by Benny Goodman
Performer: Benny Goodman
The Hits of Benny Goodman
STATE SONG FINALIST
Be Proud to Be in New Jersey
by Mark & Ellen Winter
STATE SONG FINALIST
In New Jersey
by Van Holten School
Performers: Van Holten School students
STATE SONG FINALIST
New Jersey's My Home
by Patrick Finley
New Mexico
STATE BILINGUAL SONG
New Mexico Mi Lindo Nuevo
by Pablo Mares
Performed by Mariaqno Romero
STATE BALLAD
Land of Enchantment
by Michael Martin Murphey, Don Cook, Chuck Rains
Performer: Michael Martin Murphey
Land of Enchantment
SPANISH LANGUAGE STATE SONG
Asi Es Nuevo Mejico
By Amadeo Lucero
Performer: Lt. Governor Roberto Mondragon
STATE SONG
O, Fair New Mexico
By Elizabeth Garrett
Performer: Lt. Governor Roberto Mondragon
New York
New York, New York
by John Kander, Fred Ebb
Performer: Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett
Duets
New York, New York
Performer: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly
Frank Sinatra in Hollywood
New York State of Mind
Performer: Mel Torme
Mel Torme and Friends
STATE SONG
I Love New York
by Steve Karmen
Performer: Steve Karmen Big Band
North Carolina
Carolina On My Mind
by James Taylor
The Best of James Taylor
STATE SONG
The Old North State (Instrumental)
Performer: North Carolina Symphony
Conducted by Benjamin Swalin
Tape courtesy Hal McKinney,
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
STATE SONG
The Old North State (Instrumental)
Performer: University of North Carolina Band
Tape courtesy Hal McKinney,
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
STATE SONG
The Old North State
Performer: Norman Cordon
North Dakota
STATE MARCH
The Flickertail March
by James Ployher
STATE SONG
North Dakota Hymn
by James W. Foley.
The words were originally set to the tune of Haydn's Austrian National Anthem, but an original score was written by Dr. C. S. Putman.
Performer: North Dakota National Guard Chorus
Ohio
STATE SONG
Beautiful Ohio (Instrumental)
Words by Ballard McDonald
Music by Mary Earl
Performer: All-Ohio State Fair Band
STATE SONG
Beautiful Ohio (Instrumental)
Words by Ballard McDonald
Music by Mary Earl
Performer: Percy Faith
American Serenade
Hang On Sloopy
by The McCoys
Performer: The McCoys
Billboard Hits, 1965
Beautiful Ohio
(older version, without new lyrics)
Performer: Eddy Arnold, Have Guitar, Will Travel
Thanks to Bill Comer, of Florida.
STATE SONG
Beautiful Ohio
Music by Mary Earl
Lyrics by Wilbert McBride
(The Legislature officially adopted these new lyrics for the song in 1989)
Performer: Susan Pepper
Oklahoma
Okie from Muskogee
by Merle Haggard
Pickin' on Merle Haggard
Oklahoma Hills
by Woody Guthrie
Performer: Arlo Guthrie and the Oklahoma Swing Band
Hard Travelin'
STATE SONG
Oklahoma
by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein
Performer: Gordon MacRae
From the motion picture, Oklahoma
Oregon
OSU Fight Song
Oregon State University
Oregon Trail
by Woody Guthrie
Performer: Woody Guthrie
Hard Travelin'
STATE SONG
Oregon, My Oregon
Lyrics by J. A. Buchanan
Music by Henry B. Murtagh
Performer: Oregon State University Departments of Music and Educational Activities
Pennsylvania
Fight On!
University of Pennsylvania
Performer: Percy Faith
Football Songs
Pennsylvania 6-5000
Performer: Glenn Miller
The Essential Glenn Miller
STATE SONG
Pennsylvania
by Eddie Khoury and Ronnie Bonner
Performers: The Pennsylvania Youth Chorale
Rhode Island
Rhody Rag
Tape courtesy Al Maccarone
STATE MARCH
Rhode Island
by T. Clarke Brown
Performer: Saucy Sylvia Mureddu
STATE SONG
Rhode Island's It For Me
by Charlie Hall, music by Maria Day
rranged by Kathryn Chester
Performers: Maria Day, vocal; Kathryn Chester, piano
South Carolina
Go! Carolina
University of South Carolina
STATE SONG
South Carolina (On My Mind)
by Hank Martin
Performers: Hank Martin and Buzz Arledge
South Dakota
STATE SONG
Hail, South Dakota
by Deecourt Hammitt
Performer: Grace Lex
and the Tommy Matthews Orchestra
Tennessee
Tennessee Stud
by Doc Watson
Songs for Little Pickers
STATE SONG
My Homeland, Tennessee
by Nell Grayson Taylor and Roy Lamont
Performer: Winifred Breast
STATE SONG
The Tennessee Waltz
by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King
Copyright: 1948
Performer: Pee Wee King
and his Golden West Cowboys, Volume 1
STATE SONG
Pride of Tennessee
by Fred Congdon
Performed by Fred Congdon
The Pride of Tennessee
STATE SONG
Rocky Top
by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant
Performer: The Osborne Brothers
From Rocky Top to Muddy Bottom
Texas
San Antonio Rose
by Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
For The Last Time
The Eyes of Texas
Traditional
Performer: Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus
Football Songs
STATE SONG
Texas, Our Texas
Lyrics by Gladys Yoakum Wright and William J. Marsh
Music by William J. Marsh
Performer: West Texas University Chorale
Utah
FORMER STATE SONG
Utah, We Love Thee
by Evan Stephens
Performers: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
STATE SONG
Utah, This Is The Place
by Sam & Gary Francis
With a host of musicians and singers and
The Morman Tabernacle Choir
Utah, This Is the Place
Vermont
FORMER STATE SONG
Hail Vermont!
by Josephine Hovey Perry
Performer: Dr. Larrimore Crockett,
accompanied by Arlene Hogenmiller
Moonlight in Vermont
by J. Blackburn and K. Suessdorf
Performer: Percy Faith
American Serenade
STATE SONG
These Green Mountains
by Diane B. Martin
Performer: Diane B. Martin
STATE SONG
These Green Mountains
by Diane B. Martin
Performer: Burlington Choral Society
Virginia
STATE SONG EMERITUS
Carry Me Back to Old Virginia
by James A. Bland
Performer: Eddy Arnold
Have Guitar, Will Travel
Roanoke
by Bill Monroe
Performer: Vassar Clements,
Nashville Jam
Finalists for the State Song
Virginia
by Lynn K. Rinker
Take Me Home to Virginia
by Gary Parker
Virginia's My Home
by Brannan Thompson and David Wiley
Longing for Old Virginia
by A. P. Carter
Performers: The Carter Family
'Mid The Green Fields of Virginia
Virginia, Land That I Love
by Judy Haile & William Soule
Performer: Judy Haile
Virginia
by Donna and Jimmy Dean
Performers: Donna & Jimmy Dean
Oh, Virginia
by Bob Clouse
Performer: Katy Benko
Sweet Virginia Breeze
by Robbin Thompson
Performer: Robbin Thompson
Sweet Virginia Breeze
Washington
Seattle
by Sheldon, Keller, Montenegro
by Perry Como
Seattle
STATE FOLK SONG
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On
by Woody Guthrie
Performer: Woody Guthrie
Columbia River Collection
STATE ROCK SONG
Louie, Louie
By Richard Berry
Performer: The Kingsmen
The Best of The Kingsmen
STATE SONG
Washington, My Home
by Helen Davis
Performer: Students from the Cedarhome School
Stanwood, Washington
West Virginia
Country Roads
by John Denver
Performed by John Denver
Greatest Hits
STATE SONG
The West Virginia Hills
by Reverend David King, music by H. E. Engle
Performer: Rebecca Kimmons
Kindred Spirits (Songs of West Virginia)
Wisconsin
Up in Wisconsin
By Lou & Peter Berryman
Yah Hey
Flutophone Polka
Traditional
Performed by Frankie Yankovich
STATE SONG
On Wisconsin
Words by J. S. Hubbard, Charles Rosa, and Carl Beck.
Music by William T. Purdy
Performer: Percy Faith Orchestra and Chorus
Football Songs
STATE SONG
On Wisconsin
Words by J. S. Hubbard, Charles Rosa, and Carl Beck.
Music by William T. Purdy
Performer: David HB Drake
Wiscon-Sing
Wyoming
Wyoming Cowboy
Artist unknown
STATE SONG
Wyoming
by C. E. Winter, music by O. E. Knapp
Performer: Men's Ensemble
Northwest Community College
Tenor: Joe Kellerby
Arranged by Don Hopper
Recommended state songs:
Your State's Name Here
By Lou and Peter Berryman
What, Again?
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