Songs About NYC

NYC Travel Tips
Written By Leanne Staples

This is the beginning of a setlist of songs in no particular order, about New York City. I've also created a YouTube playlist. 

  • Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

  • New York, New York - Frank Sinatra or Liza Minelli

  • New York State of Mind - Billy Joel

  • New York City - John Lennon

  • New York City - Lenny Kravitz

  • Talkin’ New York - Bob Dylan

  • No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys

  • Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed

  • Shattered - The Rolling Stones

  • Harlem Nocturne - Lounge Lizards

  • The 59th Street Song (Feelin’ Groovy) - Simon and Garfunkel

  • Take the A Train - Duke Ellington or Ella Fitzergrald

  • Broadway - Count Basie

  • Brooklyn Boogie - Louis Prima

  • New York Is Killing Me - Gil Scott Heron

  • Broadway - Mel Torme

  • Birdland Blues - Bud Powell

  • Back To Manhattan - Norah Jones

  • New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

  • Chelsea Hotel No. 2 - Leonard Cohen

  • Autumn in New York - Billie Holiday

  • Boy From New York City - The Manhattan Transfer

  • 14th Street - Rufus Wainwright

  • Downtown Train - Tom Waits

  • 53rd & 3rd - The Ramones

  • Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King

  • Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

  • West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein

  • Across 110th Street - Bobbie Womack

  • On Broadway - George Benson

  • First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen

  • Chelsea Morning - Joni Mitchell

  • Rockaway Beach - The Ramones

  • NY State of Mind - Nas

  • Living For the City - Stevie Wonder

  • Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

  • NYC - Interpol

  • New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down - LCD Soundsystem

  • Summer in The City - Lovin' Spoonful

  • Angel of Harlem - U2

  • The Ballad of New York City - John Lennon & Yoko Ono

  • Ballad of N.Y.C. - Fun Lovin’ Criminals

  • Broadway - The Clash

  • Broadway - Kool & the Gang

  • The Bronx - Kurtis Blow

Leanne Staples

I’m Leanne Staples and I’m an independent licensed New York City tour guide, with Shoot New York City being my trading name. All tours and workshops are customized to your interests and desires. When you make an enquiry, you are dealing directly with me and when it comes to taking your tour or workshop, it will be with me as your guide. This is not a faceless corporation, there are no agents, no other employees. This level of personalized service with an independently operated business truly makes for a unique and memorable experience.

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