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Are there any songs about Florida?
30 Songs About Florida To Add To Your Vacation Playlist
- Old Folks at Home (Suwannee River) by Stephen Foster.
- Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky) by Jan Hilton.
- Floridays by Jimmy Buffett.
- The Florida Song by Ricky Sylvia.
- Mainline Florida by Eric Clapton.
- Florida by Modest Mouse.
- State of Florida by Less Than Jake.
Who sang the Swanee River Song?
Hugh Laurie
Swanee River/Artists
Who wrote the song Swanee?
Irving Caesar
George Gershwin
Swanee/Composers
Who wrote the song Old Folks?
Willard Robison
Billy Hill
Old Folks/Composers
Is there a song for every state?
But all states have songs written about them, and every state has an official state song—except for New Jersey, perhaps because it would force the state to decide between native sons Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi.
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Why is Florida’s state song Swanee River?
Foster is reported to have chosen the term “Swanee” because its two-syllable cadence fit nicely into the music he had composed. The composer was not familiar with the Florida section of the Suwannee River, because he never visited the state.
Did Stephen Foster ever visit Florida?
Foster, a Northerner, never visited Florida, but nevertheless had his tune “Way Down Upon the Swanee River” adopted as the state song. You learn a lot about Foster as you tour the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park here in White Springs, some 30 kilometres south of the Georgia state line.
Is John Swan Jimmy Barnes full brother?
John Swan OAM (born 15 March 1952), better known as Swanee, is an Australian rock singer. He was born John Archibold Dixon Swan in Glasgow, Scotland in 1952. He is the older brother of singer-songwriter Jimmy Barnes, and an uncle of stage performer David Campbell.
Is there a real Swanee River?
The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long.
Which states have songs?
State songs
| State | State song | Year adopted |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | “Alabama” | 1931 |
| Alaska | “Alaska’s Flag” | 1955 |
| Arizona | State song: “Arizona” | 1981 |
| State anthem: “Arizona March Song” | 1919 |
What state is mentioned most in songs?
Silge found that New York had the most mentions, 51, although she estimates that many of those references probably refer to the city, not the state. Second was California, with 26 mentions, followed by Georgia (21), Texas (13), Tennessee (11), Alabama (9), Mississippi (8), Kentucky (7) and Hawaii and Virginia (6).