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Rhode Island in the Limelight: Music, A-M Rhode Island From the 2009 CD Wanna Snuggle?. Note: contains explicit lyrics. Rhode Island From their 1998 album To the Country. Rhode Island Was Rhode Island's official State Song for fifty years prior to 1996, when it was demoted to State March in favor of Charlie Hall's 'Rhode Island's It for Me.' Lyrics There's a version by the Laurels, introduced by Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci, on the 1998 CD Coolidge 50: Bands from Each State Performing Their State Song. Rhode Island From their 2011 CD The Front Bottoms. Note: contains explicit lyrics. Rhode Island From their self-titled 2000 album. Rhode Island Instrumental from the 2009 CD Jolie. Rhode Island From their 1998 album Yeah, Yeah, Punk Rock Big Deal. Rhode Island From his 2010 digital EP Rhode Island, Rhode Island Then there's this three-man band from Leeds, England, that calls itself Rhode Island. Rhode Island Blues From the 2003 album . Rhode Island Bride The Acousticats from the 1991 album Down at Evangelina's. Cache Valley Drifters from the 1999 album mightyfine.net. Live version by the MacMammals, 2012. Rhode Island Cheer Song From 1922, "dedicated to my alma mater"—Rhode Island State College, now the University of Rhode Island. Lyrics: RI Drivers Turn, Turn, Turn Rhode Island Freakout From their 2003 album Airs Above Your Station. Seems to have f-all to do with Rhode Island, but a nice guitar workout nevertheless. Rhode Island Girls This is a circa 2010 collection of amateurish songs extolling the virtues of "girls" from various Rhode Island towns. Sample titles:
There are similar collections for Massachusetts (forty-one songs), New Hampshire (thirty-one songs), and Florida (eighty songs), so the obvious conclusion is, there's a guy out there hoping the shotgun method will bring him music fame and fortune: lots of short songs (under two minutes each) about everybody's hometowns, hastily written, hastily recorded, and downloadable for .99 cents each—the same price you would pay for the latest hot track by the current chart-topper. He's not stupid. And the songs do have a certain DIY, so-lame-they're-fun appeal, if you're into that kind of thing. Rhode Island is Famous for You Lyrics: "Rhode Island is Famous for You" was written for the 1948-'49 Broadway musical revue Inside USA, in which it was sung by Jack Haley. The song has a ton of cover versions. Here's a selected list: Blossom Dearie cutesy-wootsies through the definitive version on the 1960 album Blossom Dearie, Soubrette, Sings Broadway Hit Songs. Get this stuck in your head and you're so doomed. Michael Frinstein tickles the ivories on Live At The Algonquin (1986). Nancy Lamott from the 1993 album My Foolish Heart. Mandy Patinkin and his all-smarm orchestra will have you blowing lunch along with this version from his 2001 Kidults album. New York jazz band The Lascivious Biddies altered the lyrics to "Coney Island" on their 2002 debut album Biddi-luxe!, but we're not fooled. Here's a live version of that track. The John Pizzarelli Trio performed a rendition on the 2003 album Live at Birdland. Live version by Erin McKeown at the Somerville Theatre, April 23, 2004. Live version by the Ukaladies during Hope Street Cyclovia, September 7, 2014. Rhode Island Quick Step Instrumental from 1843. "As performed by the Warren Brass band, composed and arranged for the piano forte, and respectfully dedicated to the Rhode Island Volunteer Militia." Rhode Island's It for Me "Rhode Island's It For Me" replaced "Rhode Island" by T. Clarke Browne as the official state song when it was adopted by the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1996. (The deposed tune, which had served ably as the state's official song for over fifty years, was re-designated Rhode Island's official state march.) Lyrics The definitive version by Maria Day is from around 1995. Rhode Island Rag Guitar instrumental from his 2007 CD For My Dad. Rhode Island Red Jackson gives his sax a workout on his 1967 album Soul Grabber. Rhode Island Red B-side of the 1970 single "I.J. Foxx," and collected on the 2001 compilation Spirit in the Sky: Best of Norman Greenbaum. Rhode Island Red From the 2003 album Spring Reverb. Here's a live version from 2013: Rhode Island Red From the 1970 self-titled album. Rhode Island Redhead From a 1952 non-album single. Rhode Island Reds From the 2003 album Elephant Micah, Your Dreams Are Feeding Back. Here's an early, circa 2001 live version by Elephant Micah and the Pelicans. Rhode Island Shred Electric guitar instrumental from the 2006 album Erotic Cakes. Rhode Island Song From the historical musical play Miracle in Philadelphia. A soundtrack by Lantos and Augustine is available on CD. Rhode Island Stomp From the CD Cajun Country Volume 2. Rhode Trip Smooth jazz instrumental from the 1996 album Rhode Trip. Rhode Trip Bass and drums instrumental from the 1998 album Weekend World. The Road to Rhode Island Sadly, the following isn't the actual clip from Family Guy's second season episode, Road to Rhode Island (2000), but just the title song over a static image. The Rocky Point Song Circa early 1990s. Rodman's Hollow From the 2006 CD Block Island Days. Rhode Island in the Limelight: Music, A-M What did we miss?Can't find your favorite Rhode Islandy tune here? Drop us a line at stuffie@quahog.org and let us know what we overlooked! This article last edited December 10, 2015 © 1999–2018 Quahog.org (with the exception of elements provided by contributors, as noted). |
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