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Jerry Butler, Esq., 1959
Written by A. Wiley
Butler, cribbing a bit from some other celebrated songs about cities ("no California here I come"), used his rich baritone to put down other geographical locations ("I like living without palm trees") and exults his hoemtown, Chicago. State Street is mentioned, as in Sinatra's song. The spoken invocation at the beginning ("I've seen the Great White Way / And Herald Square / And foggy old London town...") reminds me of Jonathan Richman's similarly-phrased intro to "New England." I'm amused by how at the end he quickly interjects "and the Prudential Building!" before "Hey, that's for me!"
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