** The Wrestler-Bruce Springsteen-For the song " The Wrestler "

The borough is the subject of his song " My Hometown ", from the Born in the U. S. A. album, which described racial and economic tensions in the 1960s ( the " textile mill being closed " was the A & M Karagheusian, Inc. rug mill at Center and Jackson Streets ).

Restored to fitness and briefly back in the fold, he contributed one original song to Streets, (" Turn It Loose "), and also added a vocal cameo to Simmons ' tune " Wheels of Fortune.

Carmichael's 1943 song " I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin ' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues " is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the song with the longest title.

She is the first artist to win all three awards ( Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy ) for a song that is composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist ( the only other such artist being Bruce Springsteen for his " Streets of Philadelphia " 1993: Oscar, 1994: Golden Globe & two Grammys ).

The opening credits of Bottom show the Hammersmith Broadway ( also mentioned in The Pogues ' song Dark Streets of London ) development, then called Centre West, when it was under construction.

The song was also featured in Martin Scorsese's film Mean Streets ( 1973 ), in Ron Howard's Night Shift and at the end of Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

It lost out to The Piano for Best Original Screenplay while the song " A Wink and a Smile " lost out to " Streets of Philadelphia " ( another Tom Hanks movie ) for Best Original Song.

* Progressive-metal band Savatage's album Streets: A Rock Opera ( 1991 ) features a song called " St. Patrick's " during which the main character, DT Jesus, speaks to God in the cathedral demanding an explanation for his misfortunes.

* The song appears in the videogames NHL 10, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Rock Band 2, True Crime: Streets of LA and downloadable content for Guitar Hero 5.

*" Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six ," a song by The Pogues in support of the Birmingham Six and Guildford Four

One other recent example can be found on rapper Lupe Fiasco's 2007 album, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool in a song titled " Streets On Fire ".

* " Streets of Laredo " ( song ), a well-known cowboy ballad

* " Streets of Baltimore ", country song

The Streets ' song " Turn the Page " mentions " Roobarb and Custard verses ".

She also sang the song " Dawn's Theme ", which was used at the end of the movie Streets.

The only song that was released from the 2005 sessions was on the Baieti buni-soundtrack single Strazile ( The Streets ).

Although he has never again recorded a song as commercially successful as " Romeo's Tune ", his first recording for Geffen Records, 1988's Streets of This Town, has been credited with " intelligence and maturity that bested most of his previous work ".

Tom Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film, while the song " Streets of Philadelphia " by Bruce Springsteen won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Warzone also had a song called " We're the Crew " on their 1988 album Don't Forget the Struggle, Don't Forget the Streets.

*" The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid ", also known as " the snake charmer song "

A reunion album, Streets Of Rock N ’ Roll is slated for release in 2010, as well as the 25th anniversary edition of The Right To Rock featuring a brand new re-recorded version of the title song as a bonus track.

" " Wild In the Streets ", a B-side release, was a staple of live show encores ; the song was eventually released on CD as a bonus track.

* " Streets " ( song ), a song by Avenged Sevenfold on the album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet

MFSB released " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", a 1974 hit recording featuring vocals by The Three Degrees, which became the first disco song to reach number one, after " Love's Theme ", on the Billboard Hot 100 ; it was written as the theme song for Soul Train.

An 18th-century example of topical song intended as a feminist protest song is " Rights of Woman " ( 1795 ), sung to the tune of " God Save the King ", written anonymously by " A Lady ", and published in the Philadelphia Minerva, October 17, 1795.

Washington Irving, then editor of The Analectic Magazine in Philadelphia, reprinted the song in November 1814.

The playing of the song two years later during the seventh-inning stretch of the 1918 World Series, and thereafter during each game of the series is often noted as the first instance that the anthem was played at a baseball game, though evidence shows that the " Star-Spangled Banner " was performed as early as 1897 at opening day ceremonies in Philadelphia and then more regularly at the Polo Grounds in New York City beginning in 1898.

* The song " Silvertown Blues " from Mark Knopfler's album Sailing to Philadelphia deals with the construction of The Dome

Don McLean wrote the song in Cold Spring, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The song made its debut in Philadelphia, PA at Temple University when he was opening for Laura Nyro on March 14, 1971.

* Philadelphia MC Reef the Lost Cauze put out a song called " Nat Turner " on his album A Vicious Cycle.

*" Flipside ", a song by rapper Freeway from his 2003 album Philadelphia Freeway

On New Year's Day, the Ebenezer Baptist Church held an extended service including a roll call of the members, a song service led by Mary Philips, a student at the Philadelphia Bible Institute, and a temperance address for the children.

Later in the evening, following David Bowie's set, a video shot by the CBC ( Video Editor: Colin Dean ) was shown to the audiences in London and Philadelphia, as well as on televisions around the world ( though notably neither US feed, ABC or MTV chose to show the film ), showing starving and diseased Ethiopian children set to the song " Drive " by The Cars.

The song " Sailing to Philadelphia " from Mark Knopfler's album of the same name, also has strong references to Mason and Dixon, and was inspired by Pynchon's book.

The song Sailing to Philadelphia from Mark Knopfler's album of the same name, also refers to Mason and Dixon, and was inspired by Pynchon's book.

Merchant has said in interviews that after her split with 10, 000 Maniacs she was so eager to begin writing her own material that she went home that very day and composed the song " I May Know the Word ", which was originally meant to appear on the soundtrack to the Tom Hanks movie Philadelphia.

Arriving shortly before airtime at the Philadelphia studios, Cantor was reportedly told to cut the song because the NBC New York censors considered some of the lyrics too risqué.

The band performed the song at the Live Aid benefit concert in Philadelphia, on July 13, 1985.

In 1994, Philadelphia indie rock band The Strapping Fieldhands recorded a 3-track no-fi version of the song ( as well as a reprise that closes the album ) for its EP " In The Pineys ".

During the 1938 season the Redskins played their new fight song for fans in attendance at the games as they played the Philadelphia Eagles, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Cleveland Rams, the New York Giants, the Detroit Lions, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Chicago Bears football teams.

* Philadelphia punk rock band Dead Milkmen have a song called " I Dream of Jesus ", in which the singer's mother finds Jesus who is trapped inside a bottle.

In 1985, The Dead Milkmen, a Philadelphia punk band, wrote a song about Charles Nelson Reilly called " Serrated Edge.