Cindy Bullens - Jellico Highway Singer-songwriter who is best known as a backup vocalist on tours and albums for Elton John and Rod Stewart. She also provided backing vocals for Gene Clark's phantastic 1974 album "No Other", and performed on the "Grease" soundtrack in 1978. "Jellico Highway" is a track from her 2005 album "Dream #29", released on her own Blue Lobster Records. "Somewhere on the Jellico Highway It hit me so hard I could cry I told you I didn't love you God knows I was tellin' a lie Somewhere on the Jellico Highway I realized that I said good-bye"
So Long Bannatyne ~ The Guess Who (1971) Little trivia note: The building that is pictured on the cover of "So Long Bannatyne" (543 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg) was lost to fire in 2015. ...and Chevrier Blvd also mentioned in the song is closer to where I live now.
Woody Guthrie - Will Rogers Highway Woody Guthrie's song on Route 66. Woody mistakenly writes that Route 66 stretched "from the coast to coast, from New York town down to Los Angeles". Recorded in 1940 by Alan Lomax, and released as "Library of Congress Recordings" on Elektra in 1964. "That 66 highway, the Will Rogers road, It's lined with jalopies as far as you can see With a mighty hot motor and a heavy old load From New York town down to Los Angeles"
Willy DeVille - Bamboo Road Great track from his 1992 album "Backstreets of Desire". The Cajun musician Zachary Richard on accordion. "Up on Bamboo Road Up on Bamboo Road Yes, you're sweeter than a sugar cane Up on Bamboo Road"
Michael J. Sheehy - Torriano Avenue Singer and guitarist from London/England. He played in Dream City Film Club in the nineties, and started releasing solo records in 2000. Since 2013 he formed his new band Miraculous Mule. "Torriano Avenue" is a track from his album "Ghost on the Motorway", released in 2007 on Red Eye Music. The song is referencing Torriano Avenue in Kentish Town in northwest London. "A street light flickered above Chemicals shot through our blood Everything was shiny and new On Torriano Avenue"
Skyhooks - Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo) Lygon St is a well known street in inner city Melbourne, known for its European style restaurants and coffee houses.
Bruce Joyner - Melrose Avenue Singer and harmonica player from Georgia who moved to Los Angeles/California in 1980. "Melrose Avenue" - named after a street in Hollywood - is a song about arriving in the city. From his album "Hot Georgia Nights", released on New Rose Records in 1987. "Sometimes I walk down Melrose Avenue I just watch all the pretty girls pass by"
Yet another one mentioning Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles/California: David Olney - Sunset on Sunset Boulevard From his album "Real Lies", released in 1997 on Philo Records. David Olney sadly passed away on stage while performing in Santa Rosa Beach/Florida in January 2020, aged 71. "On goes the show But this case is closed Sunset on Sunset Boulevard"
I'm late to this party, but this came to mind immediately. I figured someone with good taste and a gentle spirit would post it. It reached position 36 on the BillBoard pop chart the week ending November 23, 1968.
Tommy James put out some groovy solo efforts including Church Street Soul Revival, which was a minor hit peaking at position 62 on the BillBoard pop chart the week ending January 23, 1971.
The Nashville Teens had a hit with Tobacco Road, which peaked at position 14 on the BillBoard pop chart the week ending November 7, 1964.
