This list is like a who's who of music — with some comedians mixed in — over the last 50-plus years.

From “take me home, country roads” to “born in the USA” and “I ain’t no Senator’s son”, perhaps you get the clearest picture of America from the words that have been written about her in song. Hell, ...

Some of these tunes are by homegrown heroes; other picks are just great songs that mention a state or happen to be set there or that evoke the place in some special way. Our list has rock classics, ...