A list of songs about the U.S. state of Oklahoma, Oklahomans and Oklahoma locations.
Songs about Oklahoma
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"24 Hours From Tulsa" — Gene Pitney; written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, 1963
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"Ada on My Mind," written and recorded by Jeremy Castle, 2010. "Ain't Oklahoma Pretty" – written and sung by John Pizzarelli, performed with Bucky Pizzarelli, 2009. “All Aboard” - Chuck Berry, 1961. "All Aboard for Oklahoma" – Spade Cooley and Ike Cargill, vocal by Red Egner, 1947. "All Across Oklahoma" – The Brombies, 2010. "All the Time in the World" – John Fullbright, 2012. "Almost to Tulsa" – Buddy Charleton, pedal steel guitarist with Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors. -- Later recorded by Mike Auldridge on Dobro. "Along the Verdigris" – Tom Paxton, recorded with Iris Dement singing harmony, 1994. "Anywhere I'm Loving You" – Matt Hillyer and Eleven Hundred Springs, 1999.
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"The Bad Roads of Oklahoma" — Susan Herndon, 2010. "Back in Oklahoma" – Written and performed by Jamie Richards, 2004. "Back in Oklahoma" – Wayde Blair, 2006. "Back to Oklahoma" – Ned Miller, 1970; written by Alan O'Day. "Back to Oklahoma" – Michael Fracasso, 1995. "Back to Oklahoma" – Jim Layeux, 1998. "Back to Oklahoma" – Donnie Duree, 2009. "Baja Oklahoma" – written by Willie Nelson and Dan Jenkins for the HBO movie of the same name, 1988. Later recorded with significant variations by Karla Bonoff, 2007. "Ballad of the Oklahoma Women's Liberation Front" – Beth Elliott, 1976. "Beim alten Bill in Oklahoma" – Written by Ulrich Jonas, Peter Power and Rolf Soja, recorded by Heino, 1979. "Big Boat Across Oklahoma" – Hank Thompson, co-written with William Penix, 1969. "Big Cedar" – Bill Grant and Delia Bell, 1976 and 1980. "Blown Away" – written by Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, recorded by Carrie Underwood, 2012. "Blues for Oklahoma" – Virgel Bozman, 1950. "Bob's Got a Swing Band in Heaven" – Red Steagall, 1978. "Border Oklahoma" – Norfolk & Western, 2001. "Boy from Oklahoma" (about Woody Guthrie) – Willis Alan Ramsey, 1972. "Boys from Oklahoma" – Written by Gene Collier; recorded by Cross Canadian Ragweed, 2002.
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"California Cotton Fields" – Written by Dallas Frazier and Earl Montgomery, recorded by Frazier, then by Merle Haggard, 1969/71. "California Okie" – Kevin "Blackie" Farrell, recorded by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, 1975. "California Okie" – Robert John Jones, a.k.a. "Rocky Topp", writer; recorded by Buck Owens, 1976. "California Okies" – Betty Overstreet, 2007/8. "Cherokee Maiden" – written by Cindy Walker, recorded by Bob Wills, 1941; a #1 hit for Merle Haggard, 1976; later performed by Asleep at the Wheel, 1999. "Cherokee Strip" – written by Glenn and Tim Spencer, members of the Sons of the Pioneers, 1940. Performed by the group in the movie The Durango Kid. Later recorded by Bob Beckham, 1967. "Chickasha City" – written by Kris Bergsnes, Larry W. Herbstritt, Brian Dean Maher and Rich McCready, recorded by McCready, 2005; later recorded by Charley Austin, 2008. "Choctaw Bingo" – James McMurtry, 2002; also recorded by Ray Wylie Hubbard, 2005. "Chouteau, Oklahoma" – Brian Wyer, 2008. "Cimarron (Roll On)" – The Jimmy Wakely Trio; written by one of the trio, Johnny Bond, 1938. "Cleveland County Blues" – John Moreland, 2015. "Coal County Country" – Ed and Jolene Bullard, 1983. "Crazy About Oklahoma" – written by Al Smith, recorded by Jimmy Reed, 1967.
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"The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)" – written by Steven R. Diamond and Mark Daniel Sanders, recorded by Wade Hayes, 1997. "Dear Okie" – Doye O'Dell and Rudy Sooter, 1948. Later recorded by the New Lost City Ramblers, 1968, and Hank Thompson, 1969. "Death Trip to Tulsa" – Mark Lanegan, 2014. "The Devil Went on to Tulsa" – Jana Jae, 1979. "Does the Wind Still Blow in Oklahoma?" – Reba McEntire & Ronnie Dunn, 2007. "(Don't Let the Sun Set on You in) Tulsa" – written by Wayne Carson Thompson, recorded first by him (as Wayne Carson), then by Glenn Yarbrough, both 1969, and then by Waylon Jennings, 1970. (The Waylon Jennings record is often listed with the one-word title "Tulsa.") "Don't Make Me Come to Tulsa" – written by Don Cook, recorded by Wade Hayes, 1994. "Down in Oklahoma" – Ginger Prince; written by Lee "Lasses" White; from the film The Prince of Peace, (also known as The Lawton Story), 1949/51. "Down in Stillwater Oklahoma" – written by Joe King and Benny McArthur. Recorded by Joe King, 2020. "Down to the Ark" – written by John Darnielle, performed live by The Mountain Goats on American Public Media's Weekend America in 2008. "Dust Pneumonia Blues" – Woody Guthrie, 1940.