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"Hail To The Chief" is the most notable Presidential song. It is often heard before the President speaks. There are several notable novelty songs about the Presidents. Jonathan Coulton has a song that chonicles Presidential history. Abraham Lincoln is associated with "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and other Civil War songs. "Harry Truman" by Chicago was one of the few songs in pop history to delve into presidential history. "He Was a Friend of Mine" by The Byrds is a tribute to John F. Kennedy. Linocln and Kennedy along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were remembered in the song "Abraham, Martin and John" by Dion. President Nixon was opposed in many songs such as "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder. A novelty record that documented Nixon's downfall was "Watergate '74" by Dickie Goodman. Another Chief Executive that wound up on a musical recording was George Herbert Walker Bush in the song "Read My Lips" by A Thousand Points of Night. Abraham, Martin and John by Dion Harry Truman by Chicago Presidents by Animaniacs N.W.O. by Ministry 99 Red Balloons by Nena Yes We Can by will.i.am Ballad of Teddy Roosevelt by The Black Irish Band Presidents by Shoeless Jeff and Scott Free President Gas by Psychedelic Furs Solid (As Barack) by Ashford & Simpson Dear Mr. President by Pink Funky President by James Brown My Country Tis of Thee by Aretha Franklin (at Obama Inauguration) Those Were The Days (All in the Family There) by Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton - mentions Hoover It's a Mistake by Men At Work - is a message to President Reagan He Was a Friend of Mine by The Byrds is a JFK tribute James K. Polk by They Might Be Giants Dear Mrs. Roosevelt by Bob Dylan & The Band George Washington by Andrew C. Germain Reagan At Bitburg by Frank Zappa Lincoln, Washington and That Jefferson Guy by They Might Be Giants Postcards From Richard Nixon by Elton John Abraham Lincoln by Kathleen Wiley Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt by Otis Jackson My Funny Valentine by Bill Clinton Read My Lips by A Thousand Points of Night The Love of Richard Nixon by Manic Street Preachers President Roosevelt by Big Joe Williams Air Force One by Godley & Creme The President by Robyn Hitchcock Open Letter To Obama by Jin Dead Presidents by Willie Dixon The Love of Richard Nixon by Manic Street Preachers My President by Young Jeezy featuring Nas Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again by Norman & Nancy Blake Black President by Nas Reaganation by Bongwater Thomas Jefferson by Sharon Luanne Rivera Black President by Nas W by The Damned On The Border by The Eagles (about President Nixon) William Howard Taft by The Two Man Gentlemen Band Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation by Tom Paxton When The President Talks To God by Bright Eyes President Reagan's Birthday Present by The Jazz Butcher We'd Like To Thank You, Herbert Hoover by The Blind Robins President's Song by Animaniacs Vision Thing by Sisters of Mercy That Was The President by Phil Ochs You're The Man by Marvin Gaye Tomorrow Wendy by Concrete Blonde If Reagan Played Disco by The Minutemen 11 mph by Was (Not Was) - about JFK assassinaion Obama by Extra Golden Sweethearts by Camper Van Beethoven The Ballad of Czolgosz by Stephen Sondheim Dead Presidents Theme by Danny Elfman Tribute to President Gerald R. Ford (God Bless America) by Jessica Adams Louisiana 1927 by Randy Newman - about President Coolidge Eisenhouwer Blues by J.D. Lenoir Tricky Dick by Country Joe MacDonald Warren Harding by Al Stewart Jubilee Train by The Blasters - about President Hoover Bullet by Misfits - about JFK assassination Catholic Day by Adam & The Ants - about JFK Postcards From Richard Nixon by Elton John Jacksonville by Sufjan Stevens Talkin' World War III Blues by Bob Dylan White House Blues by Bill Monroe |
