Wannabe State Songs

Maile Carballo / KUTX

November 14, 1960 – Ray Charles scored his first No.1 hit with “Georgia On My Mind,” a cover of the Hoagy Carmichael standard that the State of Georgia made their official state song in 1979.

Let’s mark the occasion and hear POPULAR SONGS THAT WOULD MAKE A GREAT OFFICIAL STATE SONG


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“Come on feel the Illinoise”
-Sufjan Stephens

Jim Chim

“Hotel California”
-The Eagles

Timothy T Rueger

“Minnesoter”
-The Dandy Warhols

Kim Cooper Birdwell

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