A feel-good ending for the 350 Jersey Songs series: ‘Celebrate good times, come on!’
350 Jersey Songs
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Not about New Jersey, but eternally linked to the state via its use in ‘The Sopranos.’
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Jersey City funk band had its breakthrough hit with this song, in 1974.
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350 Jersey Songs
‘Won’t Somebody Sing a Song About New Jersey?,’ Christopher Paolini
by JAY LUSTIGby JAY LUSTIGA yearning ballad, originally written about Kentucky.
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A tribute to two friends of The Boss who died in the Vietnam War.
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350 Jersey Songs
‘I Need More Love,’ Robert Randolph and the Family Band
by JAY LUSTIGby JAY LUSTIGFrom ‘Late Show With David Letterman,’ in 2003.
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350 Jersey Songs
‘The ’59 Sound,’ The Gaslight Anthem on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’
by JAY LUSTIGby JAY LUSTIG‘Thanks for coming over the river,’ he tells the New Brunswick-based band.
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350 Jersey Songs
‘We’ve Got the Love,’ Jersey Artists for Mankind (J.A.M.)
by JAY LUSTIGby JAY LUSTIGA 1986 charity single by an all-star group of Garden State musicians.
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A tribute to New Jersey’s leading landmark (which is technically in New York).
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A Bob Dylan cover from the Teaneck native’s 1981 album “Rock Away.”
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Band member Dave Pattillo will perform in Asbury Park again next week.
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One of the most memorable pop hits from the great guitarist Les Paul, who was born 100 years ago.