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In Song

Passing through: The theme song to the 1960s U.S. television comedy series Car 54, Where Are You? begins "There's a holdup in The Bronx." And the song "New York, New York" (by Betty Comden and Adolph Green from the 1940s musical comedy and film, "On the Town") explains that "The Bronx is up and the Battery's down." Another song, "Manhattan" (by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the 1925 musical "Garrick Gaieties"), declares "We'll have Manhattan,/The Bronx and Staten/Island too./It's lovely going through/the zoo."

Bronx Local: While hundreds of songs about New York City, Manhattan and Brooklyn can be found in Wikipedia's List of songs about New York City and also in Marc Ferris's 5-page, 15-column list of "Songs and Compositions Inspired by New York City" in The Encyclopedia of New York City (1995), only a handful refer to The Bronx.

Ferris's extensive but selective 1995 list mentions only four songs referring specifically to The Bronx:

• "On the Banks of The Bronx" (1919), William LeBaron, Victor Jacobi
• "Bronx Express" (1922), Creamer and Layton
• "The Tremont Avenue Cruisewear Fashion Show" (1973), Jerry Livingston, Mark David
• "I Love the New York Yankees" (1987), Paula Lindstrom

But Wikipedia's own list also currently mentions:

• "Alfie From The Bronx" by The Toy Dolls
• "Back To The Bronx" by 2 Live Crew
• "Boogie Down Bronx" by JVC Force
• "Bronx" by Kurtis Blow
• "The Bronx" by Regina Spektor
• "Bronx Backyard" by The Johnny Seven Band
• "The Bronx Is Beautiful" by Robert Klein
• "Bronx Keeps Creating It" by Fat Joe
• "Bronx Tale" by Fat Joe
• "Bronx War Stories" by A.I.G.
• "Cousin in The Bronx" by Kaiser Chiefs
• "Cross Bronx Expressway" by Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz
• "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" by Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
• "Ha Ya Doin? Yankees" – The Haya Doin'? Boys
• "Here Come the Yankees", by Bob Bundin and Lou Stallman
• "Jenny From The Block" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Styles P & Jadakiss
• "On The Streets Of The Bronx" by The Moonglows
• "Our Lady of The Bronx" by Black 47
• "Rockin' The Bronx" by Black 47
• "South Bronx" by Boogie Down Productions
• "Lost in the Flood" by Bruce Springsteen