Compilations and classic songs that put you in mind of the city, from Traveler's city playlist.
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CDs/Compilations:
Three Tenors of Soul: All the Way from Philadelphia
Teams lead singers from three celebrated groups: Russell Thompkins, Jr. (the Stylistics), Will Hart (the Delfonics) and Ted “Wizard” Mills (Blue Magic). Local popsters Hall and Oates perform on the title track, which they also wrote.
Walt Disney’s Fantasia
Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra provided musical magic in 1940 with such classics as “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”
Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince—Greatest Hits
DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith in a West Philly collaboration that serves up such jiggy flights of fancy as “Parents Just Don’t Understand” and “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson.”
Philadelphia: Music from the Motion Picture
As diverse as the city, the score includes “Please Send Me Someone to Love” by Sade, Maria Callas’s rendition of “La Mamma Morta” and Neil Young’s elegiac title track.
Classic Songs:
“History is cool but music defines the energies and spirit of Philadelphia,” says Jerry Blavat, a disc jockey and radio personality since 1962. Here are his picks, and a few other local faves.
1. “Sailing to Philadelphia” by Mark Knopfler
2. “The Twist” by Chubby Checker
3. “Streets of Philadelphia” by Bruce Springsteen
4. “Gonna Fly Now” by Maynard Ferguson
5. “Fall in Philadelphia” by Hall and Oates
6. “South Street” by The Orlons
7. “Off to Philadelphia” by The Irish Tenors
8. “T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)” by The Three Degrees
9. “Bandstand Boogie” by Barry Manilow
10. “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John
