SONG TITLES and SONGS about DISTANCES & TRAVEL

[LookOverYonder]

I'll try to get this topic started with these song titles about DISTANCES/TRAVELING   ...........

*Travelin' Man     Ricky Nelson   which made it to #1 in 1961

*I Ran (So Far Away)     Flock of Seagulls

For a different approach, songs about  DISTANCES/TRAVELING...........

*Walk Away Renee'     The Left Banke

*Ferry Across The Mersey     Gerry & The Pacemakers

Uh, I am sorry if I led off with songs which you may have wanted to post here. How about this....wait a while and then post it....or post it now ! You see, repetition is OKAY

Please understand, there's lots of freedom and latitude with this topic. Be creative....let's have plenty of laughs and plenty of wows like:  "Wow, I wish I had thought of that one!!" "Wow, that's a good one!!

[l483260l]

"CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE"- JIMMY BUFFET

[LookOverYonder]

Do Wah Diddy Diddy     Manfred Mann   #1 1964

"We walked on to my door, then we kissed a little more"

[cm9889168]

"Someday Soon"

   "...going with him someday soon."

    by Judy Collins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIgnHPqp0Dk

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Wolverton Mountain" * Claude King

Was based on a real character, Clifton Clowers, who lived on Wolverton Mountain in Arkansas. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpmztcX_BtI

[1968Hoya46]

Dedicated To The One I Love: Shirelles; M's&P's (while I'm far away from you my baby).

[TheGent2U]

Don't know why I did not think of this song, sooner:

Thank U - Alanis Morissette

About her trip to India and her effort to re-center herself after the rush of fame caused by "Jagged Little Pill".

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Hummingbird {don't fly away} * Seals & Croft

Part of the  50's group Champs before splitting on their own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LaApCB4l8

[TheGent2U]

@ripvanwinkle96: Huh - I had no idea Seals and Crofts had been in the Champs. I knew Glen Campbell had, but I am not sure if he was in the band when they recorded "Tequila".

[ripvanwinkle96]

No kidding! talk about a couple unlikely guys, jumping from Tequila to public advocates of the Bahá'í Faith. Well that's what makes music great, no boundaries.

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Ride Away" * Roy Orbison

Orbison's love for motorcycles, tragically this love would bring him some of his darkest days. In 1966, he and his wife were returning from a trip when a truck pull out in front of them. Claudette died about an hour later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jrEmFjeacg

[m814261n]

Old Man River - Paul Robeson

[m814261n]

Song of India - Jessica Dragonette

[TheGent2U]

Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons

[1968Hoya46]

Walking Along: The Solitaires

[ripvanwinkle96]

"So Far Away" * Hank Jacobs

Northern Soul on the Hammond Organ - 62

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSaFBfJelDI

[1968Hoya46]

On The Wings Of A Dove: Ferlin Husky

[l483260l]

" CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD"- LUCINDA WILLIAMS

[LookOverYonder]

Kokomo     The Beach Boys   #1 1989

"Off the Florida Keys, there's a place called Kokomo, that's where you wanna go, to get away from it all"

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Out of This World" * Creed Taylor orch.

If you grew up in Southern California in the 60's, you will recognize this as the theme song to Strange Tales of Science Fiction that aired on Los Angeles channel 9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW09JsctkA0

[1968Hoya46]

Please Come Home For Christmas: Eagles, Bon Jovi, others.

[1968Hoya46]

He's Gone: Arlene Smith And The Chantels

[TheGent2U]

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell.

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross

Same song. Sort of.

[l483260l]

"Out of This World, Live in Seattle - "JOHN COLTRANE

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Washington Square" * The Village Stompers

A look back in time at Greenwich village, NY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0yFJMa9eZE

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Keep Searchin' {Follow the Sun} * Del Shannon

Charles Westover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh6jDG8-Bg8

[l483260l]

"RUNAWAY"- DEL SHANNON;

[1968Hoya46]

Forty Miles Of Bad Road: Duane Eddy

[1968Hoya46]

Matilda: Harry Belafonte (she took his money and ran off to Venezuela).

[TheGent2U]

@1968Hoya46  Allan Sherman did a nice take on "Matilda": 

"My Zelda", who took the money and ran with the tailor.

"That tailor, he really hurt my pride. He made my lapels an inch too wide! My Zelda, she took the money and ran with the tailor."

[TheGent2U]

Cheyenne - John Stewart, both solo and with Nick Reynolds.

Contains one of the best lines I have ever heard in a song:

"I've never had a job where the boss wouldn't steal the bass drum from his own brass band."