Louis Blues") or R&B crooner Lloyd Price ("Stagger Lee"): Summon St. Just ask 1920s chanteuse Bessie Smith ("St. Some never lived here but were inspired by this town. Many of the artists on this list (and we limited ourselves to one song per artist) are St. Rather, this is a list about what it means to invoke St. It's not a roundup of our greatest musicians (though many are here), nor is it a catalog of influential tunes (though they're here, too), or a compendium of songs that namedrop St. This is a list of 100 of the greatest songs about, for and of St. Their songs, and those of countless other musicians, tell the city's story and represent it to the world. On the contrary, those performers helped define the city by producing music that reflects its depth and variety. Louis doesn't define artists like Chuck Berry or Scott Joplin or Nelly.
In back rooms and basements, on stages and streets, musicians have paid tribute to St. Or rather songs, hundreds, thousands and more.
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