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Janice
01-29-2006, 11:01 PM
Car Wash - Rose Royce

Taxi - Harry Chapin

Piano Man - Billy Joel

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

Rocketman - Elton John

Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn

Polniaczek033
01-29-2006, 11:06 PM
ice cream man - van halen
:lol:

ROCKET MAN BY ELTON JOHN
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
that made me really happy.

Janice
01-30-2006, 01:22 PM
Sky Pilot - The Animals

Workin' At The Car Wash Blues - Jim Croce

Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders

I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow

lockdown06
01-30-2006, 03:23 PM
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive---Patty Loveless (Coal miners)

Workin' Man Blues---Merle Haggard (regular workin' man)

Janice Johnson
01-30-2006, 03:53 PM
Workin' in a Coal Mine(I don't know who sings this song though)
I've Been Workin' On The Railroad(Again, I don't know who sings this song)

Penny Lane
01-30-2006, 04:14 PM
If I Were A Carpenter- Bobby Darin

Penny Lane
01-30-2006, 04:16 PM
Workin' in a Coal Mine(I don't know who sings this song though))

Lee Dorsey:wave:

Janice Johnson
01-30-2006, 05:20 PM
Lee Dorsey:wave:

Thanks:) That is a guy, right?:confused:

lockdown06
01-30-2006, 05:42 PM
Casey Jones --- Greatful Dead (engineer)
The Wreck of Old '97 --- Johnny Cash (engineer)
Highwayman --- The Highwaymen
Truckin' --- The Dead
White Lightnin'--- George Jones (moonshiner)

crystals
02-04-2006, 10:39 PM
"Like a Surgeon"- Weird Al Yankovic

Steve M.
02-13-2006, 08:50 PM
New York Mining Disaster 1941 - the Bee Gees

tv star collector
02-14-2006, 08:22 PM
Paperback Writer - The Beatles
Convoy - C.W. McCall
Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell

ABlairican Pie
02-15-2006, 03:06 AM
Hey Porter--Johnny Cash
Just a Job to Do--Genesis (about being a hit man)
She's a Politician--Soundgarden
Lady Cab Driver--Prince
Paperback Writer--The Beatles
Fisherman's Blues--The Waterboys
Workin' 9 To 5--Dolly Parton
We Are the Road Crew--Motorhead
Doctor Doctor--UFO
Disturbing the Priest--Black Sabbath
Voice of the Navigator--Iron Maiden

snl 70s show fan
02-22-2006, 07:21 PM
telphone man by meri wilson studio musician recorded by barry manalow and written by rupert holmes and 9 to 5

snl 70s show fan
02-22-2006, 07:22 PM
sorry i didnt see that 9 to 5 was alredy listed

James
03-12-2006, 01:55 AM
"Chain Gang" - Sam Cooke (1960)

Fleet
03-12-2006, 03:45 AM
Thanks:) That is a guy, right?:confused:
Yep.

I thought of one...
"Get A Job," The Silhouettes, 1958. Made it to #1 early that year.

Steve M.
03-12-2006, 04:21 PM
Makin' Thunderbirds - Bob Seger (auto assembly line worker)

stella
03-12-2006, 05:54 PM
Don't forget Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis and then by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

The infamous chorus:

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go;
I owe my soul to the company store...