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Do not fill this in! == In popular culture == Kalamazoo's name is a familiar reference in popular music, since its unique sound makes it a "great word for a lyric."<ref name="dope">{{cite web |url = http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457232 |title = Kalamazoo in song |work = The Straight Dope |access-date = December 27, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131214071008/http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457232 |archive-date = December 14, 2013 }}</ref> Its use as [[metonym]] for a remote place is discussed above—"although when it comes to both [[Timbuktu]] and Kalamazoo, most of that brag-worthy exotic allure is merely in their names."<ref name="Trinidad"/> Nonetheless, numerous songs use the city's name in their song title or [[lyrics]]. Probably the most famous and first was "[[(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo]]" (1942) by the [[Glenn Miller Orchestra]] with [[Tex Beneke]]. This #1 popular song was written by [[Mack Gordon]] and [[Harry Warren]]. It was recreated by the fictional Gene Morrison Orchestra (performing as the [[Glenn Miller Orchestra]]) and the [[Nicholas Brothers]] (performing the song as part of a dance sequence) in the 1942 movie ''[[Orchestra Wives]].''<ref name=Miller>Lyrics, Glenn Miller "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo".{{full citation needed|date=February 2019}}</ref><ref name="orchestra">{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFv_PoZ2iP0 |title = I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo |first1 = Glenn |last1 = Miller |year = 1943 |via = [[YouTube]] |format = Video |publisher = [[Orchestra Wives]] |access-date = December 27, 2011 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111224092122/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFv_PoZ2iP0 |archive-date = December 24, 2011 }}</ref> It was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[15th Academy Awards]] (music by [[Harry Warren]]; lyrics by [[Mack Gordon]]).<ref name="orchestra"/><ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035157/ |title = Orchestra Wives |website = [[IMDb]] |access-date = December 27, 2011 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202192625/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035157/ |archive-date = December 2, 2011 }} See also [[Boom Shot]].</ref> At least a dozen (and many more versions) of "Kalamazoo" songs have been recorded. In chronological order, others include: "[[I've Been Everywhere#North American version|I've Been Everywhere]]" (1962) by [[Hank Snow]] (from the album of the same title)<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/snow-hank/ive-been-everywhere-1964.html |title = Hank Snow—Ive Been Everywhere Tabs, Chords |work = cowboylyrics.com |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100615073846/http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/snow-hank/ive-been-everywhere-1964.html |archive-date = June 15, 2010 |access-date = June 11, 2010 }}</ref> and the 1996 song "Unchained" (also from the [[Unchained (Johnny Cash album)|album of the same name]]) by [[Johnny Cash]]<ref>Lyrics, "[[I've Been Everywhere]]" by [[Johnny Cash]]{{full citation needed|date=February 2019}}.</ref>—reworked from the original 1959 [[Geoff Mack]] Australian-place-names version made popular by the singer [[Leslie Morrison|Lucky Starr]], "[[Down on the Corner]]" (1969) by [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] on their fourth studio album, ''[[Willy and the Poor Boys]]''—covered by a dozen other groups—though the reference is not to the city but to the "[[Gibson Kalamazoo|Kalamazoo]]" line of budget priced guitars manufactured by [[Gibson Brands|Gibson]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/creedence+clearwater+revival/down+on+the+corner_20034359.html |title = Down On The Corner Lyrics |work = lyricsfreak.com |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080713230203/http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/creedence+clearwater+revival/down+on+the+corner_20034359.html |archive-date = July 13, 2008 |access-date = February 5, 2008 }}</ref> "Kalamazoo" (1995) by [[Luna (1990s American band)|Luna]] on ''[[Penthouse (album)|Penthouse]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.metrolyrics.com/kalamazoo-lyrics-luna.html |title = Luna - Kalamazoo Lyrics - MetroLyrics |work = metrolyrics.com |url-status = unfit |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110418115404/http://www.metrolyrics.com/kalamazoo-lyrics-luna.html |archive-date = April 18, 2011 |access-date = June 11, 2010 }}</ref> "Cold Rock a Party" (1996) by [[MC Lyte]] on ''[[Bad as I Wanna B]]'',<ref>"[[Cold Rock a Party]][http://www.lyricstime.com/mc-lyte-cold-rock-a-party-mc-lyte-main-version-lyrics.html, "] by [[MC Lyte]]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218193135/http://www.lyricstime.com/mc-lyte-cold-rock-a-party-mc-lyte-main-version-lyrics.html |date=December 18, 2007 }}</ref> "Kalamazoo" (1997) by the rock trio [[Primus (band)|Primus]] on ''[[Brown Album]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.metrolyrics.com/kalamazoo-lyrics-primus.html |title = Primus—Kalamazoo Lyrics |work = MetroLyrics |url-status = unfit |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120415014226/http://www.metrolyrics.com/kalamazoo-lyrics-primus.html |archive-date = April 15, 2012 |access-date = December 27, 2011 }}</ref> "[[Top of the World (Rascalz song)|Top of the World]]" (1999) by [[Rascalz]] on ''[[Global Warning (Rascalz album)|Global Warning]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.lyricstime.com/rascalz-top-of-the-world-lyrics.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090204150157/http://lyricstime.com/rascalz-top-of-the-world-lyrics.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 4, 2009 |title = "Top of the World" by Rascalz }}</ref> "Isn't It Love" (2001) by [[Andrew Peterson (musician)|Andrew Peterson]] on ''[[Clear to Venus]]'' (at one point, he sings that he lost his luggage in Kalamazoo), "Kalamazoo" (2002) by [[Mike Craver]] on ''Shining Down'',<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.mikecraver.com/lyricsSD.html#Kal |title = Mike Craver Kalamazoo |publisher = Mike Craver |access-date = November 20, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130523095119/http://www.mikecraver.com/lyricsSD.html#Kal |archive-date = May 23, 2013 }}</ref> and "Kalamazoo" (2004) by [[Ben Folds]] on the EP ''[[Super D]]''.<ref>Lyrics;* "Kalamazoo" the cat in the [[Hoyt Axton]] song [[Della and the Dealer]];{{full citation needed|date=February 2019}} "Kalamazoo" by [[Ben Folds]] Five.{{full citation needed|date=February 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATgNbq5EhBs "65 Miles from Kalamazoo"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114093801/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATgNbq5EhBs |date=November 14, 2016 }} (2008) by R. J. Miller (a [[lament]] for a lost [[Gibson guitar]] and a metaphor about "an old girlfriend from Kalamazoo")</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=1081512&t=1 |title = "65 miles from Kalamazoo", created by 5thBeatleRJ and presented through ACIDplanet.com |work = acidplanet.com }}</ref> The city was also mentioned in the opera ''[[Einstein on the Beach]]'' by Philip Glass and in the chorus of the song "[[Gotta Get Away (The Black Keys song)|Gotta Get Away]]" by [[The Black Keys]], from their album ''[[Turn Blue (album)|Turn Blue]]'' ("I went from [[San Berdoo]] to Kalamazoo/Just to get away from you...").<ref>{{cite news |last = Liberty |first = John |date = May 8, 2014 |title = Hear The Black Keys reference Kalamazoo in single from their new album 'Turn Blue' |url = http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/05/black_keys_reference_kalamazoo.html |newspaper = MLive.com |publisher = Booth Newspapers |access-date = December 1, 2014 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009134821/http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/05/black_keys_reference_kalamazoo.html |archive-date = October 9, 2014 }}</ref> Like Miller, the Creedence and Axton lyrics probably use the word "Kalamazoo" as an oblique reference to [[Gibson Brands|Gibson]], which made various models named "[[Gibson Kalamazoo|Kalamazoo]]" that were all prominently adorned with the city's name as their origin. In 2011, rap artist [[Young Jeezy]] mentioned the city in the song "Higher Learning" on his album ''[[TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition]]''. In 2014, Kalamazoo was mentioned again by [[Rittz]] in the song "Bounce" on his album ''[[Next to Nothing (Rittz album)|Next to Nothing]]''.<ref name="dope"/><ref name="Shanzuguitars">{{cite web |url = http://www.shanzuguitars.com/?p=180 |title = Gibson Kalamazoo |date = January 2, 2009 |publisher = Shanzuguitars.com |access-date = December 28, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111130163039/http://www.shanzuguitars.com/?p=180 |archive-date = November 30, 2011 }}</ref> The "Kalamazoo" was one of several names of a railroad [[handcar]] that was produced by the [[Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company]].<ref name="handcar">{{cite web |title = Kalamazoo Railroad Velocipede and Car Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |url = http://www.kalamazoomanufacturingco.net |access-date = November 22, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121112032221/http://www.kalamazoomanufacturingco.net/ |archive-date = November 12, 2012 }}</ref> In [[Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss's]] classic children's book ''[[Horton Hatches the Egg]]'', Horton the Elephant visits Kalamazoo while he is in the circus. 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