This is the beginning of a setlist of songs in no particular order, about New York City. I've also created a YouTube playlist.
- Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
- New York, New York - Frank Sinatra or Liza Minelli
- New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
- New York City - John Lennon
- New York City - Lenny Kravitz
- Talkin’ New York - Bob Dylan
- No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
- Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
- Shattered - The Rolling Stones
- Harlem Nocturne - Lounge Lizards
- The 59th Street Song (Feelin’ Groovy) - Simon and Garfunkel
- Take the A Train - Duke Ellington or Ella Fitzergrald
- Broadway - Count Basie
- Brooklyn Boogie - Louis Prima
- New York Is Killing Me - Gil Scott Heron
- Broadway - Mel Torme
- Birdland Blues - Bud Powell
- Back To Manhattan - Norah Jones
- New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
- Chelsea Hotel No. 2 - Leonard Cohen
- Autumn in New York - Billie Holiday
- Boy From New York City - The Manhattan Transfer
- 14th Street - Rufus Wainwright
- Downtown Train - Tom Waits
- 53rd & 3rd - The Ramones
- Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
- Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
- West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein
- Across 110th Street - Bobbie Womack
- On Broadway - George Benson
- First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
- Chelsea Morning - Joni Mitchell
- Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
- NY State of Mind - Nas
- Living For the City - Stevie Wonder
- Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
- NYC - Interpol
- New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down - LCD Soundsystem
- Summer in The City - Lovin' Spoonful
- Angel of Harlem - U2
- The Ballad of New York City - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
- Ballad of N.Y.C. - Fun Lovin’ Criminals
- Broadway - The Clash
- Broadway - Kool & the Gang
- The Bronx - Kurtis Blow