Hollywood, California

Everything Hollywood is known for

54 songs mention this city 5 artists from here

Hollywood, California, a district in Los Angeles, is widely recognized as the center of the American film industry. While its musical identity may be less defined than its cinematic fame, Hollywood has been home to a diverse range of artists. Metal band Black Veil Brides and pop artist Leif Garrett both hail from Hollywood. The city's name also resonates in song, with tracks like George Strait's "Hollywood Squares" and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' "Into the Great Wide Open" referencing the iconic location.

Our collection features 56 songs that mention Hollywood and includes 5 artists who call it home, reflecting the area's ongoing connection to the music world.

Music in Hollywood

Songs About Hollywood

Hollywood Squares
George Strait
90%
"I ought to be on Hollywood squares"
Reach Out
Nas
70%
"When you're too hood to be in them Hollywood circles"
Philadelphia Lawyer
Mark erelli & Jefferey Foucault
65%
Into the Great Wide Open
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
60%
"He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo"
bigger than the beatles
joe diffie, HIXTAPE, jon pardi & old dominion
60%
Sterling Hayden
Tom Russell
55%
"O'er the penny arcade called Hollywood"
In Texas With A Band
Brennen Leigh
55%
"And Austin's just like Hollywood"
L’aérogramme de Los Angeles
K.R. Wood
54%
"Et Hollywood"
The Pugilist At 59
Tom Russell
54%
"But this is Hollywood, kid, fear strikes out"
P.I.M.P.
50 Cent
53%
"In Hollywood they say, "There's no business like show business""
Mr. Wolf and Mamabear
Robert Earl Keen
53%
"But lives in Hollywood"
Sun Shines On A Dreamer
Wade Bowen
52%
"Half downhome, Half Hollywood"
Glamour Profession
Steely Dan
52%
"Hollywood I know your middle name"
Ungrateful
Megan Thee Stallion
51%
"Hollywood shit 'cause I'm with all the action (Yeah)"
Broken Window Serenade
Whiskey Myers
51%
"And Hollywood is hard"
Brown Munde
A.P. Rodgers
50%
"Lambo truck vich gedi sutti Hollywood"
Nothing Changed
Quavo
49%
"Ain't nun Hollywood but the name, I gotta tell 'em that"
don't call him a cowboy
conway twitty
45%
Star Star
The Black Crowes & Whiskey Myers
35%
"I heard you're moving out to Hollywood with your can of tasty foam"
Still Pimping Pens
Lil Keke
26%
"Ya'll already know what it is, Hollywood"

Showing top 20 of 54 songs

Artists From Hollywood

V
Victoria Justice
latin Pop: 63
B
Black Veil Brides
metal Pop: 62
L
Leif Garrett
pop Pop: 50
T
The Flys
rock Pop: 41
V
Vince Neil
latin Pop: 40

Rivers & Roads in Song near Hollywood

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Hollywood.

U.S. Route 101 7 songs U.S. Route 66 11 songs Interstate 5 13 songs Interstate 10 23 songs Interstate 405 4 songs

Musical Heritage

The Capitol Records Tower RoadyGoat

1956

The Capitol Records Building rises at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, a 13-story cylinder of curved white floors that's often likened to a stack of records on a turntable, though architect Louis Naidorf has said that resemblance wasn't actually his intent. Completed in 1956, it was among the first round office towers built. Atop its 90-foot spire, a red beacon has blinked 'Hollywood' in Morse code since opening night, when Samuel Morse's granddaughter Leila threw the switch; in 1992 it briefly spelled 'Capitol 50' for the label's anniversary. Inside, Capitol's basement echo chambers, designed by guitarist Les Paul, gave records by Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and the Beach Boys their signature warmth. The tower is a registered Los Angeles landmark and a Hollywood skyline icon.

History of Hollywood

Musso & Frank Grill RoadyGoat

Musso & Frank has been Hollywood's power dining room since 1919. Faulkner and Fitzgerald wrote here. Raymond Chandler set scenes here. Bukowski had a regular booth. The red-jacketed bartenders make martinis stirred not shaken in a proper mixing glass. It survived Prohibition, the studio system's collapse, and every Hollywood reinvention. The flannel cakes are a century-old tradition.

Pink's Hot Dogs RoadyGoat

Paul and Betty Pink started with a hot dog cart on La Brea Avenue in 1939. The stand grew, the celebrity photos covered every inch of wall, and the late-night lines became an LA institution. The menu now has dozens of specialty dogs named after celebrities. Open until 2am on weekends, Pink's is where Hollywood eats after the bars close.

Where It Opens RoadyGoat

413 South McCadden Place in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles is the house where The Ring (2002) opens -- the home of the film's first on-screen victim, Katie Embry. The cursed tape and seven-day death are fictional; it is a private residence, so it should only ever be viewed from the public street.

Hollywood Sign

1923

Originally an ad for a real estate development, became the global symbol of the entertainment industry.

Griffith Observatory

1935

Free public observatory born from a mining magnate's transformative experience looking through a telescope.

Watts Towers

1921

Italian immigrant spent 33 years building monumental folk art towers from found materials.

12.1 mi away

Watts Towers: One Man's Thirty-Three-Year Obsession

1921

Italian immigrant Simon Rodia single-handedly built seventeen interconnected sculptural towers over thirty-three years in his backyard in Watts, creating one of the greatest works of outsider art ever produced.

12.1 mi away

Things to Do in Hollywood

food 0.6 mi away
Musso & Frank Grill

Hollywood's oldest restaurant since 1919. Faulkner and Fitzgerald drank here. Bukowski had a booth. The martinis are perfect.
food 6.0 mi away
Philippe The Original

Inventor of the French dip sandwich in 1908 in downtown LA. Sawdust floors. Nine-cent coffee. Some things shouldn't change.
food 1.3 mi away
Pink's Hot Dogs

Hollywood's legendary hot dog stand since 1939. Started as a cart. The celebrity wall of fame is absurd. Open til 2am.
historical 2.2 mi away
Griffith Observatory

Free admission observatory with the best view of LA and the Hollywood sign. Rebel Without a Cause filmed here.
quirky 2.5 mi away
Hollywood Sign

45-foot-tall white letters on Mount Lee. Originally said Hollywoodland and was an ad for real estate.
food 3.5 mi away
Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles

LA's iconic soul food mashup since 1975. Obama ordered the country boy. Snoop Dogg is a regular. Chicken and waffles shouldn't work but it does.
food 9.7 mi away
Randy's Donuts

The giant donut on the roof in Inglewood has been an LA landmark since 1953. Iron Man stopped here. So should you.
food 22.6 mi away
In-N-Out Burger (Original)

California's cult burger chain. Animal style fries are the secret menu essential.

Everything Near Hollywood

259 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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