New Haven, Connecticut

Everything New Haven is known for

10 songs mention this city 152 artists from here

New Haven, Connecticut, often called "The Elm City," has a notable musical identity. This historic coastal city, located on New Haven Harbor on the Long Island Sound, has been home to 152 artists and is mentioned in 10 songs. For instance, pop artists Karen Carpenter and Michael Bolton are from New Haven, and the city is mentioned in The Doors' song "Peace Frog."

New Haven's music history includes the 1950s doo-wop scene, which inspired rock and roll. The Five Satins, a rhythm and blues group from New Haven, pioneered the doo-wop form with their 1956 hit "In the Still of the Night."

Music in New Haven

Songs About New Haven

Peace Frog
The Doors
55%
"Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven"
All I Wanted Was a Car
Brad Paisley
43%
"She got a scholarship to Yale"
Fortworth
Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR
30%
"New Haven, Connecticut, and places where they probably still fly the Confederate"
cotton gin
holman autry band
25%
cotton gin
brent adair
24%
summertime's close
zach bryan
10%
It Just Doesn’t Matter
Mac Miller
8%
"Caucasians still love me like my name was Michael Bolton"
Book of Rhymes
Nas
6%
"My people be projects or jail, never Harvard or Yale..."
Campaign Speech
Eminem
6%
"But then I think of Molly Qerim and I steer 'em in that direction"
Area Codes
Ludacris
4%
"Uh-uh, 3-1-8, 6-0-1's, 2-0-tree"

Artists From New Haven

K
Karen Carpenter
pop Pop: 70
M
Michael Bolton
pop Pop: 65
F
FaltyDL
electronic Pop: 49
R
Richard Carpenter
pop Pop: 45
O
Obsession
other Pop: 45
T
The Five Satins
r-n-b Pop: 44
C
Clogs
rock Pop: 43
K
Kyle Dion
r-n-b Pop: 42
C
Chris Lowe
electronic Pop: 41
C
Christian Sands
jazz Pop: 40
S
Snowsa
electronic Pop: 40
A
Aaron Taos
rock Pop: 39
S
Sō Percussion
classical Pop: 38
M
Mark Hummel
blues Pop: 36
M
Miracle Legion
indie Pop: 35
B
Ben Allison
jazz Pop: 34
A
Alfred Newman
classical Pop: 32
D
Dr. Israel
electronic Pop: 31
M
Michael Gregory Jackson
jazz Pop: 31
D
Dominic Frontiere
classical Pop: 30

Showing top 20 of 152 artists

Rivers & Roads in Song near New Haven

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near New Haven.

Interstate 95 13 songs

History of New Haven

Where the Burger Was Born RoadyGoat

New Haven claims to have invented lunch on the run. At Louis' Lunch, a tiny brick shack, the Library of Congress credits proprietor Louis Lassen with serving the first American hamburger in 1900 — ground steak trimmings slapped between two slices of toast for a customer in a hurry. They still cook it the old way, on cast-iron vertical broilers from the 1890s, and they will not put ketchup on it. The city also gave the Frisbee its name: Yale students tossed empty tins from the Frisbie Pie Company across the New Haven Green and shouted 'Frisbie!' as a warning (the company itself was based in nearby Bridgeport, and the actual flying disc was invented later in California — Wham-O just borrowed the name, swapping one letter). Add Yale's gothic towers and New Haven punches well above its size.

Louis' Lunch RoadyGoat

Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut claims to have served the first hamburger sandwich in America in 1900. The Lassen family still uses the original cast-iron vertical broilers from 1898 — the beef is cooked standing up between two metal grates. The burger comes on white toast, no ketchup allowed. Ask for ketchup and you'll be asked to leave. Some traditions are non-negotiable.

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana RoadyGoat

Frank Pepe started baking bread on Wooster Street in New Haven in 1925, then switched to pizza — thin, charred, coal-fired apizza that would make New Haven a pizza pilgrimage city. The white clam pie, topped with fresh littleneck clams, olive oil, garlic, and oregano, is considered by many to be the single greatest pizza in America. The original Wooster Street location still has lines out the door every night.

Amistad Memorial

1839

Bronze sculpture commemorating the 1839 slave ship revolt and the landmark Supreme Court case that freed the captives.

Yale University

1701

Third-oldest institution of higher education in America, chartered in 1701 and named for benefactor Elihu Yale.

Eli Whitney Museum

1798

Site of Eli Whitney's armory where he pioneered mass production using interchangeable parts for musket manufacturing.

Thimble Islands

1614

Archipelago of small granite islands in Branford's Stony Creek harbor, steeped in legends of Captain Kidd's buried treasure.

8.9 mi away

Things to Do in New Haven

food 0.2 mi away
Louis' Lunch

Claims to have served America's first hamburger in 1900. Still uses the original cast-iron vertical broilers. No ketchup allowed.
food 1.1 mi away
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana

New Haven's coal-fired apizza legend since 1925. The white clam pie changed pizza forever. The Wooster Street original is sacred ground.

Everything Near New Haven

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

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