Artist	Song
Kenny Chesney	Boston
from Be As You Are (2005)
Steely Dan	The Boston Rag
from Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980 (2000)
Mary Lou Lord	Speeding Motorcycle
from Mary Lou Lord (2008)
Jim Kweskin	Jug Band Music
from Greatest Hits (2006)
Billy Squier	Everybody Wants You
from Billy Squier: Absolute Hits (2005)
Peter Rowan	Before the Streets Were Paved
from Dust Bowl Children (2006)
Al B. Sure!	Nite and Day
from Rhino Hi-Five: Al B. Sure! - EP (2005)
Extreme	More Than Words
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Extreme (2002)
Flying Nuns	Summer
from Everything's Impossible These Days - EP (2004)
Aztec Two-Step	Fenway Sunday
from Live and Rare (2001)
The Cavedogs	The Cavedogs - Leave Me Alone
from Pipeline! Live Boston Rock On WMBR (2003)
Phil Coley	Fenway
from Baseball Songs Sports Heroes (2002)
Bell Biv DeVoe	Poison
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bel Biv DeVoe (2002)
Jon Butcher Axis	Red House
from A Stiff Little Breeze (2002)
Juliana Hatfield	Everybody Loves Me But You
from Hey Babe (2008)
Tavares	It Only Takes a Minute Girl
from Anthology (2004)
Gene Clark	Boston
from Echoes (1991)
Treat Her Right	Come Back
from What's Good for You (1991)
Peter Ostroushko	Boston
from Sacred Heart (2000)
Pat Metheny	Song for the Boys
from One Quiet Night (2009)
They Might Be Giants	Au Contraire
from Indestructible Object (2004)
The Rosebuds	Back to Boston
from Make Out (2003)
Blood Oranges	Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet
from The Slaughter Rule (2003)
Sam Bush, David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne, Ricky Skaggs, Frank Wakefield, Buck White & Del McCoury	Boston Boy
from Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza (1999)
Phil Coley	Who's the Greatest Red Sox Fan?
from Baseball Songs Sports Heroes (2002)

Comment:

Never mind New York and L.A. — some of music’s heaviest hit-men made their way to the world from the cradle of New England’s capital city. Behind the relentless riffs, hammerhead beats, and sassy snarl of the ’82 smash “Everybody Wants You” was Boston boy Billy Squier. The R&B band of New Bedford-born brothers who worked under their family name of Tavares took “It Only Takes a Minute Girl” to the Top 10 in 1975, right on the cusp of the disco revolution. And 15 years after that, Bell Biv Devoe — three New Edition kids all grown up — showed the R&B world a new way to move with the jumpin’ new-jack groove of “Poison.”

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