What Are the Best Songs About Las Vegas and Gambling?

 

Viva Las Vegas — Elvis Presley (or take your pick from ZZ Top, Bruce Springsteen, Dread Zeppelin, Nina Hagen, Dead Kennedys, Engelbert Humperdinck, et al.)

The Gambler — Kenny Rogers

Luck Be a Lady — Frank Sinatra

Lucky Too (Christmas in Las Vegas) — Bob Neuwirth

Las Vegas Virgin — Sonia Dada

Gambler— Madonna

Ace of Spades — Motorhead

Son of a Rotten Gambler — Emmylou Harris

I Let a Gambler Lead Me Astray — Odetta

Blackjack — Ray Charles

Shooting High Dice — Mississippi Sheiks

Draw of the Cards — Kim Carnes

Poker — Electric Light Orchestra

Riverboat Gambler — Carly Simon

Shape of My Heart — Sting

House of the Rising Sun — The Animals (or Bob Dylan)

The Angel and the Gambler — Iron Maiden

Tumbling Dice — Rolling Stones

The Card Cheat — The Clash

The Winner Takes It All — ABBA

The Gambler — Leonard Cohen

A Good Run of Bad Luck — Clint Black

Easy Money — Billy Joel

No Luck in Gambling — Yellowman

No Cheap Thrill — Suzanne Vega

Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song) — Hall & Oates

Desperado — The Eagles

Life is Just a Card Game — Big Joe Turner

Karma Hotel — Spooks

Roulette — Bon Jovi

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man — Bob Seger

Ooh Las Vegas — Emmylou Harris

Gamblin' Man — Bonnie Raitt

The Jack — AC/DC

Dealer — Traffic

It's Okay — Eminem (featuring Eye-Kyu)

Deal 'em Again — Christopher Cross

Go Down Gambling — Blood, Sweat and Tears

Whisky, Women and Loaded Dice — Joe Liggins

Midnight Train — The Monkees

Gambling Woman — Memphis Minnie

Lay Your Money Down — Bread

The Gambling Song — Cliff Richard

Gambling Polka Dot Blues — Hank Snow

The Loser — Grateful Dead

Turn of a Friendly Card — Alan Parsons

Norman the Gambler (rides around in a Rambler) — Max Romeo and the Upsetters

Leavin' Las Vegas — Sheryl Crow

Moonlight Gambler — Frankie Laine

Queen of Las Vegas — B52s

Roll the Bones — Rush

Wind Him Up — Saga

People Get Really Drunk in Las Vegas — Size 14

Vegas Two Times — Stereophonics

Me and My Monkey — Robbie Williams

Vegas Remains — Reclinerland

Vegas Baby — The Weepies

Vegas — Clowns for Progress

Vegas — The Regulars

Vegas — Dan Mackenzie

Vegas Bound — Evan Olson

Vegas — PenthouseJ

Vegas Dream — Rick McGuire

Vegas Drag (Instrumental) — Count Basie

Vegas — Suitcase Pimps

Vegas Polka — Frankie Yankovic

Vegas — Bobby Bare

Jesus in Vegas — Chumbawamba

Pretty Vegas — INXS

Goin' to Vegas — Jimmy Ray

Do It Again — Steely Dan

Casino Queen — Wilco

Roll of the Dice — Bruce Springsteen

It's Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet — Jimmy Buffett (or Steve Goodman)

Sin City — Gram Parsons (or Emmylou Harris)

Here's to the Losers — Frank Sinatra

I Love Vegas — Dean Martin

With Plenty of Money and You — Count Basie (or Tony Bennett)

Silver and Gold — U2

Street of Dreams — Sinatra

Mr Siegal — Tom Waits

Five Card Stud — Ace Frehley

Poker Face — Lady Gaga

Waking Up in Vegas — Katy Perry

Vegas Nights — Hootie & the Blowfish

Las Vegas With the Lights Out — Geggy Tah

Vegas — Nico

Conventioneers — Barenaked Ladies

Your Love Is Like Las Vegas — The Thrills

Vegas — Clubstrophobia

Las Vegas Dealer — Gomez

Here's To Las Vegas — Barry Manilow

Me and My Monkey — Robbie Williams

Sin City — Flying Burrito Brothers

L.V. (Las Vegas) — Clint Holmes

Big in Vegas — Buck Owens

Reno, Nevada — Richard Farina

Sin City — AC/DC

Jack of Diamonds — Blind Lemon Jefferson

I Got Mine — Jim Kweskin, Dan Hicks, et al.

Sunday Street — Dave Van Ronk

Playing Policy — Blind Blake

Gambler's Yodel — Delmore Bros./Doc Watson

Hey Louie Prima — Brian Setzer Orchestra

I Take My Chances — Mary Chapin Carpenter

Lonesome Loser — Little River Band

Christmas In Vegas — Dale Watson

40 Miles To Vegas — Southern Culture On the Skids

Casino Road — Kevin Gordon

I Saw It Coming — Reckless Kelly

When You're Hot, You're Hot — Jerry Reed

Show Biz Kids — Steely Dan

Me and My Uncle — Grateful Dead

New Bad Habit — Larry Garner

Twenty-One — Small Stars

Let's Go to Vegas — Faith Hill

Ooh Las Vegas — Gram Parsons

Las Vegas — Martin Stenmarck

Jesus Died in Las Vegas — Spiritual Front

Two of Hearts — Stacey Q

Vegas — Sara Bareilles

Vegas Girl — Conor Maynard

Vegas — Rediscover

Straight to the Top (Vegas) — Tom Waits

Casino Boogie — Rolling Stones

 

 

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