A Brief History of Campaign Songs
Whether it's Stevie Wonder or Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too — You can't run for President without some catchy theme music
Frank Sinatra changed the lyrics of his 1959 hit single for the 1960 Democratic candidate, expressing the emotional essence of Kennedy's campaign, and the optimism of a new decade and a new political generation. Sammy Cahn, the Broadway lyricist who wrote both the original song and the Kennedy version, altered another one of his Sinatra-sung hits — My Kind of Town (Chicago is) for Michael Dukakis' 1988 campaign as My Kind of Guy (Dukakis Is).
—By Claire Suddath
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