<Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Heart of the City" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Walking in Memphis" (1991) </Td> <Td> "Silver Thunderbird" (1991) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Heart of the City" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Walking in Memphis" (1991) </Td> <Td> "Silver Thunderbird" (1991) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Walking in Memphis" is a song composed and originally recorded by the American singer - songwriter Marc Cohn, for whom it remains his signature song . Cohn said the song is "100 percent autobiographical". He described it as a song about "a Jewish gospel - music - lover", and as </P> <P> a pretty literal transcription of a visit I made...in 1986 . I went to Graceland, I heard Al Green preach the gospel, I saw W.C. Handy's statue . But the song is about more than just a place, it's about a kind of spiritual awakening, one of those trips where you're different when you leave . </P>

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