Presidential Songs

1600 Pennsylvania Ave covers 100 years of U.S. Presidents but only a handful have songs. The best numbers go to the First Ladies. I decided to look through the list of U.S. Presidents and see how many have sung a song on stage.

Songs Sung By Presidents on Stage

1 George Washington - Hamilton (2015) - various including "One Last Time". 1600 Pennsylvania Ave (1969) - On Ten Square Miles by the Potomac River

2 John Adams - 1776 (1969) - various including "Is Anybody There?"

3 Thomas Jefferson 1776 (1969) - various including "The Egg." 1600 Pennsylvania Ave (1969) - "The President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon Party March." Hamilton (2015) - various including "What did I Miss?"

4 James Madison Hamilton (2015) - various including "Washington On Your Side."

5 James Monroe        1600 Pennsylvania Ave (1969) - The Little White Lie

6 John Quincy Adams Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2010) - The Corrupt Bargain

7 Andrew Jackson Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2010) - various including "I'm Not That Guy"

15 James Buchanan 1600 Pennsylvania Ave (1969) - We Must Have a Ball

16 Abraham Lincoln Our American Cousin (2008 Opera)

26 Theodore Roosevelt Teddy & Alice (1987) - various including Can I Let Her Go?

32 Franklin D. Roosevelt Annie (1977) - A New Deal for Christmas, Annie Warbucks (1993) - Somebody's Gotta Do Somethin'

34 Dwight D. Eisenhower First Lady Suite (1993) - Where's Mamie?

35 John F. Kennedy Smash S2 - 2013 - Our Little Secret

37 Richard Nixon     Nixon in China (1987 Opera)

Some Notable Songs Sung About Presidents on Stage

25 William McKinley Assassins (1990) - The Head of the Line

30 Calvin Coolidge Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) - Keeping Cool with Coolidge

31 Herbert Hoover Annie (1977) - We'd Like To Thank you Herbert Hoover

34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Call Me Madam (1950) - They Like Ike. 

36 Lyndon B. Johnson Hair (1967) - L.B.J.

Who did I miss?