"My Kind of Town" is a song featured in the 1964 film Robin and the 7 Hoods with lyrics written by Sammy Cahn and music composed by Jimmy Van Heusen. In the film, the song is performed by Frank Sinatra as mob boss Robbo after being acquitted of murdering the sheriff, a crime for which he had been framed. He walks out of the courthouse and joyously sings the song in gratitude to the gathered crowd of Chicagoans. The people eventually join in the singing. Instrumental versions of the song make up the opening and closing credits, and a dance band also plays the song in Robbo's speakeasy.
Lyrics[]
Now this could only happen to a guy like me
And only happen in a town like this
So may I say to each of you most gratefully
As I throw each one of you a kiss
This is...
My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of people, too
People who smile at you
And each time I roam, Chicago is
Calling me home, Chicago is
Why I just grin like a clown
It's my kind of town
My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of razzmatazz
And it has all that jazz
And each time I leave, Chicago is
Tuggin' my sleeve, Chicago is
The Wrigley Building, Chicago is
The Union Stockyard, Chicago is
One town that won't let you down
It's my kind of town!
Robin Hood • Maid Marian • Guy of Gisbourne • John, King of England • Will Scarlet • Friar Tuck • Little John • Sheriff of Nottingham • Richard I of England • Much the Miller's Son • Azeem Edin Bashir Al Bakir • Mortianna • Lord Locksley
Locations
England • Nottingham • Nottingham Castle • Nottingham Square • Sherwood Forest • Alford Abbey • Huntingdon Manor • Tower of London • Chicago • Illinois • United States
