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Tunes For Your New Orleans Trip

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Associate Editor, HuffPost Travel

With its carefree charm and revelrous reputation, New Orleans has become an American travel destination.

As the birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans naturally has a rich musical history, with songs written in and about the city. Whether you're traveling to the Big Easy this summer, or you just really do know what it means to miss New Orleans, this playlist of NOLA classics will put you in the right state of mind.

We asked readers for their favorite New Orleans tunes and added a few of our own. Listen to the playlist below to hear what we came up with.

Have any songs you would add? Tweet us @HuffPostTravel or leave a comment below.

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Before You Go

Cheap New Orleans

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People ride the ferry boat across the Mississippi from downtown New Orleans. The Algiers Point ferry has been in operation since the early 1800s, is free to pedestrians. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (credit:AP)

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People take photos the Sydney Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park.The New Orleans Museum of Art is located in the park and while there's a fee to enter the museum, just beyond the museum are dozens of art objects you can see for free. The sculptures, valued at more than $25 million, can be viewed in a relaxing setting that includes meandering footpaths, pedestrian bridges and reflecting lagoons. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (credit:AP)

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People walk through the Sydney Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (credit:AP)

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The sculptures range from the restive to the violent. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (credit:AP)

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People walking through the French Market in New Orleans. The centuries-old commercial hub stretches for several city blocks along the bank of the Mississippi River in the French Quarter and includes Cafe du Monde, home of the deep-fried, sugar-coated beignet, a popular New Orleans pastry. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (credit:AP)

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A boat ride is one of the best ways to get a look at the New Orleans skyline and the Mississippi River's daily parade of river barges, steamships and cruise ships. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (credit:AP)

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A man dressed in a Mardi Gras Indian costume talks to a woman on a bicycle along Jackson Square in New Orleans. Artists painting on canvas, clowns making balloon animals, street performers and jazz musicians are among the free entertainment to be found in this one-block section of the French Quarter. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (credit:AP)

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Jazz is the backdrop to New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (credit:AP)

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