I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
Created on 25/11/2004Latest update on 12/08/2024
Artist: Ceil Clayton
Author: Douglass Cross/George Cory
Label: Norman
Year: 1960
Written for opera and musical diva Claramae Turner in '54. She was a personal friend of the author. She sang it on stage, mostly during the encores, but never recorded it.
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Tony Bennett [top 20 US; first released as the B-side of Once Upon A Time, a track never played]
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Frank Sinatra [shelved soon as it became obvious his version could never outdo Tony Bennett's]
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If you start playing the song while crossing the Golden Gate Bridge at the maximum speed, it ends while reaching the other side. It's the official song of the city.
