"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"

Tony Bennett Singing
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (1962)

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

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Preface: "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a popular song, written in the fall of 1953 in Brooklyn,
New York, with music by George Cory (1920-1978) and lyrics by Douglass Cross (1920-1975) and best known as the signature song of Tony Bennett. In 1962, the song was released as a single by Bennett on Columbia Records as the b-side to "Once Upon a Time", peaked at No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
In December 1961, in the famous Venetian Room at Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Tony Bennett first sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". San Francisco Giants play the song after each victory at their home field, Oracle Park. Bennett has performed the song live at multiple Giants games, including the 1993 home opener at Candlestick Park and before games in the 2002 & 2010 World Series. Singing Song 2021

The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gray
The glory that was Rome is of another day
I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan
I'm going home to my city by the Bay

I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars
climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don't care

My love waits there in San Francisco
Above the blue and windy sea
When I come home to you, San Francisco
Your golden sun will shine for me

© Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com
May 10, 2023

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