They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco

The Lives of Songwriters George Cory and Douglass Cross

Bill Christine (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6900-7 (ISBN)

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George Cory and Douglass Cross wrote just one song that was successful. They were unknown before they wrote it, and unknown after it became a hit. Until now. They eked out a meagre living for fifteen years before Tony Bennett came across ""I Left My Heart in San Francisco"". Bennett's recording revived his career, and made the songwriters enormously rich.

George Cory and Douglass Cross wrote just one hit song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." They were unknown before they wrote it--and were unknown after it became a standard.

Their lives were a tangle. They eked out a meager living in San Francisco and Brooklyn for 15 years before Tony Bennett serendipitously came across the song, which had languished. His recording revived his career and made the songwriters rich.

Wealth didn't beget happiness. The duo broke up. Cross drank himself to death. Cory died from drinking as well (widely believed to be a suicide). In 2016, San Francisco dedicated a monument to the city's official song in front of the iconic Fairmont Hotel--a statue of Tony Bennett.

Bill Christine won nine national writing awards and shared in a Pulitzer Prize during his 25 years with the Los Angeles Times. His books include Roberto!, a biography about baseball great Roberto Clemente. He lives in Torrance, California.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. The Puzzling Death of George Cory

2. Walter K. Hinton

3. Westward, Ho

4. Douglass Cross Writes a Will

5. A Song Grows in Brooklyn

6. Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

7. The George Cory Ensemble: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

8. “The Phantom”: Tony Bennett’s Secret Weapon

9. “The middle of nowhere”

10. December 28, 1961

11. String Along with Mitch

12. The Battle of San Francisco

13. City Ditties

14. Suppositions

15. Old Man River

Appendix I: Douglass Cross’ and George Cory’s Wills

Appendix II: Other One-Hit Wonders

Appendix III: The Richest Songs of All Time

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.06.2018
Zusatzinfo	16 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	277 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
ISBN-10	1-4766-6900-7 / 1476669007
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6900-7 / 9781476669007
Zustand	Neuware