They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco

The Lives of Songwriters George Cory and Douglass Cross

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-12-21
Mått152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt277 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor200
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476669007

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Table of ContentsPreface1. The Puzzling Death of George Cory2. Walter K. Hinton3. Westward, Ho4. Douglass Cross Writes a Will5. A Song Grows in Brooklyn6. Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda7. The George Cory Ensemble: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow8. “The Phantom”: Tony Bennett’s Secret Weapon9. “The middle of nowhere”10. December 28, 196111. String Along with Mitch12. The Battle of San Francisco13. City Ditties14. Suppositions15. Old Man RiverAppendix I: Douglass Cross’ and George Cory’s WillsAppendix II: Other One-Hit WondersAppendix III: The Richest Songs of All TimeChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“Meticulously researched...a superlative study of a song that has not left our hearts in the course of over half a century. It belongs on the shelf of all those who are interested in the Great American Songbook.”—ARSC Journal; “Christine’s book is a dual biography of the guys who wrote Bennett’s signature song, ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco.’ But the book is much more than a topsy-turvy Horatio Alger saga (rags-to-riches-to-booze). Christine writes in the first person, like a real-life detective novel, about his search for the truth about the star-crossed lives of the composer and lyricist...a captivating mixture of intrigue and double-crosses.”—Ed Goldman, daily columnist, Sacramento Business Journal.