Here’s a little classic that everyone’s heard at some point or another. San Francisco was written by John Phillips and sung here by Scott McKenzie. It was produced and released in the May of 1967 by Lou Adler to promote the Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967.. Hope You Enjoy!
San Francisco by Scott McKenzie
Lyrics
If you’re going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you’re going to San Francisco
You’re gonna meet some gentle people there
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair
All across the nation
Such a strange vibration
People in motion
There’s a whole generation
With a new explanation
People in motion
People in motion
For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your hair
The song San Francisco was written by Co Founder of the Monterey pop festival, John Phillips and was sung by Scott McKenzie to help promote the festival which happened in the June of 1967, a month after the song was released. The guitar in the recording was played by Phillips himself alongside a session band. This consisted of joe Osborn on Bass, Hal Blaine on Drums, and Gary L. Coleman on the Orchestra Bells.
The song had a lot of success, reaching Number 4 in the US charts and Number One in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand where it stayed at Number One for Five Weeks, and Germany for Six Weeks.
This song has often been called “the unofficial anthem of the counterculture movement of the 1960s” This is including the Flower power and Hippie movements and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement. The song is also widely regarded as a defining song of the Summer of Love.
Who Was Scott McKenzie?
Scott McKenzie was born Phillip Wallach Blondheim the Third, on the 10th of January, 1939. He is an American Singer and songwriter most famous for this song which became a generational anthem of the Flower Power movement and the Summer of love.
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