scott mckenzie sang san francisco flowers in your hair.
scott mckenzie sang san francisco flowers in your hair.
who sang san francisco flowers in your hair?
scott mckenzie
famous songs about san francisco include tony bennett's "i left my heart in san francisco", the scott mckenzie song "san francisco (be sure to wear flowers in your hair)", people under the stairs' "san francisco knights", chris isaak's "san francisco days", journey's "lights", "fake tales of san francisco" by the arctic monkeys, and "save me, san francisco" by train.









































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culture of san francisco
asawa not only performed in opera, but was interested in expanding the art song literature for countertenor, supporting living composers by commissioning, performing, and recording works by them. perhaps best known is the song cycle "encountertenor", commissioned from jake heggie and premiered at london's wigmore hall in 1995 (later recording it for the bmg/rca label). asawa also recorded a disc of songs by ned rorem with the los angeles chamber orchestra on rca. more recently, asawa sang san francisco composer kurt erickson's "four arab love songs" (a mini-cycle of medieval arab poems from spain’s andalusia region dating from 900 to 1100 ad) on a premiere tour consisting of concerts in long beach, los angeles, and san francisco, california and in washington state. at the time of his death, asawa was slated to premiere the song cycle "o mistress mine" (12 songs on texts from the plays of shakespeare) written for him by connecticut composer juliana hall at the norfolk chamber music festival in celebration of the 400th anniversary of shakespeare's death.
brian asawa