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They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco - The Lives of Songwriters George Cory and Douglass Cross (Paperback) Loot Price: R684
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They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco - The Lives of Songwriters George Cory and Douglass Cross (Paperback): Bill Christine

They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco - The Lives of Songwriters George Cory and Douglass Cross (Paperback)

Bill Christine

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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. Their lives were a tangle: They eked out a meager living, in San Francisco and Brooklyn, for fifteen years before Tony Bennett serendipitously came across "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," the song that had languished for almost a decade. Bennett's recording revived his career, and made the songwriters enormously rich. But wealth didn't beget happiness. Cory and Cross broke up, Cross drank himself to death and Cory, widely believed to be a suicide, died from drinking as well. There's a statue in front of an iconic hotel in San Francisco that honors the song. It's Tony Bennett's statue. Cory and Cross don't even have a street sign.

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Imprint: McFarland & Company
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2017
Authors: Bill Christine
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-6900-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Easy listening, MOR
Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Easy listening, MOR
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LSN: 1-4766-6900-7
Barcode: 9781476669007

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