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The song's lyrics draw inspiration from John Rechy's transgressive novel City of Night, published in 1963, [11] [12] while its title is expressed as a metaphor, personifying L.A. (Los Angeles) as a woman. [4] In author Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith's description, it is also used to describe the city's topography and atmosphere. [13]
The lyrics were written by Francis Beatty Silverwood (1863–1924), a Los Angeles clothier, [1] [2] and the words were subsequently put to music by Abraham Franklin Frankenstein (1873–1934), [3] then conductor of the Orpheum Theatre Orchestra, [4] with an inaugural performance by Mary Garden.
This is a list of songs about Los Angeles, California: either refer to, are set there, named after a location or feature of the city, named after a famous resident, or inspired by an event that occurred locally.
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"Pico and Sepulveda" is a 1947 song by Freddy Martin and his orchestra. Composed by Eddie Maxwell (Eddie Cherkose) and Jule Styne (Ambassador Records, 1947 — b/w "She of the Coffee Brown Eyes"), it features a Latin-style beat, and Martin used the alias "Felix Figueroa" when performing and recording the song.