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Pages in category "Songs about California" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
California Government Code section 421.7 states, "I Love You, California", a song published in 1913 with lyrics by F.B. Silverwood and music by A.F. Frankenstein, is an official state song." [8] In 1987, "I Love You, California" became the official state song by law. [9]
The name "frangipani" comes from a 16th-century marquis of the noble Frangipani family in Italy, who created a synthetic plumeria-like perfume. [6] [7] Common names for plants in the genus vary widely according to region, variety, and whim, but frangipani or variations on that theme are the most common. [5]
This is a list of songs about San Francisco Bay Area, 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.
The lyrics were written the following day by Boon who in 1962 at age 11 had moved to Los Angeles, California, and had lived in California until 1967, [2] [3] and had also sojourned in California prior to joining Diesel in 1978. [4] [5] Boon would later recall that he had spent time in Sausalito the summer before writing the song. [6]
To smooth things over, Phillips wrote a song, "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)." [7] Phillips reported writing the song in about 20 minutes. [8] The song is credited with bringing thousands of young people to San Francisco during the late 1960s. [citation needed] [9]
It grows as a spreading tree to 7–8 m (23–26 ft) high and wide, and is flushed with fragrant flowers of shades of pink, white and yellow over the summer and autumn. Its common names include frangipani , [ 2 ] red paucipan , [ 2 ] red-jasmine , [ 2 ] red frangipani , common frangipani, temple tree , [ 2 ] calachuchi , [ 5 ] or simply plumeria .
The column Song lists the song title. The column Year lists the year in which the song was recorded. 1,134 songs are listed in the table. This may not include every song for which a recording by Sinatra exists. (Note: Such words as a, an, and the are not recognized as first words of titles):