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"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" is an American pop song, [1] written by John Phillips, and sung by Scott McKenzie. [4] It was produced and released in May 1967 by Phillips and Lou Adler, who used it to promote their Monterey International Pop Music Festival held in June of that year.
Actor Al Pacino lip-synced the Sinatra version of the song in the final scene of the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate. [20] [21] In 2006 Doug Gamble, a corporate and humor writer, penned new lyrics for the song as a way of promoting the city of Monterey, California. [22]
The single "California Love" by 2Pac, Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman is the best-known song and most successful to sample "West Coast Poplock", reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. The chorus, "California knows how to party", was sung by Roger Troutman using his characteristic talk box and was taken from "West Coast Poplock."
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"An Old Hollywood Custom" music by Ray Henderson; lyrics by Lew Brown "Anaheim" by They Might Be Giants "...and a Song for Los Angeles" by She Wants Revenge "Andres" by L7 "Angel City" by Don Johnson "Angel City" by Gil Fuller "Angel City" by Megabass (act had a top 20 British hit in 1990 with 'Time to Make the Floor Burn') "Angel City" by ...
California Dreamin '" is a song written by John and Michelle Phillips in 1963 and first recorded by Barry McGuire. [5] The best-known version is by the Mamas & the Papas , who sang backup on the original version and released it as a single in December 1965.
It was recorded and aired live by ABC-TV on 6 April 1974 at the Ontario Motor Speedway near Los Angeles, California. This concert was one of the first ever music concerts issued on videotape and laser disc in 1981 under the title California Jam in Japan and the UK. This is the first official release on DVD of the complete concert.
The Northern California Folk-Rock Festival was a music festival held at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California on May 23–25, 1969 and promoted by Bob Blodgett. [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) .