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"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" is an American pop song, [2] written by John Phillips, and sung by Scott McKenzie. [5] 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. [6]
Scott McKenzie (born Philip Wallach Blondheim III; January 10, 1939 – August 18, 2012) was an American singer and songwriter who recorded the 1967 hit single and generational anthem "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)".
It was a double 'A' single with Scott McKenzie's 'San Francisco' being the other track. The band also did a summer of love EP featuring French & Spanish version of the two songs. In 2020 & 2022 the English tracks came out under main vocalist Vanessa White Smith, of Psykick Holiday, on the Compilations' Femme Fatales of Music Vol.1 & 2 .
In addition to writing the majority of the group's compositions, he also wrote "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" in 1967 for former Journeymen bandmate Scott McKenzie, [2] as well as the oft-covered "Me and My Uncle", which was a favorite in the repertoire of the Grateful Dead.
It should only contain pages that are Scott McKenzie songs or lists of Scott McKenzie songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Scott McKenzie songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
"San Francisco" is an uptempo dance song which derives from the styles of electropop and electronica while backed by a grinding synth beat. The song also has influences from 1970s music - in particular, it makes reference to Scott McKenzie's song by the same name, in one lyric that says, "where you've got flowers in your hair".
The progression is also used entirely with minor chords[i-v-vii-iv (g#, d#, f#, c#)] in the middle section of Chopin's etude op. 10 no. 12. However, using the same chord type (major or minor) on all four chords causes it to feel more like a sequence of descending fourths than a bona fide chord progression.
John Phillips also wrote and co-produced McKenzie's 1967 global hit, "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)". [1] Weissman continued to record, as a virtuoso banjoist, singer, songwriter and musicologist. [2] [4] John Phillips died in 2001, and Scott McKenzie in 2012.