I Left My Heart in San Francisco

"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
	Picture sleeve for early-1960s US single; the other US picture sleeve contains a photo of Tony Bennett
Single by Tony Bennett
from the album I Left My Heart in San Francisco
A-side	"Once Upon a Time"
Released	February 2, 1962
Recorded	January 23, 1962
Studio	CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:52
Label	Columbia 42332
Composer(s)	George Cory
Lyricist(s)	Douglass Cross
Producer(s)	Ernie Altschuler
Tony Bennett singles chronology

Tony Bennett's "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"

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"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a popular song, best known as the signature song of Tony Bennett. It was written in late-1953 in Brooklyn, New York, with music by George Cory (1920–1978) and lyrics by Douglass Cross (1920–1975).^[2]

In 1962, the song was released as a single by Bennett on Columbia Records as the b-side to "Once Upon a Time", which peaked at No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was also included on the album I Left My Heart in San Francisco. It reached number seven on the Easy Listening chart.^[3] The song is one of the official anthems for the city of San Francisco. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[4]

^ "January 23 1962". The Interactive Tony Bennett Discography. 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
^ "Douglass Cross". Discogs. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 27.
^ "National Recording Registry Reaches 500". Library of Congress. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.