We take a listen to some of the most well known (and lesser known) songs written about the Bay Area by artists around the world.
Playlist
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San Francisco Blues by Peggy Lee on Blues Cross Country (Capitol) -
I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco by Carmen McRae on Portrait of Carmen (Atlantic) -
Got the Gate On The Golden Gate by Tony Bennett on Who Can I Turn To (Sony) -
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding on Essentials: Otis Redding (Rhino/Elektra) -
Do You Know The Way To San Jose by Dionne Warwick on The Dionne Warwick Collection (Rhino) -
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie on The Voice of Scott McKenzie (Sony) -
San Franciscan Nights by The Animals on Retrospective (ABKCO Music & Records Inc.) -
Little Boxes by Malvina Reynoles on Folk Classics (Sony) Local -
San Francisco Girls (Return Of The Native) by Fever Tree on Single (UMG Recordings) -
Who Needs The Peace Corps? by The Mothers of Invention on We're Only In It For The Money (Verve) -
Foxy Girls In Oakland by Rodger Collins on Bad, Bad, Whiskey (Concord Music Group) Local -
Girl From Mill Valley by Jeff Beck on Beck-Ola (Epic) -
Saint Dominic's Preview by Van Morrison on Saint Dominic's Preview (Warner Records) -
Mission in the Rain by Jerry Garcia on Reflections (Jerry Garcia LLC) Local -
San Francisco Hustle by Silver Convention on Get Up And Boogie (Warwick) -
Chinatown by Romeo Void on Benefactor (Sony) Local -
We Built This City by Starship on Knee Deep In The Hoopla (Rhino) Local -
Oakland by Two $hort on Life Is...Too $hort (Zomba Recording) Local -
San Francisco Days by Chris Isaak on San Francisco Days (Reprise) Local -
Frisco Blues by John Lee Hooker on Don't Look Back (BMG Rights Management) -
It's Raining Game (In Northern California) ft. Raphael Saadiq by Mac Dre on The Musical Life of Mac Dre Vol 3 - The Young Black Brotha Years: 1996-1998 (℗ Sumo/ Thizz/ Khayree) Local -
It's Raining Game (In Northern California) ft. Raphael Saadiq by Mac Dre on The Musical Life of Mac Dre Vol 3 - The Young Black Brotha Years: 1996-1998 (℗ Sumo/ Thizz/ Khayree) Local -
San Francisco Knights by People Under the Stairs on The Next Step ((Independent Release)) -
Keep It on the Real by 3X Krazy on Stacking Chips (Dollars and Spence Records) Local -
Come Back from San Francisco by The Magnetic Fields on 69 Love Songs (Merge) -
Down In Oakland by Transplants on Transplants (Epitaph) -
Sausalito by Conor Oberst on Conor Oberst (Merge Records) -
Grace Cathedral Hill by The Decemberists on Castaways & Cutouts (Hush) -
Piazza, New York Catcher by Belle & Sebastian on Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Matador Records) -
Welcome To Paradise by Green Day on Kerplunk! (Lookout!) Local - Break
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Hippie from Olema No. 5 by The Youngbloods on Good and Dusty (Warner)