A 1967 Pop Hit for Your Garden Playlist
"If you're going to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair."
August 9, 1967
Today, in 1967, the song San Francisco, performed by Scott McKenzie, started a four-week run at number one on the UK singles chart.
San Francisco became the unofficial anthem of the counter-culture movement of the 60s.
San Francisco starts with these lyrics:
If you’re going to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
If you’re going to San Francisco you’re going to meet some gentle people there.
Note: Scott McKenzie died in Los Angeles at the age of 73 on August 18, 2012.
In 2010, he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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San Francisco by Scott McKenzie
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