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Aug 03, 1920 Died on 11 Apr 1978 (aged 57)
American pianist and composer
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About George C. Cory Jr.
- George C.
- Cory Jr.
- (August 3, 1920—April 13, 1978) was an American pianist and composer whose most notable work was the music to the song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".
- His partner, Douglass Cross, wrote the lyrics.
- When the song was written in 1953, Cory and Cross were amateur songwriters who had moved to New York following military service during WW II and had become homesick for the West Coast.
- After pitching the song unsuccessfully to other artists for about eight years, the song was picked up by Ralph Sharon, Tony Bennett's musical director, who suggested to Bennett that it would be a good song for a 1962 "Happy New Year" engagement scheduled at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
- Mayor George Christopher and future mayor Joseph L.
- Alioto were in attendance.
- After a good response to the song, Bennett recorded it shortly thereafter and released it in February 1962.
- The song became an enduring hit and in 1969 was named as the official song of San Francisco.
- The two authors were present at the meeting when the city's board of governors selected it by a unanimous decision.
