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I Left My Heart in San Francisco is an album by American singer Tony Bennett, released in 1962 on Columbia Records. The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated October 13, 1962, and remained on the album chart for 149 weeks, peaking at number five.

Reception

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said the album showed “they found the key, not only by happening across a signature song in the title track, but also in the approach to songs like “Once Upon a Time,” a gem from the flop musical All American, and Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh’s “The Best Is Yet to Come,” which Bennett helped make a standard. Billboard described the album as “one of Bennett’s most salable albums, noted “it’s teamed with a flock of outstanding tunes, both from Broadway as well as non-show sources.

Track listing
Side one
1. “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” Douglass Cross, George Cory 2:52
2. “Once Upon a Time” Charles Strouse, Lee Adams 2:57
3. “Tender Is the Night” Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster 2:38
4. “Smile” Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner 2:49
5. “Love for Sale” Cole Porter 3:09
6. “Taking a Chance on Love” Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche 1:54
Side two
1. “Candy Kisses” George Morgan 2:25
2. “Have I Told You Lately?” Harold Rome 2:39
3. “Rules of the Road” Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh 2:42
4. “Marry Young” Coleman, Leigh 2:20
5. “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy 2:40
6. “The Best Is Yet to Come” Coleman, Leigh 2:28

Personnel
Tony Bennett — vocals
Ralph Sharon — piano; arrangements on “Love for Sale”
The Count Basie Orchestra — instruments and arrangements on “Taking A Chance on Love”
Marty Manning — arrangements on “San Francisco,” “Once Upon A Time,” “Tender is the Night,” “Candy Kisses,” and “Have I Told You Lately?”
Cy Coleman — arrangements on “Marry Young” and “The Best Is Yet to Come”
Ralph Burns — arrangements on “Smile” and “Rules of the Road”
Frank De Vol — arrangements on “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows”
Candido Camero, Sabu Martinez, and Billy Exiner — percussion on “Love for Sale”

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Released: June 18, 1962
Recorded: October 1957–January 1962
Studio: CBS 30th Street (New York City)
Length: 32:20
Label: Columbia
CL 1869
CS 8669
Producer: Ernie Altschuler