claramae turner sang i left my heart in san francisco first, but never recorded it.
who sang i left my heart in san francisco first, but never recorded it?
claramae turner
prior to tony bennett hearing it, the song was pitched to tennessee ernie ford, whom claramae turner suggested cross take it to. ford turned the song down.





























in december 1961, in the famous "venetian room" at the fairmont hotel in san francisco, tony bennett first sang "i left my heart in san francisco". in the audience that night were san francisco mayor george christopher and future mayor joseph l. alioto. from the 1960s through the 1980s, at san francisco's premier supper club the "venetian room," bennett sang the city song.





























section::::recording history.
i left my heart in san francisco
the city and county of san francisco first leased at the present airport site on march 15, 1927, for what was then to be a temporary and experimental airport project. san francisco held a dedication ceremony at the airfield, officially named the mills field municipal airport of san francisco, on may 7, 1927, on the 150-acre cow pasture. the land was leased from the mills estate in an agreement made with ogden l. mills who oversaw the large tracts of property originally acquired by his grandfather, the banker darius o. mills. san francisco purchased the property and the surrounding area expanding the site to beginning in august 1930. the airport's name was officially changed to san francisco airport in 1931 upon the purchase of the land. "international" was added at the end of world war ii as overseas service rapidly expanded.
san francisco international airport