It’s a City (with a capital ‘C’ to locals) whose cultural history practically hums with musical possibilities. This is due in large part to how the city has always been a meeting point for restless ideas and diverse communities. From the Gold Rush boomtown that lured fortune-seekers from every continent, to the Beat poets of North Beach and the psychedelic counterculture that turned Haight-Ashbury into a world stage, it’s been an easy mark for songwriters. This week’s show will visit that blend of beauty, grit and idealism with performances for and about San Francisco. Join us for a whole batch of vintage sounds covering any old genre we care to share with the likes of Harry “The Hipster” Gibson, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Linda Martell, and, of course, Tony Bennett. We’ll celebrate from a short distance away with memories of Broadway, the fog rolling through the Golden Gate, and that endless palette of imagery and mood that is a living chorus always ready to be set to music.
| No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | The Sound Of The City | KSFO 560 – San Francisco | 78s |  |
| 3 | Tony Bennett | I Left My Heart in San Francisco | The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 | |
| 4 | Logan Ledger | The Lights Of San Francisco | Logan Ledger | |
| 5 | Chris Isaak | San Francisco Days | San Francisco Days | |
| 6 | Journey | Lights | Journey's Greatest Hits | |
| 7 | Eric Clapton | San Francisco Bay Blues | Unplugged | |
| 8 | Linda Martell | San Francisco is a Lonely Town (Remastered 2022) | Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022) | |
| 9 | Sugar Pie DeSanto | Hello, San Francisco (Part I) | Putumayo Presents: American Blues | |
| 10 | The Teskey Brothers | San Francisco | Run Home Slow | |
| 11 | Otis Redding | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | The Dock of the Bay | |
| 12 | Little Walter | Mean Old Frisco | Blues With A Feeling [Disc 2] | |
| 13 | Charlie Musselwhite | When The Frisco Left The Shed | Mississippi Son | |
| 14 | Richie Havens | San Francisco Bay Blues | Mixed Bag | |
| 15 | Eric Lindell | Here In Frisco | Matters Of The Heart | |
| 16 | Mark Spoelstra | San Francisco Zoo Song | Out Of My Hands | |
| 17 | Marty Robbins | San Francisco Teardrops | San Francisco With Fond Memories | |
| 18 | Dom Flemons | San Francisco Baby | Prospect Hill | |
| 19 | Jimmy Martin | Fly Me To Frisco – 1973 | Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5] | |
| 20 | Johnny Paycheck | The Ballad Of Frisco Bay | Nowhere to Run: the Little Darlin' Years 1966-1970 | |
| 21 | Merle Haggard | Return to San Francisco | Like Never Before | |
| 22 | Harry "The Hipster" Gibson | I Flipped My Wig In San Francisco | Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? | |
| 23 | Connie Russell | Foggy Night In San Francisco | San Francisco – With Fond Memories | |
| 24 | Ramblin' Jack Elliott | San Francisco Bay Blues | South Coast | |
| 25 | Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T. | San Francisco (Soundtrack Version) | The 30s: Hollywood's Best | |
| 26 | Tee Vee Toons | Streets Of San Francisco | Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's | |
| 27 | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | Mean Ole Frisco | That's All Right (Mama) | |
| 28 | Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton | Lonesome Frisco Line [Album Version] | Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 | |
| 29 | Memphis Minnie | 'Frisco Town | Queen Of Country Blues | |
| 30 | Scott McKenzie | San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) | San Francisco – With Fond Memories | |
| 31 | Cab Calloway & His Orchestra | San Francisco Fan | Jazz Noire (Darktown Sleaze of 1940s L.A.) | |