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Scott McKenzie
12+ albums
classic rock60sfolkrockoldies
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Scott McKenzie (born Philip Scott Blondheim 10 January 1939, Jacksonville, Florida, died August 18, 2012 in Los Angeles) was a singer best known for his 1967 hit of San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) (written by John Phillips and later featured in the movie Forrest Gump). In 1986 McKenzie began singing with a new version of The Mamas and the Papas. In 1988 McKenzie wrote (with John Phillips, Mike Love and Terry Melcher) the Beach Boys #1 hit “Kokomo.” By 1998 he had retired from the on-the-road version of the Mamas and Papas, though he did appear at the Los Angeles tribute concert for John Phillips in 2001. McKenzie grew up in North Carolina and Virginia, where he became friends with the son of one of his mother's friends, John Phillips. In the mid 1950s, he sang briefly with Tim Rose in a high school group called The Singing Strings, and later, with Phillips, Mike Boran and Bill Cleary, he helped form a doo wop band, The Abstracts. In New York, The Abstracts became The Smoothies and recorded two singles with Decca Records, produced by Milt Gabler. In 1961 Phillips and McKenzie met Dick Weissman and formed The Journeymen, which recorded three albums for Capitol Records. After the Journeymen disbanded in 1964, the members discussed forming a group called The Mamas & the Papas. McKenzie wanted to perform on his own, so Phillips formed the group with Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips, his second wife. The group soon moved to California. Two ye
top songs
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San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
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157,4213San Francisco
136,9714San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
106,6995San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) (Single Version)
11,4286Like An Old Time Movie
11,3677Celeste
10,6898If You're Going To San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
9,9759Look In Your Eyes
9,60110Reason To Believe
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