"Do You Know the Way to San Jose" is a popular song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Burt Bacharach (born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a Jewish-American pianist and composer. ... Hal David (born May 25, 1921 in New York City, New York) is an Jewish-American lyricist and songwriter. ...

The 1968 version by Dionne Warwick on her album Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls made it to #10 on the U.S. Chart and #8 on the UK Chart. The song earned Warwick a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Female Vocal. Marie Dionne Warrick (born December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey), known professionally as Dionne Warwick, is an American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters and producers. ... Valley of the Dolls is the title of a best selling novel by Jacqueline Susann, published in 1966, and the Hollywood film which followed it in 1967. ... Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music...

The lyrics are about a woman who moved to Los Angeles to pursue fame and fortune, but plans to move back to San Jose, where she was born and raised. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...

The song has been covered many times, including by The George Shearing Quintet, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Starlite Orchestra, The Avalanches, the Carpenters, and Stunt Monkey, a local San Jose punk band. Warwick herself recorded a new salsa version of the song in 1998 along with Celia Cruz and the Pete Escovedo Orchestra for her Dionne Sings Dionne album. Frankie Goes to Hollywoods biggest selling single, Relax. Frankie Goes To Hollywood (FGTH) was one of the most controversial and commercially successful UK pop acts of the early 1980s. ... The Avalanches are an electronic music collective from Melbourne, Australia. ... This article is about a musical group. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Celia Cruz (Úrsula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso) (October 21, 1925 – July 16, 2003) was a Cuban salsa singer who spent most of her career living in New Jersey, and working in the United States and several Latin American countries. ...