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Dionne Warwick hated the song.

"Where is San Jose?" she asked, refusing to record it. Bacharach and Hal David had to talk her into it.

It went on to win her first Grammy, sell 3.5 million copies, and put San Jose on the world's musical map years before anyone said the words "Silicon Valley."

Plot twist: the lyricist had never lived here. Hal David spent the war years writing Army comedy revues in Honolulu — sometimes alongside a young soldier named Carl Reiner. He just overheard the phrase one day, and built a global hit around it.

Burt Bacharach's verdict on the whole accidental triumph: "I just giggled all the way to the bank."

The full story is now up on San Jose Rocks:
https://sanjoserocks.org/didyou/hal-david-knew-the-way-to-san-jose/

Who knew? Now you do.