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The Beach Boys' 1974 and 1978 versions of "California Feelin'" were eventually released for the 2013 compilation Made in California. [6] Compiler Alan Boyd explained: That was one of the first songs recorded for the L.A. (Light Album) in 1978 at Criteria, the Bee Gees studio, in Miami. A rough mix has been circulating for many years but we did ...
A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing song, but with a new melody and arrangement. Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition. The term comes from classical music and was first applied to jazz by ...
"California" is a song by American rock band Phantom Planet. It was released as a single from their second album The Guest in 2002. The song had its first soundtrack appearance in episode 8 of the television show Fastlane. Both the song and the band received major attention when it became the theme song on the Fox television show The O.C.
In the song, she expresses the depth of her longing for California despite considering herself a member of the counterculture. [2] Like "Carey", "California" takes the form of a travelogue, and uses a stream of consciousness narrative technique. [3] [4] Pitchfork critic Jessica Hopper describes both songs as "how-Joni-got-her-groove-back ...
"California" is a pop song written by Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg and Maria Vidal, produced by David Tickle for Belinda Carlisle's sixth studio album, A Woman and a Man (1996). It was released as the album's fourth single in the UK and the third single in Australia as a CD single .
The 2002 song, although not a complete cover, alludes to Jolson's song in its lines "California, here we come / Right back where we started from". The song is used as the theme song for the California historical travelogue series on PBS, California's Gold, hosted by Huell Howser. On November 9, 2010, Howser released a music video of his ...
[2] "California Zephyr" is likely Hank's take on the popular "Wabash Cannonball," made famous by his hero Roy Acuff; the melody and references to American cities and towns is strikingly similar. The recording on the single was taken from a 1951 demo [ 3 ] and was issued as a 78 in 1956 with "Thy Burdens Are Greater than Mine" as the B-side.
"California Here I Come" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1992 as the second single from her debut studio album, Tongues and Tails. The song was written by Hawkins and produced by Rick Chertoff and Ralph Schuckett. The song's music video was directed by Kevin Kerslake and produced by Line Postmyr and Tina ...