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Australian singles charts:
California Dreamin‘ entered the Australian singles chart* on 2 April 1966 and peaked at #87.
Album:
The song is on the 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears.
Songwriters:
John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
Producer:
Lou Adler
Record label of Australian release:
RCA
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS SONG BELOW – California Dreamin’ by Barry McGuire
Wikipedia:
California Dreamin’ was written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips and was first recorded by Barry McGuire. However, the best-known version is by the Mamas and the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released it as a single in 1965. The song is #89 in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The lyrics of the song express the narrator’s longing for the warmth of Los Angeles during a cold winter in New York City.
The song became a signpost of the California sound, heralding the arrival of the nascent counterculture era.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Dreamin’
Lyrics:
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
I′ve been for a walk (I’ve been for a walk)
On a winter′s day (on a winter’s day)
I’d be safe and warm (I′d be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)
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BONUS SONG
California Dreamin’ by Barry McGuire
Barry was a friend of The Mamas & The Papas. John and Michelle Phillips wrote California Dreamin’ for Barry after their group performed backing vocals on his television performances. They are also heard on this recording by Barry, which features harmonica where The Mamas & The Papas had a flute solo.
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