California Dreams

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Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Surfin' Safari
recording of:
Surfin’ Safari
writer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
publisher:
Guild Music Company
lyrics quoted on:
Hot Wax
The Beach Boys1:59
2Little Darlin'
cover recording of:
Little Darlin’
lyricist and composer:
Maurice Williams (US singer/songwriter, played with The Zodiacs)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Excellorec Music
The Diamonds2:09
3The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
recording of:
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
writer:
Don Altfeld, Jan Berry and Roger Christian (US radio personality and lyricist)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Universal Music Careers
Jan & Dean2:28
4Da Doo Ron Ron
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
lead vocals:
LaLa Brooks (in 1963-03)
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1963-03)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 114) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 366)
recording of:
Da Doo Ron Ron (in 1963-03)
writer:
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher - do NOT use as a release label) (ended), ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Intersong (publisher), Mother Bertha Music Inc., Trio Music Co., Inc., Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, 日本アブコ音楽出版, フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30), フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Crystals52:22
5Surfer Girl
recording of:
Surfer Girl
composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
publisher:
BMG Bumblebee
The Beach Boys2:09
6Happy Together
performer:
The Turtles (late 60s US rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
White Whale (late 60s/early 70s California) (in 1967)
recording of:
Happy Together (in 1967)
writer:
Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon (American songwriter who co-wrote The Turtles' hit "Happy Together")
publisher:
Alley Music Corp., The Hudson Bay Music Co. (publisher) and Trio Music Co., Inc.
part of:
Freaky Friday (2003)
The Turtles4.652:56
7Deadman's Curve
recording of:
Dead Man's Curve
writer:
Jan Berry, Roger Christian (US radio personality and lyricist), Artie Kornfeld and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
Jan & Dean42:27
8The Stroll
recording of:
The Stroll
writer:
Nancy Lee (US 1950/60s songwriter & singer) and Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
publisher:
Vogue Music
The Diamonds2:31
9Louie Louie
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1963 (number: 3), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 26), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 55) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 156)
cover recording of:
Louie Louie (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Berry (US singer/songwriter, composed Louie Louie)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Windswept Pacific Music Ltd. and World Wide Music
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
The Kingsmen3.652:46
10Help Me Rhonda
cover recording of:
Help Me, Rhonda
additional lyricist:
Mike Love (Beach Boys)
lyricist and composer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc. and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Jan & Dean2:54
11Leader of the PackThe Shangri‐Las52:49
12Sweet Talking Guy
recording of:
Sweet Talking Guy
writer:
Barbara Baer, Eliot Greenberg, Doug Morris (record executive) and Robert Schwartz
The Chiffons2:16
13Surfin'
recording of:
Surfin’
composer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
The Beach Boys2:16
14Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)
recording of:
Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)
lyricist and composer:
George "Shadow" Morton
The Shangri‐Las2:17
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Love Letters In The Sand
recording of:
Love Letters in the Sand
lyricist:
Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
composer:
J. Fred Coots, Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
publisher:
Bourne (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc. and Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Pat Boone2:21
2Duke Of EarlGene Chandler2:24
3To Know You Is To Love You
Nino Tempo & April Stevens2:36
4Keep A Knockin'
recording of:
Keep a Knockin’ (Little Richard’s version)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Wayne Penniman (in 1957-01)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
version of:
Keep A-Knockin' an You Can't Get In
Little Richard2:12
5Fernando's Hideaway
Johnnie Ray2:20
6Singing The Blues
recording of:
Singing the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Melvin Endsley (in 1956)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Opryland Ltd. (UK) and Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK)
Guy Mitchell2:28
7Rave On
cover recording of:
Rave On
writer:
Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman and Sonny West (American songwriter and musician Joseph “Sonny” West)
publisher:
Melody Lane Publications Inc., Nor-Va-Jak Music, Southern Music (publisher) and Wren Music Co.
Wanda Jackson1:57
8This Ole House
recording of:
This Ole House
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
Rosemary Clooney2:29
9Who's Sorry Now?
Sandy Posey2:29
10Tennessee Waltz
recording of:
Tennessee Waltz
lyricist:
Redd Stewart (in 1946)
composer:
Pee Wee King (in 1946)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
Patti Page3:00
11The Purple People EaterSheb Wooley2:17
12Because They're Young
recording of:
Because They’re Young
writer:
Domenick Costa, Wally Gold and Aaron Schroeder (1950s~1960s US songwriter)
Duane Eddy2:04
13Tom Dooley
recording of:
Tom Dooley
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)
The Kingston Trio3:21
14Concrete And Clay
recording of:
Concrete and Clay
writer:
Tommy Moeller and Brian Parker
publisher:
Apollo Music Ltd. (UK work publisher), EMI Longitude Music, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Unit 4+22:13