“California Dreamin'” is a song written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips and was first recorded by Barry McGuire. However, the best known version is by The Mamas & the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released 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.
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October 19, 2016 @ 3:15 am
I absolutely love that song. What a wonderful era for music and fantastic singers. They were so clean cut and beautifully dressed with just magnificent voices which flowed so naturally and effortlessly. The young ones of today are good but just do not have that tone in their voices that the singers of the 50’s & 60’s had. Thank you for sharing which brought back such beautiful memories. God Bless.
December 17, 2016 @ 12:33 pm
I love it!!!! Feel like I’m a senior at Dowagiac Public Schools in Dowagiac, MI