The Eagles recorded the track with Don Henley on lead vocal three different times, twice at the Record Plant in Los Angeles and finally at the Criteria Studios in Miami. They first recorded a riff, but when it came to recording the vocal, it was found to be in too high a key for Henley's voice, so Felder progressively lowered the key from E minor, eventually settling on B minor. The second recording however was judged too fast. In Miami, the band fine-tuned the instrumentation and the lyrics and recorded numerous takes. Five or six best ones were selected, and the best parts were then spliced together to create the released version.
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Hotel California
Hotel California | Recordings
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what does the song hotel california by the eagles mean
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Eagles described it as their "interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles"
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Title track from the Eagles' album
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Don Henley
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February 1977
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"Hotel California" first entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart dated February 26, 1977, and topped the Hot 100 singles chart for one week in May 1977, the band's fourth song to reach No. 1 on that chart. It peaked at number 10 on the Easy Listening chart in April 1977. "Billboard" ranked it number 19 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart. Three months after its first release, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), representing one million copies shipped. In 2009, the song was further certified Platinum (Digital Sales Award) by the RIAA for sales of one million digital downloads, and has since sold over 3 million downloads.
Hotel California | Chart performance
The first live recording of the song appeared on the Eagles' 1980 live album, and an acoustic version with an extended intro is a track in the 1994 "Hell Freezes Over" reunion concert CD and video release. The "Hell Freezes Over" version is performed using eight guitars and has a decidedly Spanish sound, with Felder's flamenco-inspired arrangement and intro.
Hotel California | Recordings
The album was recorded between March and October 1976 at Criteria Studios, Miami and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, and produced by Bill Szymczyk. Although the band favored Los Angeles, the producer Szymczyk wanted to record in Miami as he had developed a fear of living on a fault line in Los Angeles after experiencing an earthquake, and a compromise was then struck to split the recording at both places. While the band were recording the album, Black Sabbath were recording "Technical Ecstasy" in an adjacent studio at Criteria Studios in Miami. The band was forced to stop recording on numerous occasions because Black Sabbath were too loud and the sound was coming through the wall.
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Recording
According to the producer Bill Szymczyk, there were 33 edits on the two‑inch master. The final section features a guitar battle between Joe Walsh (who had replaced Bernie Leadon after Leadon's departure from the band in 1975) and Felder, which took the two of them sitting together working for around three days to achieve the necessary precision. Walsh and Felder initially started improvising but Henley insisted that the recording should follow the music as first recorded in Felder's demo. Henley decided that the song should be a single, although Felder had doubts and the record company was reluctant to release it because, at over six minutes, its duration far exceeded that of the songs generally played by radio stations.
Hotel California | Recordings
The band took a stand and refused the label's request to shorten the song. The song was released as the second single from the album after "New Kid in Town". The front cover art for some overseas editions of the 45rpm single released was a reworked version of the "Hotel California" LP cover art, which used a photograph of the Beverly Hills Hotel by David Alexander, with design and art direction by Kosh. As "Hotel California" became one of the group's most popular songs and a concert staple for the band, live recordings of the song have therefore also been released.
Hotel California | Recordings
"Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). The Eagles' original recording of the song features Henley singing the lead vocals and concludes with an extended section of electric guitar interplay between Felder and Joe Walsh. The song is considered the most famous recording by the band, and in 1998 its long guitar coda was voted the best guitar solo of all time by readers of "Guitarist". The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.
Hotel California | Introduction
The Eagles recorded the track with Don Henley on lead vocal three different times, twice at the Record Plant in Los Angeles and finally at the Criteria Studios in Miami. They first recorded a riff, but when it came to recording the vocal, it was found to be in too high a key for Henley's voice, so Felder progressively lowered the key from E minor, eventually settling on B minor. The second recording however was judged too fast. In Miami, the band fine-tuned the instrumentation and the lyrics and recorded numerous takes. Five or six best ones were selected, and the best parts were then spliced together to create the released version.
Hotel California | Recordings
The Eagles won the 1977 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Hotel California" at the 20th Grammy Awards in 1978. The song is rated highly in many rock music lists and polls; "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked it number 49 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. At the induction of the Eagles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, all seven former and present members of the band reunited to perform "Hotel California".
Hotel California | Accolades
The song was included on the 1977 LP "Greatest Hits".
Southern California (song) | Recording and composition
The album was released by Asylum Records on December 8, 1976, in vinyl, cassette and 8-track cartridge formats. It was considered for quadraphonic release in early 1977, but this idea was dropped following the demise of the quadraphonic format. On the album's 25th anniversary in 2001, it was released in a Multichannel 5.1 DVD-Audio disc. On August 17, 2011, the album was released on a hybrid SACD in Japan in The Warner Premium Sound series, containing both a stereo and a 5.1 mix. Original vinyl pressings of "Hotel California" (Elektra/Asylum catalog no. 7E-1084) had custom picture labels of a blue Hotel California logo with a yellow background.
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Release
They wanted to demonstrate that they could play together without overdubs if they wanted to. A 40th anniversary deluxe edition was released on November 24, 2017. The set includes the original remastered album, and a second CD that features 10 live tracks from the concert at The Forum, recorded in October 1976 two months before the original release of the album.
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Release
According to Henley in a 1982 interview, the Eagles "probably peaked on "Hotel California"." Henley said: "After that, we started growing apart as collaborators and as friends."
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Recording
The recording of "California Dreamin'" by America was specifically made to play under the closing credits of the American International Pictures (AIP) movie release "California Dreaming" which had been shot in the final months of 1977 for release in the summer of 1978 although the movie would in fact be held back from wide release until 16 March 1979 with America recording the song "California Dreamin'" in the autumn of 1978: Beckley and Bunnell agreed to record the song after being (at least partially) shown the movie – "We liked what we saw" – and the track was recorded at Studio 55 (Hollywood): "We did it more as a rock thing [compared to the original], [with] a full sound but reliant on the harmonies." The track was originally scheduled for a 15 January 1979 release which was delayed until after AIP's February 1979 pacting with Casablanca Records to distribute the "California Dreaming" soundtrack, Casablanca having recently managed to bolster the modest success of the film "Thank God It's Friday" through a hit soundtrack album: the recording of "California Dreamin'" by America was therefore given parallel release with the movie, another soundtrack item: "See It My Way" by session group F.D.R., serving as B-side.
California Dreamin' | America version
A live vocal performance of the song survives from a 22 June 1972 repeat episode of BBC's "Top of the Pops".
California Man (song) | Release
Recorded on "Rockline", Los Angeles, California; April 1, 1991. Details for the second and third live recordings (tracks three and four) for "Collectors' Edition" are not provided on the CD materials.
Radio Song | Notes
Recorded January 26 - February 8, 1976, at RCA Victor's Music Center of the World Hollywood, Los Angeles:
Fitzgerald and Pass... Again | Personnel
The last track of the album, "The Last Resort" had to be re-recorded a number of times due to noise from the next studio. For the title track "Hotel California", after the arrangement and instrumentation had been refined, several takes were recorded. The best parts were then spliced together, in all 33 edits on the two‑inch master, to create the final version. In contrast, "Victim of Love" was recorded in a live session in studio apart from the lead vocal and the harmony on the choruses which were added later. Don Felder initially sang the lead vocals in the many early takes for the song, but the band felt that his efforts were not up to the required standard, and Henley then took over as the lead.
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Recording
Adapted from AllMusic. Eagles Production
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Personnel
The single peaked at number 16 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in March 1967 but stayed on the chart for a then-lengthy 14 weeks, ranking 61 in the year-end Top 100.
California Nights | Commercial performance
Recorded on December 1966, The Copa Room at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas: Tracks 1-10
That's All! | Personnel
Al B. Sure! recorded his rendition for his album, "Private Times...and the Whole 9!" (1990). Gipsy Kings recorded a flamenco version sung in Spanish. The Orb, under the name of Jam On The Mutha, produced a version that charted at No. 62 in the UK in 1990. Mike Piranha recorded "Hotel Honolulu" in 1998, satirizing overdevelopment, crime, and other issues on Oahu; the song became a local hit in Hawaii. The Romanian band Vama Veche recorded its version with different lyrics entitled "", sung in its native language. Alabama 3 covered the song for the album, "La Peste" (2000). Nancy Sinatra recorded a cover version for her 2002 album "California Girl", an album of songs about California.
Hotel California | Cover versions
Worldwide the album has sold 32 million copies. On August 20, 2018, the album was certified 26× platinum by the RIAA for 26 million units consumed in the United States under the new system that tallies album and digital track sales as well as streams. The album produced two number one hit singles on the US "Billboard" Hot 100: "New Kid in Town", on February 26, 1977, and "Hotel California" on May 7, 1977.
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Commercial performance
The loss of his friend and business partner hit Stone hard. Stone was suddenly responsible for keeping all three studios operating, but he concentrated his attention on Los Angeles and slowly began to lose interest in the Sausalito location. Studio C was destroyed in an electrical fire on January 10, 1978. At the time, rocker Marshall Chapman was working with producer Al Kooper and bassist Tom Comet in Studio B on her album "Jaded Virgin" and helped other musicians and engineers carry priceless master recordings to safety outside the building. She said, "We might as well have been rescuing Rembrandts from the Louvre...I remember seeing "Hotel California" [marked] on one, and 'John Lennon' on another.
Record Plant | 1977 and beyond
The album first entered the US "Billboard" 200 at number four, reaching number one in its fourth week in January 1977. It topped the chart for eight weeks (non-consecutively), and it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in a week of release. In its first year of release it sold nearly 6 million copies in the United States, and by July 1978 it has sold 9.5 million copies worldwide (7 million in the US and 2.5 million elsewhere internationally). On March 20, 2001, the album was certified 16x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting shipment of 16 million in the United States, and had sold over 17 million copies in the US by 2013.
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Commercial performance
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Hotel California (Tyga album) | Recording and production
"Hotel California" is a song by the Eagles. Hotel California may also refer to:
Hotel California (disambiguation) | Introduction
The album was nominated for several Grammy awards in 1978 and its title track "Hotel California" won the Record of the Year. The band manager Irving Azoff however refused requests by the Grammy producer for the band to attend or perform at the ceremony unless a win was guaranteed. The band therefore did not appear at the ceremony to collect their awards. Henley later said: "The whole idea of a contest to see who is 'best' just doesn't appeal to us."
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Awards and nominations
The band chose to return to Coast Recorders on Folsom Street in San Francisco, where they had recorded "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" as a single for their first album, in 1967. The studio had since been purchased by CBS Studios and refurbished. They produced the album themselves with engineer Roy Segal. According to Segal, Garcia liked the room because it had a more "live" sound than the Record Plant, where the band had recorded their previous album. Garcia had played in CBS Studios earlier in the year with Art Garfunkel during the sessions for "Angel Clare". Many of the Garcia-Hunter songs had been played live for up to a year or more.
From the Mars Hotel | Recording
We wanted to write a song just like it was a movie." Frey described the song in an interview with NBC's Bob Costas as a cinematic montage "just one shot to the next ... a picture of a guy on the highway, a picture of the hotel, the guy walks in, the door opens, strange people." Frey continued: "We decided to create something strange, just to see if we could do it." Henley then wrote most of the lyrics based on Frey's idea, and sought inspiration for the writing by driving out into the desert as well as from films and theater.
Hotel California | Composition
Don Henley threatened a lawsuit for copyright infringement.
Hotel California | Cover versions
The single spent six weeks on the US country singles chart, peaking at No. 80 on November 12, 1976. It also made the "Cashbox" charts that year and at one stage in the week ending December 25 it was at No. 16.
Jesus Is the Same in California | Chart performance
It was recorded again in 1978 by the Beach Boys. The song lent its name to "California Feeling", an early version of what would become "M.I.U. Album" later in the year. Despite the album title, Brian insisted that the song be left off from its track listing. The Beach Boys' 1974 and 1978 versions of "California Feelin'" were eventually released for the 2013 compilation "Made in California". Compiler Alan Boyd explained:
California Feelin' | The Beach Boys' recordings
Hotel California is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Eagles. The album was recorded by Bill Szymczyk at the Criteria and Record Plant studios between March and October 1976, and then released on Asylum in December. It was their first album with guitarist Joe Walsh, who had replaced founding member Bernie Leadon, and is the last album to feature bassist Randy Meisner. The front cover is a photograph of the Beverly Hills Hotel by David Alexander. "Hotel California" topped the US "Billboard" Top LPs & Tapes chart. At the 20th Grammy Awards, the Eagles won a Grammy Award for "Hotel California", which won Record of the Year, and for "New Kid in Town".
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Introduction
Recorded September 22, 1977, Group IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California:
Satch and Josh...Again | Personnel
Presley recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio in Hollywood, California. on September 3, 1956.
First in Line (song) | Recording
The album is compiled of live performances at the Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, California on 18 December 1993 and the Mystic Theater, Petaluma, California, on 12 December 1993. The bonus track "Cleaning Windows/The Street Only Knew Your Name" was recorded on 17 December 1993 at the Masonic Auditorium San Francisco, California.
A Night in San Francisco | Recording
We never sat down and said, 'ok the last record was like that so now let’s attempt this.' Instead we individually brought things to the collective table that somehow coalesced without premeditation." He goes on to state that "the recording of "California" was a bit of a nightmare. We attempted frugality by recording a lot in our rehearsal space which Trey had partially turned into a recording studio. But we also spread the work out over various outside studios with a number of engineers as well as additional musicians. In the end we had two 24-track tape machines and two ADAT machines linked.
California (Mr. Bungle album) | Musical style and writing
They expanded with remote recording dates in 1973, including performances by Alice Cooper, Vikki Carr, Sly Stone, Todd Rundgren, Joe Walsh and Rod Stewart. At the same time, the studio worked on projects by the Gap Band for Shelter Records; Mary McCreary, a singer being produced by her husband Leon Russell; and the Partridge Family, in production for Bell Records under producer Wes Farrell.
Record Plant | Los Angeles
It is included in the album "Eagles Live", which was released in 1980 after the band had effectively broken up. A second version, recorded in 1977, was released on ‘Hotel California 40th Anniversary: Expanded Edition’ released in 2017. The song was rerecorded on Meisner's first solo album ("Randy Meisner") released in 1978. The song was performed with piano and acoustic guitar accompaniment, and 1970s teen idol David Cassidy singing in the backing vocals.
Take It to the Limit (Eagles song) | Recordings
"California Nights" is a song written by Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Liebling and recorded by Lesley Gore. The song appeared on her 1967 album, "California Nights".
California Nights | Introduction
The recording was released as a 78 single, RCA Victor 20-1834, b/w "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" arranged by Bill Finegan, by the Glenn Miller Orchestra led by Tex Beneke in 1946 and as an HMV 78, BD 5956, in the UK in 1947, b/w "Texas Tex". This was the first single released by the Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Tex Beneke. The recording appeared on the 1998 album "Glenn Miller Orchestra: A Tribute to Tex Beneke" and the 2001 release "The Legendary Big Bands: Tex Beneke" by Castle/Pulse.
I'm Headin' for California | Background
In 1924. Cliff Edwards ("Ukulele Ike") released a very upbeat single of the song, which included some scat vocals and a brief sung intro: "Goodbye forever, goodbye forever, I'm going away for a long, long time." "Casa Loma Stomp," recorded by Fletcher Henderson, is a set of jazz variations on the song, whose tune is clearly audible in the first few verses and gradually disappears under the increasing complexity of the variations. Freddy Cannon recorded this song on his debut 1960 album "The Explosive Freddy Cannon".
California, Here I Come | Covers
Most of the songs were recorded 5–6 September 1965 at the RCA Records studio in Hollywood, California, except:
December's Children (And Everybody's) | Recording sessions
Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, August and September, 1981.
Mystical Adventures | Personnel
"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.
California (Belinda Carlisle song) | Introduction
The song has been recorded by the Loftner-Harris St. Francis Hotel Orchestra in October 1931 and also recorded on several albums by the Cal Band, including "Big C" (1976), "California, Here's to Thee" (1991), and "University of California Band" (2003).
Big C (fight song) | Recordings
The Beach Boys' version of "Had to Phone Ya" was recorded on March 30, 1976, at Brother Studios in the middle of the primary sessions for "15 Big Ones". It was produced, arranged and conducted by Brian Wilson. The instrumental track from was this session was made available on "Made in California" in 2013.
Had to Phone Ya | Recording
"Southern California" is a duet recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette. It reached number five on the "Billboard" country survey when it was released as a single by Epic Records in 1977.
Southern California (song) | Introduction
Tracks 1, 4, 6 Recorded Capitol Tower, Hollywood, 12 January 1961 Tracks 7, 9, 10 Recorded Capitol Tower, Hollywood, 19 January 1961 Tracks 2, 3, 5, 8 Recorded Capitol Tower, Hollywood, 23 January 1961
This Time of Year | Personnel
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite" is a 1964 album by Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's &quot;California Suite&quot; | Introduction
All tracks recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, August 7, 1985 except,
Pack Up the Plantation: Live! | Recording information
In 2003, the album was ranked number 37 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. The song "Hotel California" was ranked number 49 on "Rolling Stone" list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", in 2004 and again in 2011.
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Accolades
Recorded July 11 - September 13, 1962, in Los Angeles:
Comin' Home Baby! | Personnel
The melody of the title track, "Hotel California", was written by Don Felder. Don Henley wrote most of the lyrics, with contributions from Glenn Frey. Henley noted that hotel had become a "literal and symbolic focal point of their lives at that time", and it became the theme of the song. Frey wanted the song to be "more cinematic", and to write it "just like it was a movie". Henley sought inspiration for the lyrics by driving out into the desert, as well as from films and theatre. Parts of the lyrics of "Hotel California" as well as the song "Wasted Time" were based on Henley's break up with his then girlfriend Loree Rodkin.
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Composition
Commercially, "Hotel California" reached the number one position on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and reached the top ten of several international charts.
Hotel California | Introduction
The album took a year and a half to complete, a process which, along with touring, drained the band. The album's first single, "New Kid in Town", became the Eagles' third number-one single.
Eagles (band) | 1975–1977: Major success with "Hotel California"
"Hotel California" was the Eagles' sixth album (including "Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)"), and fifth of original material. It became a critical and commercial success. In a poll of rock critics and DJs in 1987, it was ranked 48 out of 100. In a public poll for the 1994 edition of "All Time Top 1000 Albums", it was voted number 107, and then number 67 in the 2000 edition. In 2001, the TV network VH1 placed "Hotel California" at number 38 on their 100 Greatest Albums of All Time list. "Hotel California" was ranked 13th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Accolades
In 2003 and 2012, it was ranked number 37 on "Rolling Stone" list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Hotel California (Eagles album) | Introduction
"California Feeling" – projected for release in mid-1978 once "Adult Child" was rejected – consisted mostly of the tracks that would later appear on "M.I.U. Album", released late in the year. It was named after the Brian Wilson composition "California Feelin'" written and recorded four years earlier during the Caribou Ranch sessions. Kalinich considered the song white gospel and added "I think it frightened him a little to let his defenses down and give the vocal all he had." Even though the album had been named for the song, Brian insisted that it be left off the album's track list.
The Beach Boys bootleg recordings | "California Feeling" (1977)
and the guys in Connecticut and San Diego who taped the shows. I'm sorry, I forgot your names." The Starwood was a venue in West Hollywood, California that operated from 1973 to June 1981. The liner notes include six fliers for Adolescents shows in the Greater Los Angeles Area, but do not state if the recordings on the album come from any of these shows: February 6, 1981 at the Oxnard Community Center with Rich Kids on LSD, Scared Straight, Sikki Velvet, and Apocalypse; March 24, 1981 at the Starwood with Eddie and the Subtitles and 45 Grave; May 13, 1981 at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood with the Ozie-Hares; July 4, 1981 at Perkins Palace in Pasadena with Stiff Little Fingers and D.O.A.; and May 30, 1986 at Fender's Ballroom in Long Beach (two fliers are pictured, one advertising the supporting acts as the Weirdos, the Blackjax, and Subterfuge; the other listing the Weirdos, the Blackjax, the Hickoids, and Nomeansno).
Live 1981 &amp; 1986 | Background and recording
Recorded at United/Western Studios, Los Angeles, California 7, 8 & 9 June 1977
Impromptu (June Christy album) | Personnel
"The Chess Hotel" was recorded in Franklin, Tennessee at Dark Horse Studios. The album was mixed at Scream Studios in Los Angeles, California.
The Chess Hotel | Recording
Adler, impressed with the Mamas and the Papas, then had the lead vocal track re-recorded with Denny Doherty singing and paired with the same instrumental and backing vocal tracks and an alto flute solo by Bud Shank, reportedly improvised. The guitar introduction was performed by P. F. Sloan. McGuire's original vocal can be briefly heard on the left channel at the beginning of the record, having not been completely erased. The single was released in late 1965 but was not an immediate breakthrough. After gaining little attention in Los Angeles upon its release, a radio station in Boston was the catalyst to break the song nationwide.
California Dreamin' | History
"California" is a country music song written by John Rich, Rodney Clawson, and Vicky McGehee. It was originally recorded by Tim McGraw on his album "Damn Country Music", featuring Big & Rich on backing vocals. Big & Rich released their own version in 2017 as a single, and it appears on their 2017 album "Did It for the Party".
California (Big &amp; Rich song) | Introduction
Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Loud", Def Jam Recordings, SRP Records.
California King Bed | Credits and personnel
"Ain't No California" is a song written by Sterling Whipple, and recorded by American country music artist Mel Tillis. It was released in August 1978 as the second single from the album "I Believe in You". The song reached #4 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
Ain't No California | Introduction
All songs by Phil Ochs. Side One Side Two
Tape from California | Track listing
That record would have been much easier to manage had Pro Tools come along a bit sooner."
California (Mr. Bungle album) | Musical style and writing
This song was written while Larry was in a traffic jam in Los Angeles; the song goes on to warn the listener that all the gold in the state "is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills in somebody else's name" and that attempting to make it big in California carries a risk of failure that could personally devastate one's resolve. On January 19, 1985, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band sang the song at the nationally televised 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, the day before the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
All the Gold in California | Content
The most successful version of the song was released by the Rivieras in 1964 and became the group's biggest hit in their short career. This song was the result of their first recording session at Chicago's Columbia Recording Studios in 1963 (purchased by manager Bill Dobslaw). The lineup for this session included Marty Fortson on vocals and rhythm guitar, Joe Pennell on lead guitar, Doug Gean on bass guitar, Otto Nuss on Vox Continental organ, and Paul Dennert on drums. The original single cut from this session included the song "Played On" as the A-side, with "California Sun" as the B-side and was released on Dobslaw's Riviera label in 1963.
California Sun | The Rivieras cover
Recorded Capitol Tower, Los Angeles, California, 6 February 1961. (The instrumentals and possibly one or more vocals were recorded on an unknown date, probably also in February 1961.)
Do-Re-Mi (June Christy and Bob Cooper album) | Personnel
Boone released "California" in February 1978 as the follow-up to "You Light Up My Life", but "California" only reached #50 on the Hot 100 chart, failing to duplicate Boone's previous success. The versions recorded by Boone were eventually released on her album "Midstream" (1978). After the relative failure of Boone's "California", Brooks reached out to Atlantic Records to get Roberta Flack, an established artist with a track record of number one hits, to record "If Ever I See You Again". According to Flack, she "couldn't stand" the song and agreed to record it only after being pressured by the president of Atlantic and negotiating a "huge money deal".
If Ever I See You Again (film) | Soundtrack
"California Dreamin'" was certified as a Gold Record (single) by the Recording Industry Association of America in June 1966 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.
California Dreamin' | Introduction
California Flight song about A Oakland California girl called Oakland Girls from California by California Flight recorded in 2010 at live oak recording studio Berkeley California
List of songs about California | References
In 1975, Goodson had a single released on the Island label. Credited to C. L. Goodson, the single was "18 Yellow Roses" bw "The More She Thinks About Him". Recorded at Independent Recorders, Studio City, California, both sides were produced by Don Lee. In 1976, the song he co wrote with Don Lee, "Jesus is the Same in California" was released as a single on United Artists UA-XW891-Y. Similar to a Merle Haggard type of song, it told a story of a man in Folsom Prison who receives a letter from his mother who had faith that Jesus is in California as he is there where she is in Tennessee.
Lloyd Goodson | 1970s
Recorded Los Angeles, 27 August & 10 September 1959.
Ballads for Night People | Personnel
"California Feeling" was assembled in December 1977, revised as "Winds of Change" in 1978, and then renamed "M.I.U. Album" for release in October 1978.
The Beach Boys bootleg recordings | "California Feeling" (1977)
All songs written by Robin Eaton and Jill Sobule except where noted. Three tracks recorded for prospective inclusion on "California Years" did not make the final cut: "Mom", "The Rapture" and "Gotta Get Me Some" (the latter track, like "Empty Glass", originally written for the musical "Prozak and the Platypus").
California Years | Track listing
The lyrics of the song have been given various interpretations by fans and critics alike, the Eagles themselves describing the song as their "interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles". In the 2013 documentary "History of the Eagles", Henley said that the song was about "a journey from innocence to experience... that's all..." Since its release, "Hotel California" has been covered by a number of artists and has become a part of international popular culture. Julia Phillips proposed adapting the song into a film, but the members of the Eagles disliked the idea and it never came to fruition.
Hotel California | Introduction
"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 and the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released it as a single in 1965. The song is No. 89 in "Rolling Stone" 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.
California Dreamin' | Introduction
A demo of the instrumental was developed by Don Felder in a rented house on Malibu Beach. He recorded the basic tracks with a Rhythm Ace drum machine and added a 12 string guitar on a four-track recording deck in his spare bedroom, then mixed in a bassline, and gave Don Henley and Glenn Frey each a copy of the recording. Felder, who met the Eagles through his high school bandmate Bernie Leadon, said that Leadon advised him to make tapes of songs he wrote for the band so that other band members like Henley, whose forte is in writing lyrics, might work with him on finishing the songs they liked.
Hotel California | Composition
Dre and Roger Troutman) in 1997. A popular remix version of the song appeared on his 1996 double album "All Eyez on Me".
California Love | Introduction
Group member John Rich told "Billboard" that " "there’s some 80s Country on there, and also some Eagles west-coast Country kind of stuff. It’s also a really fun song to sing. When the fans learn it, they sing it at the top of their lungs." Lead single "California" was originally recorded by Tim McGraw on his album "Damn Country Music", and his version features Big & Rich on backing vocals.
Did It for the Party | Content
The song is included on the set-list of the Loud Tour (2011).
California King Bed | Live performances
Written by Roy Wood, this was The Move's last officially released single; it was released in April 1972, bearing "Do Ya" and "Ella James" as a double B-side. A pastiche of Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Larry Williams, the composition is recorded in a high-energy rock and roll style, with lead vocals by both Wood and Jeff Lynne, who were at the time jointly leaders of both the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and The Move. "California Man" reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1972. The ELO, originally conceived as a side-project of The Move, issued its first single, "10538 Overture", a month after this track.
California Man (song) | Release
Mel Tormé's California Suite is a 1957 studio album by Mel Tormé, of his California suite. Tormé first wrote the suite as a twenty-minute piece in 1949, arranged by Neal Hefti and Billy May, with Peggy Lee providing vocals. It was expanded to this LP length version in 1957. The suite was later recorded by Sammy Davis, Jr.
Mel Tormé's California Suite | Introduction
The Cat Empire recorded a version sung in French entitled "L'hotel de Californie" for Triple J's Like a Version segment, and is included in its 2005 compilation album as well as the band's 2003 live album "On the Attack". Vocal Sampling have performed an a cappella version, which is included in their 2008 album "Akapelleando". The Killers and Rhythms del Mundo collaborated their version with Afro-Cuban music for the 2009 Artists' Project Earth charity, and it appeared on the album "Rhythms del Mundo Classics". Frank Ocean released a song that samples the entire instrumental track of "Hotel California" on his mixtape "Nostalgia, Ultra" (2011), entitled "American Wedding".
Hotel California | Cover versions
Bobby Womack recorded a version of the song for his debut album "Fly Me to the Moon" in 1968. Released as a single on Minit Records, the 1968 Jose Feliciano arrangement reached number 43 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and number 20 on the "Billboard" Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. This elaborate string version serves as the opening track on Feliciano's 1968 album "Feliciano!", and was heard in a key sequence in Quentin Tarantino's 2019 film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". In 1978, a disco version proved popular in European clubs for the Italian project Colorado, reaching 45 on the British charts, and house cover versions have been released by DJ Sammy and Royal Gigolos.
California Dreamin' | Other notable versions
These are the credits and the personnel as they appear on the back of the single:
California (Mylène Farmer song) | Credits and personnel
Tracks 1-3 - recorded Los Angeles, January 1946 Track 4 - recorded Hollywood, 4 June 1946 Track 5 - recorded Hollywood, 19 July 1946
Cool Christy | Personnel
"All the Gold in California" is a song written by Larry Gatlin, and recorded by American country music group Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band. It was released in August 1979 as the first single from the album "Straight Ahead". The song was the first of two number one singles for Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of ten weeks on the chart.
All the Gold in California | Introduction
Tyga then said that the song has the same feeling as their hit "Deuces". The song was produced by Cordale "Lil' C" Quinn, and it officially premiered on March 25, 2013. The song was released for digital download on April 4, 2013, along with the pre-order for the album. The music video was filmed in late April, directed by Colin Tilley. The music video for "For the Road" was released on May 19, 2013. On July 23, 2013, the music video for "Show You" featuring Future, premiered on 106 & Park. "Show You" was released to Rhythmic contemporary radio, as the album's third single on August 27, 2013.
Hotel California (Tyga album) | Singles
Throughout 1974 and 1975, the group had worked on very few tracks that would eventually see release: "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" in December 1974 and "Good Timin'" in 1979. Dennis Wilson's "River Song" was first worked on at the Caribou sessions along with the Brian/Mike Love collaboration "It's O.K.", with the latter being the only piece used for "15 Big Ones". A demo of California Feelin' was recorded during these sessions and was released on the Made in California compilation, which was released in 2013. In 1975, Brian attempted to establish a Los Angeles collective named California Music, which included Gary Usher, Curt Boettcher, and former Beach Boy Bruce Johnston.
15 Big Ones | Background
Recorded May 26–30, 1969, in Hollywood, Los Angeles:
Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) | Personnel
The California Hotel is a historic Oakland, California, hotel which opened in the early days of the Great Depression and became an important cultural center for the African-American community of San Francisco's East Bay during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. On June 30, 1988 the hotel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
California Hotel | Introduction
"All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated" Original LP release: "Side one:"
California Concerts | Track listing
A re-recording of the song with new lyrics, titled "Arizona Sun" was recorded in 1964, but not released until 2000 on the compilation "Let's Stomp with The Rivieras! Unissued 1964 Recordings". "California Sun" was eventually featured on the band's debut album "Let's Have A Party". A later version was released later that year as "California Sun '65" on their second and final album, "Campus Party". The song was used in the 1987 movie "Good Morning, Vietnam", as well as on its soundtrack album. It was also featured in the 1991 biopic "The Doors". It was also one of many California-related songs played throughout "Sunshine Plaza" in the original Disney California Adventure.
California Sun | The Rivieras cover
Recorded June 19, June 20, 1978, in Hollywood, Los Angeles:
Lady Time | Personnel
"I'm Headin' For California" is a 1944 song composed by Glenn Miller and Arthur Malvin and performed for radio broadcast. The song was released in 1946 as a 78 single by the Glenn Miller Orchestra led by Tex Beneke. The song was Glenn's last composition.
I'm Headin' for California | Introduction
Upon the release, "500 Degrees" featuring Lil Wayne, "Hijack" featuring 2 Chainz and "Get Loose" debuted at 38, 39 and 46 respectfully on the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, respectively. On September 12, 2013, the music video for "Don’t Hate The Playa" was released. On September 20, 2013, the music video for "Hijack" featuring 2 Chainz was released.
Hotel California (Tyga album) | Other songs