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CALIFORNIA GIRLS 1
Written by: Michael O. Love & Brian Wilson
Produced by: Brian Wilson
Performed by: The Beach Boys 2 3
First released: 4
Single: July 1965
Album: June 1965

1 "California Girls" was first released as a single only and it reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100
July 1965. Subsequently it appeared on the album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). The song is on
the list of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Rolling Stone
magazine ranked it #71 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

2 Personnel performing on the original recording:
* Brian Wilson (song writing, backing Vocals),
* Carl Wilson (backing vocals),
* Dennis Wilson (backing vocals),
* Mike Love (song writing, lead vocals),
* Al Jardine (backing vocals, guitar),
* Bruce Johnston (backing vocals),
* Hal Blaine (drums),
* Frank Capp (vibraphone),
* Roy Caton (trumpet),
* Jerry Cole (12-string guitar),
* Al de Lory (organ),
* Steve Douglas (tenor saxophone),
* Carol Kaye (bass guitar),
* Jay Migliori (baritone saxophone),
* Jack Nimitz (bass saxophone),
* Lyle Ritz (upright bass),
* Howard Roberts (guitar),
* Leon Russell (piano),
* Billy Strange (tambourine).

3 Covered by:
Scott Bradoka,
Michael Bristow,
The California Project,
The Chipmunks,
The Countdown Singers,
Aretha Franklin,
Leif Garrett,
Hampton String Quartet,
The Hollyridge Strings,
Jan & Dean,
The Kings,
The Leningrad Cowboys,
Ricky Martin,
The Move,
Bob Rivers (parodied as "West Seattle Girls") 5a 5b
David Lee Roth,
Nancy Sinatra,
Stars at Studio 99,
The Sunny Boys,
The Surf Boys,
The Surf City Allstar Band,
The Sufaris',
The Travoltas,
Brian Wilson (solo)
et al.

4 Appears on: *
SINGLE(S):
(1)The Beach Boys:
A-side: "California Girls"
B-side: "Let Him Run Wild"
(a) Capitol, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm, #5464, US-1965.
(b) Capitol-EMI, Promo Only, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm, #CL-15409, UK-1965.
(c) Fame, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm, #F-5464, Denmark-1965.
(d) Capitol, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm, #F-5464, Netherlands)-1965
(e) Capitol-EMI, 45rpm, #K28-808, Germany-1965.

(2)The Beach Boys:
A-side: "California Girls"
B-side: "Good Vibrations"
(a) Collectables, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm, #COL-6003, US-1992.

EP(s):
(EP1)The Beach Boys Hits:
Track 1: "Help Me Rhonda"
Track 2: "California Girls"
Track 3: "The Little Girl I Once Knew"
Track 4: "Barbara Ann"
(a) Capitol, 4-Track 12-Inch, Vinyl EP, #EPA1-20813, UK-1965.

ALBUM(S):
(a)The Beach Boys: Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
(1) Capitol, 12-Track, Mono LP, #T-2354, US-1965.
(2) Capitol-EMI, 12-Track, Mono LP, #CT-2354, UK-1965.
(3) Capitol-EMI, 12-Track, Duphonic-Stereo LP, #DT-2354, US-1965.
(4) Capitol-EMI, 12-Track, Mono LP, #MT-2354, Spain-1965.
(5) Toshiba-EMI, 12-Track, Stereo LP, #ECS-40169, Japan-1977.
(6) EMI-Japan, 12-Track, Mono Cassette, #TOCP-1023, Japanese Import, UK-1978.
(7) EMI-Japan, 12-Track, Alternate Cover, Promo Only, Mono CD, #CP28-1002, Japan-1987.
(8) Toshiba-EMI, 12-Track, Limited Edition, Promo Only, Mono CD, #CP21-6009, Japan-1989.
(9) Capitol, 12-Track, Stereo LP, #29633-1, US-1994.
(10) Capitol, 12-Track Stereo CD, #29633-2, US-1994.
(11) Capitol, 12-Track Stereo Cassette, #29633-4, US-1994.
(12) Capitol, 12-Track, Stereo CD, #C-60071, Germany-1998.
(13) EMI-Japan, 12-Track, Reissued, Stereo CD, #TOCP-3320, Japan-2002.
(14) Toshiba-EMI, 12-Track Stereo CS, #TOCP-50857, Japan-2008.
(15) Toshiba-EMI, 12-Track, Stereo CD, #TOCP-54090, Japan-2008.
(16) Toshiba-EMI, 15-Track, Stereo SHM-CD, #TOCP-95008, Japan-2008.

(b)The Beach Boys: Originals (3-in-1)
Includes tracks from the albums Summer Days (And Summer Nights) , Today! & Smiley Smile.
(1) Capitol, Remastered, 35 Tracks, Stereo, 3-CD Boxed Set, #CDOMB-018, US-1997 6 .
et al.

* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of the song than the one that was
transcribed. Also, this list is not intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

5a Bob Rivers, who is responsible for the parody, is a resident of Seattle and the host of a daily
radio program. (See Note #3.)

5b You can see the lyrics for "West Seattle Girls" on mp3lyrics.org at:
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/p/parodies/west-seattle-girls/

6 Transcribed from the track on this album.