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Songs of California

Last update: January 31, 1999


    The official state song is "I love you, California". This state song along with all the other official state songs is available on Coolidge 50.

    I welcome any and all suggestions and especially corrections, as well as additional information on any song listed below.

    Songs of love for California

  • "California" on Blue by Joni Mitchell (of Canada)

  • "California" on Good Things Are Coming by The Goods of Canada

  • "California" on Hände Hoch! by Truck Stop, Germany's top-selling country band.

  • "California" on Hills Of Home by Ralph Stanley

  • "California" on Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers

  • "California Dreamin'" on California Dreamin' by the Mamas & the Papas

    Uncertain terrain

    Sorry, I just don't know if these are appropriate. Suggestions are welcome.

  • "California" on Rise Up! by Bobby Conn

  • "California" on Circumstantial Evidence by Eddie Hardin (jazz??)

  • "California" on Westside Riderz by Westside Riderz

  • "California Blue" on Mystery Girl by Roy Orbison

  • "California Cowboy" on Love on the Wing by Jesse Colin Young

  • "California Day" on Powerglide by New Riders of the Purple Sage

  • "California Autumn" on California Autumn by Tony Rice

  • "California Blue Moon" on Kentucky Gold by The Reno Brothers

  • "California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)", written by Jimmy Rodgers, with versions including:

    • Gene Autry: Blues Singer, 1929-1933, by Gene Autry
    • Hats Off! Tribute to Bill Monroe (various artists) by Josh Graves
    • Rolling Stone From Texas by Don Walser
    • Swing West by The Reno Brothers
    • The Blue Ridge Rangers by John Fogerty
    • 20 Golden Hits by Lefty Frizzell
    • Act Four by The Seldom Scene
    • I Bid You Goodnight by Any Old Time String Band
    • Library of Congress Recordings by Woody Guthrie
    • Legendary Country Singers by Merle Haggard
    • Red Rocking Chair by Doc & Merle Watson
    • Same Train A Different...Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers, by Merle Haggard
    • Watson Country by Doc & Merle Watson

  • "California Child" on Light Shine by Jesse Colin Young

  • "California Countdown" on Watch and Manfred Mann's Earth Band by Manfred Mann's Earth Band

  • "California Sunset", Neil Young, Old Ways

  • "Gold in California", Kate Wolf

    Honorable mention

  • "California" on Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys

  • "California" on She's the One (original soundtrack) by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

  • "California" on The Bad and the Beautiful (original soundtrack)

    The dark side

  • "Here in California": "There's no gold here / I thought I warned you / And the hills turn brown in the summertime" -- contributed by Ed Blachman

  • "All the Gold in California" by the Gatlin Brothers

  • "California Cotton Fields" with versions on:
    • Live 1973 by Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels
    • Live at the Cellar Door by the Seldom Scene
    • Down Every Road 1962-1994 by Merle Haggard
    • Best of Tanya Tucker



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