CALIFORNIA SUN
(Henry Glover / Morris Levy)

Joe Jones - 1961
Willis Jackson - 1962
Annette Funicello - 1963
Freddy Cannon - 1963
The Rivieras - 1964
The Epics - 1964
Rodney & The Blazers - 1964
The Crickets - 1964
Bobby Fuller Four - 1966
Hal Blaine - 1966
The Marketts - 1967
Tommy James & The Shondells - 1967
Ricardo Ray Orchestra - 1968
Bill Haley
The Dictators - 1975
The Ramones - 1976
The Jerks - 1977
Gyllene Tider (re-titled "Tylö Sun") - 1981
The Hitmen - 1984
Frankie Avalon (feat. in the film "Back To The Beach") - 1987
The Vindictives - 1994
The Porkers - 1994
Dick Dale - 1994
Los Straitjackets (vocal: Dave Alvin) - 2001
Captain Cardiac & The Coronaries - 2006

Also recorded by:
Bill Haley; Leroi Brothers; The Ventures; Brian Wilson;
Benny Quick; Sound Bytes; The Blue Devils; Brett Anderson.



As recorded by THE RIVIERAS:

Well, I'm going out West where I belong
Where the days are short and the nights are long
Where they walk and I'll walk
They twist and I'll twist
They shimmy and I'll shimmy
They fly and I'll fly
Well, they're out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun

Well, I'm going out west out on the coast
Where the California girls are really the most
Where they walk and I'll walk
They twist and I'll twist
They shimmy and I'll shimmy
They fly and I'll fly
Well they're out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun

(Instrumental Break)

Well the girls are frisky in old `Frisco
A pretty little chick wherever you go
A-a-and they'll walk and I'll walk
They'll twist and I'll twist
They'll shimmy and I'll shimmy
They'll fly and I'll fly
Well, they're out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun

Yeah they're out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun


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As recorded by ANNETTE FUNICELLO:

I'm gonna go back out on the coast
Where the California boys are really the most
They walk that walk
They talk that talk
They stomp that stomp
They surf that surf
Yeah, they're out there havin' fun
Surfin' in the California sun

The boys are frisky in ol' Frisco
You see a handsome little guy wherever you go
They walk that walk
They talk that talk
They stomp that stomp
They surf that surf
Yeah, they're out there havin' fun
Surfin' in the California sun

(Instrumental Break)

The boys are surfers in old LA
And the good sunshine keeps 'em all that way
They walk that walk
They talk that talk
They stomp that stomp
They surf that surf
Yeah, they're out there havin' fun
Surfin' in the California sun


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2011)