"California Sun", written by Henry Glover and Morris Levy, is a song originally performed by Joe Jones in 1961, covered very successfully by The Rivieras in 1964. Henry Glover ( 21 May 1921 – 7 April 1991) was an American Songwriter, arranger, Record producer Morris Levy ( August 27, 1927 &ndash May 21, 1990) was an American music industry executive who is best known as the owner of the record A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed The Rivieras was a rock group, formed in the early 1960s in South Bend, Indiana, United States. New York rock band, The Dictators, performed the song on their debut album in 1975, The Dictators Go Girl Crazy. The City of New York A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. The Dictators are a Rock and roll band formed in New York City in 1973 An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public The song became more famous when performed by The Ramones on their 1977 album, Leave Home. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group Leave Home is the Ramones ' second album It features the classic Ramones songs "Pinhead" and "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment This song is also featured on the 1979 film, Rock 'n' Roll High School. Rock 'n' Roll High School is a 1979 Musical comedy film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and featuring The Ramones This song is on various compilations, including All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 1, and Hey Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology. A compilation album is an Album ( Music or Spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple Recording artists, often culled from a variety of All the Stuff (And More! Volume 1 is a compilation album by the Ramones. Hey! Ho! Let's Go The Anthology is a two–disc compilation that attempts to summarize the Ramones ' career in its entirety The Ramones' cover was also featured in Jackass: The Movie. Jackass The Movie, is an American film directed by Jeff Tremaine and was released on October 25, 2002 with the tagline "Do not attempt
The song has been often covered live by Chris Isaak and his band Silvertone with drummer Kenney Dale Johnson assuming lead vocals and Isaak taking a turn on the drums. Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American rock Musician and occasional Actor.
With lyrics in Swedish by Per Gessle, Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider covered the song as "Tylö Sun" in 1982. Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Per Håkan Gessle (pæːr 'gæslæ born January 12, 1959, in Halmstad) is a Swedish pop Singer, Guitarist "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Gyllene Tider is a famous Swedish pop group. The name "Gyllene Tider" means 'Golden ages' or 'Golden times' in English In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released A 2006 lyrics version, "Vitt & blått", was written by Svante Karlsson for Swedish soccer club Halmstads BK. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of
In 1994, Dick Dale covered the song on his album Unknown Territory. Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Monsour on May 4, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a Surf rock guitarist,
The song was also covered by Frankie Avalon in the 1987 movie, Back to the Beach. Frankie Avalon (born Francis Thomas Avallone September 18 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American Actor Back to the Beach is a 1987 Comedy film starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, directed by Lyndall Hobbs.