California Dreamin: songs about the Golden State

Vanessa & Laura & guitar, Cmhs
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For discussion and listening: a selected list of tunes that your teacher considers classics about California.

- All I Wanno Do / Sheryl Crow
- Blue Jay Way / Beatles
- Born in East L.A. / Cheech & Chong
- California Dreamin' / Mamas & Papas
- California Girls / Beach Boys
- Do You Know the Way to San José / Dionne Warwick
- Folsom Prison Blues / Johnny Cash
- For What It's Worth / Buffalo Springfield
- Free Fallin' / Tom Petty
- Going Back to Cali / LL Cool J
- Hotel California / the Eagles
- I Left My Heart in San Francisco / Tony Bennett
- Hooray for Hollywood / Johnny Mercer
- I Love L.A. / Randy Newman
- Midnight Train to Georgia / G;adys Knight & the Pips
- San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) / Scott McKenzie
- (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay / Otis Redding
- Under the Bridge / Red Hot Chili Peppers