"California Man" | ||||
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Single by The Move | ||||
B-side | "Do Ya", "Ella James" | |||
Released | April 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1971 at Philips Studios, London | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 3:37 | |||
Label | Harvest (UK) United Artists (US) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Roy Wood | |||
Producer(s) | Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne | |||
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Official audio | ||||
"California Man" on YouTube |
"California Man" is a song by British rock and roll band The Move. It was written by the band's guitarist/vocalist Roy Wood, who has said he wrote it as a pastiche of Little Richard (Wood's favourite musician of the time) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Move pianist/guitarist/vocalist Jeff Lynne's favourite musician at the time).[1]