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Who sang California Dreamin?

Release date: 9/12/2004

Duration: 02:40

Writer(s): John Phillips

Producer(s): Lou Adler

The Mamas And The Papas released the song California Dreamin. Date of release: 9/12/2004.

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The meaning of the song 'California Dreamin ', based on the lyrics

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This song is about someone who dreams of going to California to escape the melancholy and cold of winter. The song describes the person walking and passing by a church and pretending to pray so she can leave. She dreams of going to California to be safe and warm.

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The Mamas And The Papas - Short Biography

- The Mamas & the Papas were a folk rock vocal group founded in Los Angeles, California.
- The group was active from 1965 to 1968 and was a major force in the 1960s counterculture music scene.
- The group consisted of John Phillips, Cass Elliot, Michelle Phillips and Denny Doherty.
- John Phillips arranged the group's vocal harmonies and adapted folk music to the new beat style of the early 1960s.
- Their sound had a lasting influence on the music and culture of the 1960s.

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- The song was written in 1963 by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips.
- The song is about the Phillips' longing for sunny California while living in cold New York.
- The song was first recorded by Barry McGuire with the New Journeymen (later the Mamas and the Papas) as backup singers.
- The Mamas and the Papas released their own version of the song in 1965.

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