California Sun

Yes, you're gonna hear songs by the original artist before they became hits by someone else.

And right now, we're up to January 1964 and The Rivieras hit number five with a surf tune called California Sun.

But oddly, the song was originally recorded and released by a New Orleans R&B singer named Joe Jones in 1961.

You may recognize the name Joe Jones and voice from his number three hit, You Talk Too Much.

Let's enjoy some California Sun.

[singing] I'm gonna go back out on the coast.

Where the California girls are really the most.

They talk that talk.

Yeah, I fly-

fly-In the warm California sun.

Well, I'm going out west down on the coast.

Well, the California girls are really the most.

And I fly, and they fly.

Yeah, we're out there having fun.

In the warm California sun [rock music] Well, the air is crisp in old Frisco.

But we're California cool wherever we go.

This is another lead-up track.

It is California Sun by the Rivierans.

Well, I'm going out of West where I belong.

Well, their days are short and their nights are long.

They fly and I fly.

Well, they're out there having

fun in that one California sun.

Well, I'm going

We had Teenagers Getting High by them.

And then we had the Ramones covering California Sun by the Rivieras off It's Alive.

There wasn't much room in the turnaround at the start or the end for changing songs, but by God, you did it, Kev.

Oh, God, I'm there.