California Sound
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California Sound is a sunny, harmony-rich pop music style that emerged from 1960s Southern California, epitomized by surf, car, and youth culture themes and strongly associated with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Sound canonical | 3 |
| California sound | 2 |
| California Music | 1 |
| West Coast rock | 1 |
Statements (109)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music genre
ⓘ
pop music style ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Brian Wilson
ⓘ
Gary Usher ⓘ Harper's Bizarre ⓘ Jan & Dean ⓘ
surface form:
Jan and Dean
Phil Spector ⓘ Sagittarius ⓘ Spanky and Our Gang ⓘ The 5th Dimension ⓘ The Association ⓘ The Beach Boys ⓘ The Beach Boys session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew ⓘ The Buckinghams ⓘ The Byrds ⓘ The Cowsills ⓘ The Cryan' Shames ⓘ The Fantastic Baggys ⓘ The Grass Roots ⓘ The Hondells ⓘ The Left Banke ⓘ The Lovin' Spoonful ⓘ The Mamas & the Papas ⓘ
surface form:
The Mamas and the Papas
The Millennium ⓘ The Monkees ⓘ The Parade ⓘ The Peppermint Trolley Company ⓘ The Rip Chords ⓘ The Sunrays ⓘ The Sunshine Company ⓘ The Surfaris ⓘ The Turtles ⓘ The Ventures ⓘ The Yellow Balloon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalAssociation |
American youth culture
ⓘ
car culture ⓘ surf culture ⓘ |
| culturalOriginPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| derivativeGenre |
soft rock
ⓘ
sunshine pop ⓘ yacht rock ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
developed in Los Angeles and surrounding coastal communities
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emerged alongside the surf music craze of the early 1960s ⓘ |
| influenced |
1970s soft rock
ⓘ
chamber pop ⓘ indie pop ⓘ power pop ⓘ sunshine pop artists of the late 1960s ⓘ yacht rock of the late 1970s and early 1980s ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
1950s rock and roll
ⓘ
Wall of Sound ⓘ
surface form:
Phil Spector's Wall of Sound
doo-wop vocal groups ⓘ jazz harmony ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
California lifestyle
ⓘ
cars and hot rods ⓘ escapism ⓘ idealized suburban life ⓘ sunshine and beaches ⓘ surf culture ⓘ teenage romance ⓘ youthful freedom ⓘ |
| moodCharacteristic |
nostalgic atmosphere
ⓘ
sunny and optimistic tone ⓘ |
| musicFusionGenre |
baroque pop
ⓘ
psychedelic pop ⓘ sunshine pop ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
All Summer Long
ⓘ
surface form:
All Summer Long by The Beach Boys
Pet Sounds ⓘ
surface form:
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) ⓘ
surface form:
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys
|
| notableArtist |
Brian Wilson
ⓘ
Jan & Dean ⓘ
surface form:
Jan and Dean
The Beach Boys ⓘ |
| notableProducer |
Brian Wilson
ⓘ
Gary Usher ⓘ Phil Spector ⓘ Terry Melcher ⓘ |
| notableWork |
California Girls
ⓘ
surface form:
California Girls by The Beach Boys
Dead Man’s Curve: The Rock ’n’ Roll Life of Jan & Dean ⓘ
surface form:
Dead Man's Curve by Jan and Dean
Fun, Fun, Fun ⓘ
surface form:
Fun, Fun, Fun by The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations ⓘ
surface form:
Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
I Get Around ⓘ
surface form:
I Get Around by The Beach Boys
Surf City by Jan and Dean ⓘ Surfin' U.S.A. ⓘ
surface form:
Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys
|
| peakPopularity | mid-1960s ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | idealized musical representation of California life ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Southern California ⓘ |
| relatedGenre |
baroque pop
ⓘ
psychedelic pop ⓘ soft rock ⓘ sunshine pop ⓘ surf rock ⓘ yacht rock ⓘ |
| relatedMovement | American surf culture movement of the 1960s ⓘ |
| stylisticOrigin |
doo-wop
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ surf music ⓘ vocal harmony pop ⓘ |
| tempoCharacteristic | generally upbeat tempos ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1960s to late 1960s ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drum kit ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ orchestral instruments ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
call-and-response vocals
ⓘ
falsetto leads ⓘ rich vocal harmonies ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
California sound
this entity surface form:
West Coast rock
this entity surface form:
California Music
this entity surface form:
California sound