Noted for their surfer hit, the band was from South Bend, Indiana. ‘California Sun’ “went to US number 5 in 1964. The song had earlier been recorded by Joe Jones as a slow bluesy number, but the band speeded it up and gave it a happy California surf-music sound. Before the record was released, however, [guitarist Joe] Pennell and [lead vocalist Marty] Fortson had gone into national service” (The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 2006).
The Rivieras “California Sun”
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