California Nights

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"California Nights"
California Nights.single.jpg
Dutch release picture sleeve
Single by Lesley Gore
from the album California Nights
B-side "I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In)"
ReleasedJanuary 1967
RecordedNovember 1966
Genre Pop
Length2:49
Label Mercury Records 72649
Songwriters Marvin Hamlisch, Howard Liebling
Producer Bob Crewe
Lesley Gore singles chronology
"Treat Me Like a Lady"
(1966)		"California Nights"
(1967)		"Summer and Sandy"
(1967)

"California Nights" is a song written by Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Liebling and recorded by Lesley Gore. The song appeared on her 1967 album, California Nights . [1]

Contents

Composition

The song was produced by Bob Crewe and arranged by Hutch Davie. [2] The track features guitars and drum set in a 1960s pop fashion. The chorus includes multiples long tones over abnormal chords and the verses are noticeably accompanied by a soft electric piano. The lyrics speak of reminiscing about romantic evenings on the beach with a lover.[ original research? ]

Billboard described the song as a "production rhythm ballad with groovy dance beat and strong vocal work has the hit ingredients to put Miss Gore back up the Hot 100." [3]

Commercial performance

The single peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1967 but stayed on the chart for a then-lengthy 14 weeks, [4] ranking 61 in the year-end Top 100. [5] It was Gore's final Top Forty hit.

Use in media

An edit of the song (removing the second verse and refrain) was lip-synced by Gore on the January 19, 1967 episode of the TV series Batman , "That Darn Catwoman". She played Pussycat, the Catwoman's protégé, who also wanted to be a singer.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1967)Peak

position

US Billboard Hot 100 16
US Cashbox Top 100 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1967)Rank
US Billboard Hot 10061

Other versions

References

  1. ↑ Lesley Gore, California Nights Retrieved January 30, 2014
  2. ↑ Lesley Gore, "California Nights" single release Retrieved January 30, 2014
  3. ↑ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. January 7, 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  4. ↑ Lesley Gore, "California Nights" Chart Positions Retrieved January 30, 2014
  5. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1967". Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ Wes Montgomery, A Day in the Life Retrieved January 30, 2014
  7. ↑ Four King Cousins, Introducing the Four King Cousins Retrieved January 30, 2014


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