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"California Man" is a song by British rock and roll band The Move. It was written by the band's guitarist/vocalist Roy Wood, who has said he wrote it as a pastiche of Little Richard (Wood's favourite musician of the time) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Move pianist/guitarist/vocalist Jeff Lynne's favourite musician at the time).
Roy Wood was born on 8 November 1947 [6] in Kitts Green, a suburb of Birmingham, England.For some years the legend persisted that his real name was Ulysses Adrian Wood, until it was revealed that this was probably the result of somebody close to the Move in their early days filling in such names on a 'lifelines' feature for the press as a joke.
California Man", a No. 7 UK hit [8] —featuring baritone saxophones, a double bass, and a riff borrowed from George Gershwin—was an affectionate tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis (the double bass had Lewis's nickname, "Killer", written on it) and Little Richard, with Lynne and Wood trading verses and lines.
Written by Jeff Lynne in 1971, it was one of two songs featured on the B-side of the UK hit "California Man" credited to The Move (the other was Roy Wood's "Ella James"). In the United States the B-side proved more popular than the A and so the song became the group's only US hit, albeit a minor one (reaching number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart). [3]
Hours after announcing via NPR his decision to walk away from The Daily Show after nearly a decade, Roy Wood Jr. is shedding new light on his next career chapter. In a statement posted on his ...
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Comedian Roy Wood Jr. seemingly referenced a former CNN host's tumultuous departure from the network while turning down a shot of tequila during their New Year's Eve broadcast on Tuesday, Dec. 31 ...
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