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California Man is a song by The Move. Released in 1972 as a maxi single with “Do Ya” and “Ella James” as a double B-side, this was The Move’s swan song exit, as the Electric Light Orchestra had already been launched with the first ELO single 10538 Overture released only a month after this track. The song is high energy rock ‘n’ roll with tributes to Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Larry Williams and even George Gershwin; with Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood trading verses. The single reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1972. In the U.S. the song was released with Lynne’s “Do Ya” as the b-side on United Artists. However the B-side proved more popular and became The Move’s only U.S. charting single. Only Wood, Lynne and drummer Bev Bevan appear on the... Read on...