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California Sound
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English
California sound
Alternative forms
en California sound
Proper noun
California Sound 1
en music A popular music aesthetic engendered by 1960s pop and rock recording artists from the California area, associated with optimistic youth culture.
weekend Ludovic Hunter-Tilney 2025-06-14 Obituary: Visionary who grew from Surfin' to audacious experimenter 10 The Beach Boys struck gold with swoony choral harmonies, twangy surf-music guitars and beats cresting like waves on an eternally sunny Pacific shoreline: the “California sound”, as it was dubbed.
See also
en sunshine pop