California Man

original song written and composed by Roy Wood
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5020676
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California Man

Summary

California Man is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • California Man's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • California Man's composer is recorded as Roy Wood[4].
  • California Man's genre is rock and roll[5].
  • Among the performers on California Man was The Move[6].
  • California Man was performed by Cheap Trick[7].
  • California Man was performed by Drake Bell[8].
  • Among the performers on California Man was Jim Davidson[9].
  • California Man was performed by Ryan Roxie[10].
  • California Man is part of Message from the Country[11].
  • California Man's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • California Man was published on 1971[13].
  • California Man's lyricist is recorded as Roy Wood[14].
  • California Man's title is recorded as California Man[15].
  • California Man's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b8e20e04-5607-4d16-9b50-7e4446fd3ab6[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Move[6], Cheap Trick[7], Drake Bell[8], Jim Davidson[9], and Ryan Roxie[10].

Publication

California Man was published on 1971[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is rock and roll[5]. It is part of Message from the Country[11].

Why It Matters

California Man ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). California Man. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/california-man
MLA “California Man.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/california-man.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_california-man_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{California Man}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/california-man}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): California Man — https://4ort.xyz/entity/california-man (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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