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- 1Al Jolson's "California, Here I Come" Broadway origins recalled●"California, Here I Come" is a song interpolated in the # Broadway musical # Bombo , starring # AlJolson . The song was
A century-old Broadway standard is back in conversation: "California, Here I Come" was interpolated into the musical Bombo, which starred Al Jolson. Written by Bud DeSylva, Joseph Meyer and Jolson, the song was recorded by Jolson on January 17, 1924, with Isham Jones' Orchestra for Brunswick Records in Chicago, helping make it one of the era's signature hits.