I know what you mean. I had to scour Gnutella for days before I found a copy. That opening guitar chord and their vocal harmony is awesome. 
I’d also suggest “Let’s Have Lunch” from that musical, if you want something even more connected with the LA movie industry. (In German? I gotta get me some of that …)
Another song that comes to mind is Jim Croce’s “Operator,” but just because of the line *“She’s living in LA / with my best old ex-friend Ray” *
On a slightly less happy note…
“Aenima” (sp?) by Tool
“Lullaby”- Shawn Mullins
“California King”- Everclear
“Celebrity Skin”- Hole
“Malibu”- Hole
Sweet Virginia - Rolling Stones (“Thank you for your wine, California”)
I can’t believe no one has mentioned:
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“This Land Is Your Land” - Woody Guthrie
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Islands,
From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters,
This land was made for you and me.
Power-pop corner…
“Losing California” - Sloan
“Come to California” - Matthew Sweet
“Russian Hill” - Jellyfish
San Ber’dino - Frank Zappa
She lives in Mojave in a Winnebago
His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato…
Estimated Profit the Grateful Dead
“California, profit on the burning shore…”
DarkWriter
I believe that is John Stewart
“Down in Monterey”- Eric Burden/Animals
'Warm San Francisco Nights"-Eric Burden/Animals
“Southern California Purples”- Chicago
“I Love L.A.”- Randy Newman
“Ukiah”- Doobie Bros.
“Life Beyond L.A.”- Ambrosia
and “Beverly Hillbillies” theme song
Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
The Chuck Berry tune that the Dead played all the time was “Promised Land” sometimes called “Jet”.
Some other Dead tunes that mention California, or towns in CA…
My Brother Esau
Mexicali Blues
Standing On The Moon
Mision In The Rain
So Many Roads
The Background, Third Eye Blind:
I do the things we did before.
I walk Haight Street to the store…
And Santa Monica, by Savage Garden.
Santa Monica - Everclear
California Blue - Roy Orbison
San Francisco/Hollywood (Medley) - Village People
California’s official state song is “I Love You, California”, written by F.B. Silverwood, a Los Angeles merchant.
The Rolling Stones? No kidding? Gawd, you’re so young!
Try Nat King Cole in the fifties. “It winds from Chicago to L.A.” Oh, and it’s “Kingman (AZ), Barstow, San Bernardino.”
The Rolling Stones. Go figure! :rolleyes:
Add San Fernando Valley sung by Bing Crosby. I never heard the one by Roy Rogers, but I don’t doubt there was one.
Check the link provided. I never heard it either, imagine you’d have to see the movie to hear it. I actually heard the Bing Crosby one on the radio. I was livin’ in San Fernando at the time.
The Lady is a Tramp - Rodgers/Hart
Of course, it describes California as cold and damp, so this may not be what you had in mind.
Don’t marry her - The Beautiful South (“And the Sunday sun shines down on San Francisco bay”)
Small Town - John Mellencamp (“Married an LA doll and brought her to this small town”)
Oh, California! - A reworking of Oh, Susanna!
Prophet - Jude