Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of the release of David Lee Roth's first recording since parting ways with Van Halen, a covers EP called Crazy From the Heat. If nothing else, Roth showed that he didn't need the band to be successful, as two of the four songs from the EP hit the Top 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, including his cover of the Beach Boys' classic, "California Girls," which went all the way to #3.
His cover was pretty faithful, and he even had Beach Boy Carl Wilson on backing vocals (as well as Christopher Cross). And, of course, the video is expectedly full of T and A, weirdos, ethnic stereotypes, and midgets, as was the style at the time.
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