Such a beautiful song...I'm a sucker for harmonizing voices. From the Everly Brothers to the Mamas and the Papas to The Beach Boys to The Beegees to The Temptations to you name it...
The Wrecking Crew documentary is excellent and not to take anything away from Lou Adler but he's one of those guys whose main talent seems to be being in the right place at the right time, which is a considerable talent in his case.
I watched the documentary on John Phillips and Michelle was recounting the story of John waking her up in the middle of the night to help him write California Dreaming. He knew that he had something and told her to get up, she'd never regret it. She said, "and I never have..."