Grateful Dead Family Discography: 26 Miles (Santa Catalina)

26 Miles (Santa Catalina)

Composer: Bruce Belland / Glen Larson

The Grateful Dead played a brief fragment of 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) before the encore of the September 26, 1972 show.

Bruce Belland and Glen Larson were founder members of the Four Preps who recorded the song at the end of 1957. The Four Preps single, released at the start of 1958, reached #2 in the pop charts.

The title of refers to the distance between the island of Santa Catalina and the California coast.

Four Preps

no info Single (Fools Will Be Fools / 26 Miles (Santa Catalina)), The Four Preps, 1958
no info Lil' Bit of Gold, The Four Preps, 1988
Capitol Collectors Series, The Four Preps, 1989
no info 50's Hits: Great Records of the Decade: Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1990
no info Your Hit Parade: 1958, Various Artists, 1990
Capitol Records 50th Anniversary, Various Artists, 1992
no info Great Jukebox Hits of the 50's, Vol. 2: Young Love, First Love, Various Artists, 1992
The Best Of, The Four Preps, 1993
no info Mr. Sandman: 1950's Vocal Groups, Various Artists, 1995
no info Back to the 50's: 18 Golden Memories, Various Artists, 1995
no info Southern California with Fond Memories, Various Artists, 1995
no info Hey There: '50s Pop, Various Artists, 1996
no info 1950's Rock N Roll Collection, Various Artists, 1997
no info 20th Century Rocks, Vol. 4: '50s Pop: Hey There!, Various Artists, 1997
no info Back to Back Hits, The Four Preps / The Lettermen, 1998
no info Big Hits of the 50's, Various Artists, 1998
no info Music for a Summer Barbecue, Various Artists, 1998
no info Rock -N- Roll's Greatest Hits of All Time, Vol. 1: The 50's, Various Artists, 1999
no info Malt Shop Memories: 50's Golden Jukebox, Various Artists, 2000
no info 20th Century Rocks: '50s Rock 'N Roll: Whole Lot of Shakin', Various Artists, 2001
no info The 50's Decade: Vocal Groups, Various Artists, 2001
no info The Fabulous Fifties, Vol. 3: Back to the Fifties, Various Artists, 2001
Capitol Records 1942 2002, Various Artists, 2002
no info The 50's Golden Era, Various Artists, 2002
no info Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten: The 50's Doo-Wop Years, Various Artists, 2002
no info Rare Surf, Vol. 6, Various Artists, 2003
no info Magic Moments: The Best of '50s Pop, Various Artists, 2004
Absolutely the Best, The Four Preps, 2005
no info Absolutely the Best of the Fifties, Various Artists, 2005
no info The Ultimate 50's Collection, Various Artists, 2007
no info The Golden Age of American Popular Music, Various Artists, 2008

Other recordings

no info The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, Dent May, 2009