On this date in 1542 Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, known as the “discoverer” of California, landed this day in 1542 near what is now San Diego and became the first European to set foot on the west coast of what would become the United States.

Let’s celebrate with songs about California and to broaden this a bit, California artists and if you can find a tie-in to the state in some other way that will work, too.