"All the Gold in California" is a song written by Larry Gatlin, and recorded by American country music group Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers.
It was released in August 1979 as the first single from the album Straight Ahead.
The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of ten weeks on the chart.
[2] This song was written while Larry was in a traffic jam in Los Angeles; the song goes on to warn the listener that all the gold in the state "is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills in somebody else's name" and that attempting to make it big in California carries a risk of failure that could personally devastate one's resolve.
On January 19, 1985, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band sang the song at the nationally televised 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, the day before the second presidential inauguration of Ronald Reagan.