"All the Gold in California" is a song written by Larry Gatlin, and recorded by Americancountry music groupLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers. It was released in August 1979 as the first single from the albumStraight Ahead. The song was the first of two number one singles for Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band. 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 ofBeverly 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 ofRonald Reagan.

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