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Singing and Surfin' USA The group was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and had 32 Platinum and Gold record awards. The Beach Boys’ California garage band sound is legendary. Surfin, their first song, made it big on local radio in Los Angeles, but in 1962, their first single with Capitol Records, Surfin’ Safari put audiences on notice across the US. From that time until 1969, Capitol produced 20 Beach Boys albums and many of these went “Gold.” Some say the groups’ Pet Sounds album, recorded in 1966, is one of their very best and Paul McCartney sites it as his inspiration for the Sgt. Pepper album. Later Years with the Boys of Summer The Beach Boys later recorded on the Brother Label, a family-owned enterprise that produced hit albums well into the 1970s. At the same time, Capitol released “best of” albums. At the time the band became known as a popular touring band and a few of the band members ventured out to record solo albums. In 1988, the band hit all the number one charts yet again with “Kokomo,” a song they recorded for the movie, “Cocktail.” The band continued to perform to sold out audiences throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Dennis Wilson died in 1984 and Carl Wilson lost a courageous battle with cancer in 1998 but the sounds of their band live on in several re-releases and documentaries…a whole new generation is learning about the music of these “boys of summer.” —Betty |
Beach Boys Links A site titled, simply, Endless Summer Quarterly is a beautiful web magazine devoted to The Beach Boys. The Beach Boys Band has a web page. This is a group of past and new members of the band. They still tour and do shows. On a special note, this
site mentioned that the remaining members reunited in June of
this year at Capitol Records to receive double platinum awards
for their recent compiliation album, The
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Most
Boomers will admit, whether you were a fan or not, the songs of
The Beach Boys was synonymous with summertime fun when we were
pre-teens and teens. The group, started by Wilson brothers Brian,
Dennis and Carl along with their cousin Mike Love and later joined
by friend Al Jardine, had their first hit, Surfin’ in 1961,
launching a career that would span more than four decades.