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“If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ USA.” ...
Following the passing of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson on June 11, streams and sales of the group's catalog surged 184% in the United States. The ...
The Beach Boys were great and the force behind the group was Brian ... His magnum opus was the 1966 album Pet Sounds, which ...
Legendary '60s Band Hits Highest Chart Rank in Nearly 60 Years originally appeared on Parade. Nearly six decades after the release of one of their most iconic albums, The Beach Boys are back on the ...
In any case, 48 percent of you think “last in, last out” as you voted for Génesis Cabrera to get designated for assignment.
The Beach Boys' scored their third No. 1 hit with "Good Vibrations," a "truly radical" track that rewrote the rules for a pop ...
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces Pet Sounds, and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, Wilson, under the sway of a controlling therapist, finds a ...
“Woudn’t It Be Nice” reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, while its follow-up single, “God Only Knows,” hit No. 39 ...
The Beach Boys almost binned one of their biggest tracks as they feared it was too "bizarre", as did their record label, worried it wouldn't sell.
Culture / When the Beach Boys front man died, the obituaries described him as a genius. Which means what, exactly? Sid Holt ...
Longtime Beach Boys guitarist Al Jardine will celebrate the catalogue of The Beach Boys with his debut solo tour of Australia ...
UVA pop culture expert Jack Hamilton says the 1960s music icon merged different genres into his unique style, taking rock and ...