![]() It has classic singles, ‘Dance, Dance, Dance’ and ‘When I Grow Up To Be a Man’ as well as two of Brian’s most heartfelt ballads, ‘Please Let Me Wonder’ and ‘Kiss Me Baby’ – check out the version on Hawthorne CA, it is a capella and stunning! ![]() Brian was growing more ambitious and stretching the boundaries of his creativity with classics including ‘I Get Around,” ‘Little Honda,” ‘Wendy and the gorgeous ‘Hushabye,” a tribute to the doo-wop records they all grew up with.įollowing on from the Beach Boys Concert album their next studio album was The Beach Boys Today! This was a giant leap forward in both concept and sound. Released the week after July 4 th in 1964, All Summer Long, with its delightful title track, took a step forward. Aside from the title song, there’s ‘409,” ‘Custom Machine’ and ‘The Ballad Of Ole’ Betsy.” Cars were again to the fore in Shut Down Vol.2, which includes the classic ‘Fun, Fun, Fun,” ‘Don’t Worry Baby and the beautiful ‘Warmth of the Sun.” Little Deuce Coupe was also the title of their next album, and it was almost exclusively a homage to cars, with a few songs about girls thrown in for good measure. “Little Deuce Coupe,” a song written by Brian and Roger Christian, is the first Beach Boys car song to gain recognition when it came out as the B-side of ‘Surfer Girl.” The album also includes the gorgeous ‘In My Room’ a firm favorite among fans. Surfin’ USA continued where their debut album left off, with the distinction of including the Beach Boys first big hit single when the title song of the album made No.2 on the Billboard charts.īy the time their third album, Surfer Girl, in late 1963, Brian had hit his songwriting stride and their songs were beginning to reference life beyond the beach. The Beach Boys’ first album, Surfin’ Safari came out in the autumn of 1962 and aside from its urging to get on a surfboard it was a mix of covers and co-writes between Brian Wilson and Mike Love as well as Gary Usher. Their first release on Candix was “Surfin.”” Beach Boys albumsĪfter the group’s formation, they went on to craft album after album of timeless music. When the group saw their debut record for the first time, they were surprised to see they had a new name. According to Wikipedia, the label wanted to rename the group The Surfers, but Regan knew another group with the same name. Candix signed the group but never loved The Pendletones as the group’s name. Russ Regan, who worked for one of the distributors of Candix Records. ![]() According to Love’s biography, the thought was, “If we hit it big, maybe the company would send us some free shirts.” Who named The Beach Boys? Mike Love came up with the name, which was a pun on the Pendelton shirt. ![]()
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