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The Beach Boys were founded in Hawthorne, California, in 1961 by brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Love, and school friend Al Jardine, per the band’s website.

Arguably the most famous Beach Boys album, though, is the one that technically doesn’t exist. In late 1966 and early 1967, Wilson ran himself ragged working on SMiLE, ultimately shelving the ...

That history became “California Girls,” released July 12, 1965, as part of The Beach Boys’ ninth studio album, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) Reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, it’s easily ...

But these conventional measurements fall short when you’re assessing the impact of The Beach Boys. This band has birthed a torrent of hit singles and sold albums by the tens of millions.

It's not even the best album of 1966, or the best album released by The Beach Boys (that'll be Surf's Up, or Today!). But it is a pleasant, quiet album of introspection.

His father, a frustrated songwriter who sold heavy machinery, was a "tyrant and heavy drinker" and abused Brian physically and emotionally. Brian was a musical prodigy, teaching himself piano and ...

The legend of SMiLE grew as songs Wilson had written for the album trickled out on bootlegs and Beach Boys albums like 1967’s Smiley Smile and 1971’s Surf’s Up.

The Beach Boys were caught in the middle of two eras in 1965. You can hear that dichotomy on the album 'Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)'.

Wilson released numerous solo albums and one with the Beach Boys, finally issued a version of Smile, and returned to the stage solo and for a 50th anniversary Beach Boys tour.

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