Brian Wilson — the guy who wrote and produced most of the hits for the Beach Boys — died Wednesday at age 82. The music he gave us over the decades was amazing: “Good Vibrations” and the “Pet Sounds” ...
Surf’s up, and it’s never been this sexy! While other Hollywood hotties spend their afternoons on the shoreline, simply stripped down and showing off their assets in barely-there bikinis, these ...
During the 1960s, the surf rock music craze took America by storm. Several songs are rightfully credited with helping to popularize the sound. Some examples include "Let's Go Trippin'" by Dick Dale ...
The Beach Boys launched their career with 1962's Surfin' Safari, which included a song of the same name as well as a track called "Surfin'." The California group was already on its way to becoming the ...
After The Beach Boys tasted success with “Surfin’” on the Candix label, songwriter Brian Wilson’s father Murry set about getting the young group a proper record deal. He took a mortgage on his house ...
Aaron Carter covered The Beach Boys‘ “Surfin’ U.S.A.” Subsequently, he said he wasn’t a big fan of musical imitators. Notably, the original “Surfin’ U.S.A.” became one of The Beach Boys’ biggest hits.
For more than 50 years, the soundtrack to the summer has come through the melodies, music and words of The Beach Boys. Teens dreamed of the beach while listening to “Surfin’ USA” and “California Girls ...
For some, surfing is a recreational sport. For others, it’s a way of life. To conquer a wave some 30 feet high as you head out on the Dawn Patrol and find the perfect A-frame, nothing beats ripping ...
Remember Jimi Hendrix’s 1967 extraterrestrial classic “Third Stone From the Sun,” where he promised the people of Earth that they’d never hear surf music again? Jimi didn’t live to see the 1974 ...