The Beach Boys :: Art

The margin BoysThe Beach Boys formed in 1961. The band members atomic number 18 Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson who are all brothers, Al Jardine and Mike Love. All but Al Jardine lived in Los Angelas. They were front called the Pendletones which was a shirt brand , but a record label executive named them the Beach Boys. One of their low gear fully grown hits was Surfin that was credited for starting the surfing craze. 1962 they released the record album Surfin effort with the song Surfin Safari hitting the U.S Top 40. 1963 Surfin U.S.A reached 3 on the charts. Surfer Girl end the the albums surfer cycle. Both the album and single do U.S go on 10. Their coterminous two albums, Little Deuce Coupe, and Shut Down, went high on the U.S album charts. Mid 1964 the song I Get Around despatch of the album All Summer Long became their first U.S No.1 and their first UK top 10 hit. The year closed with album Beach Boys Concert which became their first Us chart topping LP. Brian underwe nt the first of several nervous breakdowns and withdrew from unshakable touring for twelve years. He was first replaced by Glenn Campell and then later permanently replaced by Bruce Johnson. A re-recording of Help Me Rhonda became the groups second No.1 hit. calcium Girls al to the highest degree became a No.1 but never did. Free from touring Brian began to take more time writing and recording a attitude found in the album Beach Boys Party. 1966 Pet Sounds was one of the finest recorded by the Beach Boys. Off that album the songs Sloop John B, God Only Knows, Wouldnt it be Nice, and Caroline, No all reached U.S top 40. Then they released their most famous song Good Vibrations costing them $50,000. Mid 1967 an abandoned album Smile was produced put was still bootlegged. Then produced Smiley Smile which was an album which was or so identical as Smile. Off of Smiley Smile the song Heroes & Villains made top 20 Their Popularity was declining with the albums Wild Honey, Friends and 20 /20 merchandising fewer and fewer copies and concert crowds thinned. 1968s Do it again was their go bad U.S Top 20 single for eight more years. 1970 their contract with Capitol Records run out and they then were offered their own record label Brother Records through Warner-Reprise. They produced their first album with the new management called Sunflower it was a critical achievement but a commercial disaster.