The Beach Boys are one of the most influential rock/pop music
groups in recorded music history. Formed in their hometown
of Hawthorn, California in the early 1960’s the original members
were Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, their cousin
Mike Love and a friend Al Jardine.

Wearing white plans and candy-stripped shirts on stage,
their early hits focused on the youthful California lifestyle with
harmonizing that made them world wide pop music stars throughout
an era when most American artist gave way to what was
known as the British invasion.

In 1964 Glen Campbell replaced Brian Wilson when he withdrew
from touring to give his full attention to songwriting and record
producing. When Glen moved on to devote more attention
to his own career, he was replaced by Bruce Johnston.

Tragedy struck the Beach boys claiming the lives of two
of its original members. In 1983 Dennis Wilson died as a result
of an accidental drowning and Carl Wilson died of lung cancer in 1998.

In 2006 the surviving Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love,
Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston gathered to mark the 40th anniversary
of the album “Pet Sounds” and the double-platinum certification
of their greatest hits album, “Sounds of Summer:
The Very Best of the Beach Boys.”

With more than 50 trips to the Hit Parade the Beach Boys
will be remembered for dozens of their hits including, “Surfin’ U.S.A.,”
“Surfer Girl,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “I Get Around,” “Dance, Dance, Dance,”
“Help Me Rhonda,” “California Girls,” “Barbara Ann,” “Sloop John B,”
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows,” “Good Vibrations,”
“Rock and Roll Music” and “Kokomo.”

The Beach Boys were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1988 and the British Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2007 The
Beach Boys were inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

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