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The Beach Boys California boys singing about teenage life in 1962 Included brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Mike sang most of the leads while Brian led on some of the vocals Sang songs about surfin’, cars, girls, and school with vocal harmonies created by Brian Wilson lead singer. “Surfin’ Safari” first hit in 1962 followed by “Surfin’ USA”, 1963 One of the first rock groups with studio control over their songs. Brian Wilson Mastermind Not a typical rock star, moody and withdrawn and not really the carefree stereotype of the their music. In the studio a very creative composer using his falsetto voice and lush jazz harmonies with his brothers voices. Liked using the west coast sound created by Phil Spector, one of his musical idols. The Beach Boys Sound Lyrics sophistication of Chuck Berry, vocal expertise of Frankie Lymon. On straight rock n roll tunes they sang tight harmonies with brother Carl providing simple guitar lines. On ballads Brian’s falsetto was used against harmonies new to rock and roll. Jan and Dean songs written by Brian Wilson. California is calling The group’s pursuit of fun surfing, driving souped up cars, and dating where the weather is great year round. Hot Rod Songs: “Little Deuce Coup”, “409”, “Ballad of Ole’ Betsey”. Girl Songs: “Surfer Girl”, “California Girls”, “Don’t Worry Baby”, “Barbara Ann”. Surfin’ Songs: “Surfin’ Safari”, “Surfin’ USA”. Teenager Songs: “In My Room”, “Good Vibrations”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”. All is not well in paradise… Brian drops touring for composing and producing after “Summer Days” album. Wilson seemed to be consumed by a desire to better the Beatles. Album “Pet Sounds” was pessimistic charting the changes in their lives. During production of album “Smile” Wilson collapsed with nervous breakdown. Some say he was depressed by Beatles success and musical brilliance of “Sgt. Pepper”. Now What? In the late 60s the Beach Boys imaged suffered as they were perceived as an oldies group in the midst of the progressive rock movement. That changed in 1970 when they appeared at the Big Sur Festival in North California, making fans out of the new hip rock crowd. Meanwhile, their Warner Brothers records weren't as high quality as their Capitol sides. A reissue by Capitol of "Surfin' U.S.A". in the summer of 1974, reached #6, higher than any of the six singles they had done for Warner Brothers. 70’s Sounded better on the road singing their original hits than in the singing new songs. Some of the new songs were too difficult to produce on the road because they used studio tricks and techniques. 1974 album “Endless Summer” became a million selling, #1 hit but was made from tracks recorded before 1965.