The Beach Boys are an American rock band from Hawthorne, California that formed in 1961. Their vocal harmonies, early surf songs, and innovative recordings remain a massive influence on popular music today.
The groups original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson , Dennis Wilson , and Carl Wilson , their cousin Mike Love , and their friend Al Jardine.
After Brian Wilson decided to stop touring with the band to concentrate on his work as a songwriter, Glen Campbell filled in for him for about six months.
Two biographical films were made about the group: Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys and "The Beach Boys: An American Family" . The latter is more widely known and more critically acclaimed.
Their remake of The Regents hit "Barbara Ann" was recorded live during a break in a recording session, and was never meant to be released; Brian Wilson later noted that "half the people in the room were singing while the other half were munching on potato chips." There are several points in the song where some of those singing cant remember the lyrics and just mumble something. Capitol Records released it as a single without the bands knowledge, which upset them greatly until they were told that it had reached #2 on the CashBox charts.
Founded Brother Records in 1966.
Their 1966 album "Pet Sounds" is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time and always features in critics polls of the best ever albums.
