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unusual facts about The Beach Boys: An American Family



Baambrugge

The Beach Boys recorded their album Holland in Baambrugge, using a reconstructed studio sent from home.

Babybel

Outside the U.S., an advertising jingle associated with the product plays on the lyrics of the song "Barbara Ann", written by Fred Fassert and recorded by The Regents, and later a hit for The Beach Boys.

Bob Moog Foundation

His instruments have been included in recordings by Wendy Carlos, Keith Emerson, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Yes and a host of others.

Cabinessence

"Cabinessence" (alternately spelled "Cabin Essence") is a song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks for the American rock band the Beach Boys originally released on their 1969 album 20/20.

Dan Matovina

Beginning in the early 1980s, his music engineering included artists such as New Edition, The Monkees, Manhattan Transfer, Frankie Valli, The Beach Boys, The Pandoras, James Lee Stanley, Radio Cammon, Easter, The Rats and Jigsaw Seen.

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

They all sing ("Hail, hail, and how-dee-do", based on "With cat-like tread"; "Land of sand and sea and sun", in the style of The Beach Boys).

Dixie-Narco EP

"Carry Me Home" was originally written by Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys for the group's 1973 Holland album, but was not included in the final release.

Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story

The film is a biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys.

Fairfield, Iowa

In 2009, a concert by The Beach Boys and The Nadas was held on the Fairfield Middle School grounds, as a benefit for the FACC and the city's Green Sustainability Plan.

Freda Wright-Sorce

Sorce spoke plainly and honestly about his wife of 20 years and read love letters they had written over the course of their 25 years together (including a letter he discovered Freda had left in the family safe to be read in the event of her death), played their favorite songs including "Don't Worry Baby" by The Beach Boys and "Everlasting Love".

Gene Snow

This led to him taking racing more seriously, driving a 1958 Chevy Impala with a 409 Cubic Inch Chevrolet "W-Block" engine made famous by The Beach Boys in their song, 409.

Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980

Good Timin': Live at Knebworth, England 1980 is a CD release of a concert performance by the Beach Boys at Knebworth, Hertfordshire in June 1980.

Her Wallpaper Reverie

The ultra-psychedelic production of the album enticed critics to make comparisons to popular albums by The Beatles and The Beach Boys.

Heroes and Villains

"Heroes and Villains" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, co-written by the group's leader Brian Wilson and lyricist Van Dyke Parks.

Homes Under the Hammer

For example, in the 14 April 2010 episode, a buyer said he enjoyed surfing and they played "Surfin' Safari" by The Beach Boys.

Hybrid Ice

Hybrid Ice has toured with many notable musical acts, such as Foreigner, Kansas, Joan Jett, Bad Company, The Beach Boys, Steppenwolf, The Edgar Winter Group, Ted Nugent, and Lita Ford, as well as several others.

Kid Confucius

Kid Confucius draws an eclectic mix of old soul from Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Sly & The Family Stone and Otis Redding, pop from The Beatles and The Beach Boys to the Neptunes, and rock from groups such as Kings Of Leon, The Strokes, Phoenix and The Rolling Stones.

Kid Theodore

Their catchy and rhythmic packed songs have grown them an eclectic fan base (people seen at shows include Mischa Barton and Randell Kirsch from The Beach Boys) encompassing all ages, genders, and nationalities.

Les Humphries Singers

Two of their earliest and best known hits were "Mexico" (1972) which was based on the 1957 Jimmy Driftwood country hit "The Battle of New Orleans", and "Mama Loo" (1973), based on "Barbara Ann" by The Beach Boys.

Like a Brother

Like A Brother is a collaborative album released by members of three famous recording acts - America's Gerry Beckley, Chicago's Robert Lamm and The Beach Boys' Carl Wilson.

Målilla

The legendary pop band The Beach Boys founders, the Wilson and Love families, have their roots in Målilla.

Music of the Bahamas

In this milieu more traditional Bahamas performers such as Joseph Spence, have still enjoyed successful careers playing junkanoo, Christian hymns and the ant'ems of the local sponge fisherman, which include "Sloop John B", later made famous by The Beach Boys.

Rebecca Pidgeon

Her 2008 album, Behind the Velvet Curtain: Songs from the Motion Picture Redbelt, includes a cover version of the Beach Boys song "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" and a duet with Luciana Souza.

Riot in Cell Block Number 9

The song has been covered by many cross-genre artists such as The Grateful Dead, The Beach Boys, Wanda Jackson, Vicki Young, Johnny Winter, Dr. Feelgood, The Blues Brothers, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Johnny Cash, The Coasters and Flat Duo Jets.

Rocky Pamplin

Rushton 'Rocky' Pamplin is a former college football player, musician and body guard for the American rock band The Beach Boys.

She Talks to Rainbows

The album contained two late-period Ramones songs ("She Talks to Rainbows", from ¡Adios Amigos!, and "Bye Bye Baby", from Halfway to Sanity), and versions of songs by The Beach Boys, Johnny Thunders and The Ronettes.

Singin'...

This strategy proving unsuccessful Arista then had Manchester record "Singin'..." which eschewed Manchester's songwriting - save for one track: "No One's Ever Seen This Side of Me" - in favor of outside material including remakes of hits by Michael Jackson ("I Wanna Be Where You Are"), Sly and the Family Stone ("Stand"), Three Dog Night ("Let Me Serenade You") and the Beach Boys ("The Warmth of the Sun").

Sjoerd Koppert

Recognized as one of the leading engineers in Europe at the time, he worked with many top acts, from The Who, Pink Floyd, ABBA, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, the Beach Boys to Elton John, Rod Stewart, the Faces, The Rolling Stones, the Doobie Brothers, J. Geils, Frank Zappa, and many more.

Sloop

"Sloop John B", a traditional song about an ill-fated trip, made famous by The Beach Boys

Somewhere Near Japan

"Somewhere Near Japan" is a song written by John Phillips, Terry Melcher, Mike Love, and Bruce Johnston for the American rock band The Beach Boys.

Surf Ballroom

Backstage, in an area known as "The Green Room," acts that have played in the ballroom, such as Little River Band, Loverboy, The Righteous Brothers, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, Waylon Jennings and Bobby Rydell have signed their names on the whitewashed walls, as well as have had photos of themselves placed on a wall alongside those of early rock-and-roll pioneers.

Tera Melos

In the meantime they ended up releasing an EP of covers, featuring songs by The Beach Boys and Polaris, entitled Idioms, Vol.

Terry Jacks

In 2011 Terry's old friend Al Jardine of The Beach Boys Released a new version of Terry's song Don't Fight The Sea recorded along with fellow Beach Boys Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston and the late Carl Wilson, who sang part of the lead vocal.

The Beach Boys: An American Band

Currently, it is sold as a double feature, paired with the I Just Wasn't Made for These Times documentary.

The Beach Boys: An American Band is a 1985 biographical musical film directed by Malcolm Leo.

The Kissaway Trail

The band have cited influences to their music include The Beach Boys, Granddaddy, Daniel Johnston, Placebo and Sonic Youth, amongst others.

The Monterays

Early inspirations were The Beach Boys, surf music and the theatrics of East Syracuse's first rock and roll band, The Sabres, featuring the talented lead guitarist Ron Lauback.

The Nightcrawlers

The Nightcrawlers were a regional Daytona Beach, Florida band with a hit single, "The Little Black Egg", which was written in 1965 for an Easter concert in which the band opened for The Beach Boys.

Twelve-string guitar

Electric Rickenbacker 12-string users include a range of jangle pop guitarists, ranging from McGuinn (The Byrds), Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys, George Harrison and John Lennon (The Beatles), John McNally (The Searchers) and Peter Buck (R.E.M.) to Les Fradkin and Johnny Marr (The Smiths).

Twilight Curtains

# "Girl Don't Tell Me You'll Write" - 2:30 (The Beach Boys)

Viva Machine

The band draw their influences from such bands as Clutch, Queens Of The Stone Age, Weezer, Jarcrew, Biffy Clyro, Radiohead and The Beach Boys.

White Auditorium

The Auditorium has been the host for Circuses, trade-shows, commencement ceremonies, The Annual Seasonal Celebrations, concerts and performance’s with such notables as Louis Armstrong, The Israeli Ballet, The Beach Boys, The Cowsills, Little River Band, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, George Strait, Alan Jackson, and John Denver.

Wishing You Were Here

The Beach Boys were at Caribou Ranch when "Wishing You Were Here" was recorded, and three members of that band -- Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, and Dennis Wilson -- joined Cetera, at the singer's request.


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