The Beach Boys Party! (CD)

Beach Boys

Brian Wilson (vocals, piano born June 20, 1942),
Dennis Wilson (drums born 4. 12. 1944, died 28. 12. 1983),
Carl Wilson (vocals, guitar born 21. 12. 1946, died 6. 2. 1998),
Al Jardine (vocals, guitar born 3. 9. 1942) and
Mike Love (born 15. 3. 1941)

Beach Boys the inventors of vocal-surf music

They performed live for the first time on December 31, 1961 under the name Beach Boys - at the Ritchie Valen Memorial Concert in Long Beach. A mixture of close harmony vocals and Chuck-Berry borrowings made them kings of surf pop. The Beach Boys advanced more than 50 times into the Top 100 of the USA, came thereby three times on rank 1, with
"I Get Around" (1964),
"Help Me, Rhonda" (1965),
"Good Vibrations" (1966).

Their only German title, ' - Ganz allein" ("In My Room"), was already recorded in Hollywood's Western Studios on March 3, 1964, but was not officially released until 1983 on the LP "Rarities".

From the Bear Family book - 1000 pinpricks by Bernd Matheja - BFB10025 -