The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. The original group comprised singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Alan Jardine. Many changes in both musical style and personnel occurred in their sometimes stormy career, which has been marked by the mental and drug-induced illnesses of Brian Wilson, the deaths of Dennis Wilson in 1983 and Carl Wilson in 1998, and continuing legal battles among surviving members of the group. The Beach Boys continue to tour, albeit with but a fraction of the original members, as of 2005. They have recorded dozens of top-forty hits, many best-selling albums, and four US #1 singles, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

Discography

Studio Albums

• Surfin' Safari (1962) #32 US
• Surfin' USA (1963) #2 US, #17 UK
• Surfer Girl (1963) #7 US, #13 UK
• Little Deuce Coupe (1963) #4 US
• Shut Down Volume 2 (1964) #13 US
• All Summer Long (1964) #4 US
• The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964) #6 US X-mas
• The Beach Boys Today! (1965) #4 US, #6 UK
• Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) (1965) #2 US, #4 UK
• Beach Boys' Party! (1965) #6 US, #3 UK
• Pet Sounds (1966) #10 US, #2 UK
• Smiley Smile (1967) #41 US, #9 UK
• Wild Honey (1967) #24 US, #7 UK
• Friends (1968) #126 US, #13 UK
• 20/20 (1969) #68 US, #3 UK
• Sunflower (1970) #151 US, #29 UK
• Surf's Up (1971) #29 US, #15 UK
• Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" (1972) #50 US, #25 UK
• Holland (1973) #36 US, #20 UK
• 15 Big Ones (1976) #8 US, #31 UK
• Love You (1977) #53 US, #28 UK
• M.I.U. Album (1978) #151 US
• L.A. (Light Album) (1979) #100 US, #32 UK
• Keepin' the Summer Alive (1980) #75 US, #54 UK
• The Beach Boys (1985) #52 US, #60 UK
• Still Cruisin' (1989) #46 US
• Summer in Paradise (1992)
• Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (1996) #101 US

Live Albums

• Beach Boys Concert (1964) #1 US
• Live in London (1970) (released in America in 1976) #75 US
• The Beach Boys in Concert (1973) #25 US
• ' (2002)

Compilations

• Best of The Beach Boys (1966) #8 US; #2 UK
• Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 (1967) #50 US; #3 UK
• Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 (1968) #153 US; #9 UK
• Endless Summer (1974 - unofficial) #1 US
• Spirit of America (1975 - unofficial) #8 US
• Good Vibrations - The Very Best of The Beach Boys (1975) #25 US
• Ten Years of Harmony (1981) US #156
• Made in U.S.A. (1986) US #96
• Ultimate Christmas (1998)
• ' (1999) #95 US
• ' (1999) #192 US
• ' (2000)
• Classics selected by Brian Wilson (2002) #159 US
• ' (2003) #16 US

Anthologies

• Endless Harmony Soundtrack (1998, reissued 2000)
• Hawthorne, CA (2001)

Boxed Sets

• ' (1993)
• The Pet Sounds Sessions (1997)

Singles

• Surfin?/Luau (X-301/8 December 1961) US: 75
• 409/Surfin? Safari (Capitol 4777/4 June 1962) US: 14
• Ten Little Indians/County Fair (Capitol 4880/19 November 1962) US: 49
• Surfin? U.S.A./Shut Down (Capitol 4932/4 March 1963) US: 3; UK: 34
• Surfer Girl/Little Deuce Coupe (Capitol 5009/22 July 1963) US: 7
• Be True To Your School/In My Room (Capitol 5069/14 October 1963) US: 6
• Little Saint Nick/The Lord?s Prayer (Capitol 5096/2 December 1963) US: 3 (x-mas)
• Fun, Fun, Fun/Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Capitol 5118/3 February 1964) US: 5
• I Get Around/Don?t Worry Baby (Capitol 5174/11 May 1964) US: 1; UK: 7
• When I Grow Up/She Knows Me Too Well (Capitol 5245/17 August 1964) US: 9; UK: 27
• Dance, Dance, Dance/The Warmth Of The Sun (Capitol 5306/26 October 1964) US: 8; UK: 24
• The Man With All The Toys/Blue Christmas (Capitol 5312/16 November 1964) US: 3 (x-mas)
• Do You Wanna Dance/Please Let Me Wonder (Capitol 5372/8 February 1965) US: 12
• Help Me, Rhonda/Kiss Me, Baby (Capitol 5395/5 April 1965) US: 1; UK: 27
• California Girls/Let Him Run Wild (Capitol 5464/12 July 1965) US: 3; UK: 26
• The Little Girl I Once Knew/There?s No Other (Like My Baby) (Capitol 5540/8 November 1965) US: 20
• Barbara Ann/Girl Don?t Tell Me (Capitol 5561/20 December 1965) US: 2;UK: 3
• Caroline, No/Summer Means New Love (Capitol 5610/7 March 1966) US: 32 credited to Brian Wilson
• Sloop John B/You?re So Good To Me (Capitol 5602/21 March 1966) US: 3; UK: 2
• Wouldn?t It Be Nice/God Only Knows (Capitol 5706/11 July 1966) US: 8; UK: 2
• Good Vibrations/Let?s Go Away For Awhile (Capitol 5676/10 October 1966) US: 1; UK: 1
• Heroes and Villains/You?re Welcome (Brother 1001/24 July 1967) US: 12; UK: 8
• Gettin? Hungry/Devoted To You (Brother 1002/28 August 1967) credited to Brian and Mike
• Wild Honey/Wind Chimes (Capitol 2028/23 October 1967) US: 31; UK: 29
• Darlin?/Here Today (Capitol 2068/11 December 1967) US: 19; UK: 11
• Friends/Little Bird (Capitol 2160/8 April 1968) US: 47; UK: 25
• Do It Again/Wake The World (Capitol 2239/15 July 1968) US: 20; UK: 1
• Bluebirds Over The Mountain/Never Learn Not To Love (Capitol 2360/2 December 1968) US: 61; UK: 33
• I Can Hear Music/All I Want To Do (Capitol 2432/24 February 1969) US: 24; UK: 10
• Break Away/Celebrate The News (Capitol 2560/23 June 1969) US: 63; UK: 6
• Add Some Music To Your Day/Susie Cincinnati (Brother 0894/23 February 1970) US: 64
• Cottonfields/The Nearest Faraway Place (Capitol 2765/20 April 1970) US: 103; UK: 5
• Slip On Through/This Whole World (Brother 0929/29 June 1970)
• Tears In The Morning/It?s About Time (Brother 0957/November 1970)
• Cool, Cool Water/Forever (Brother 0998/February 1971)
• Wouldn't It Be Nice (Live from The Big Sur Folk Festival) b/w "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (B-side by Merry Clayton) (Ode 66016 /April 1971)
• Long Promised Road/Deidre (Brother 1015/24 May 1971)
• Long Promised Road/Til I Die (Brother 1047/11 October 1971) US: 89
• Surf?s Up/Don?t Go Near The Water (Brother 1058/8 November 1971)
• You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone/Cuddle Up (Brother 1091/15 May 1972)
• Marcella/Hold On Dear Brother (Brother 1101/26 June 1972)
• Sail On, Sailor/Only With You (Brother 1138/29 January 1973) US: 79
• California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)/Funky Pretty (Brother 1156/16 April 1973) US: 84; UK: 37
• Child Of Winter (Christmas Song)/Susie Cincinnati (Brother 1321/23 December 1974)
• Sail On, Sailor/Only With You (Brother 1325/10 March 1975) US: 49
• Rock And Roll Music/The TM Song (Brother 1354/24 May 1976) US: 5; UK: 36
• It?s O.K./Had To Phone Ya (Brother 1368/9 August 1976) US: 29
• Everyone?s In Love With You/Susie Cincinnati (Brother 1375/1 November 1976)
• Honkin? Down The Highway/Solar System (Brother 1389/30 May 1977) # Peggy Sue/Hey Little Tomboy (Brother 1394/28 August 1978) US: 59
• Here Comes The Night/Baby Blue (Caribou ZS9 9026/19 February 1979) US: 44; UK: 37
• Good Timin?/Love Surrounds Me (Caribou ZS9 9029/16 April 1979) US: 40
• Lady Lynda/Full Sail (Caribou ZS9 9030/June 1979) UK: 7
• It?s A Beautiful Day/Sumahama (Caribou ZS9 9031/September 1979) UK: 45
• Goin? On/Endless Harmony (Caribou ZS9 9032/11 March 1980) US: 83
• Livin? With A Heartache/Santa Ana Winds (Caribou ZS9 9033/20 May 1980)
• Beach Boys Medley (October 1981) US: 12
• Come Go With Me/Don?t Go Near The Water (Caribou ZS4 02633/2 November 1981) US: 18
• Chasin' The Sky (1984)
• Getcha Back/Male Ego (Caribou ZS4 04913/8 May 1985) US: 26
• It?s Gettin? Late/It?s O.K. (Caribou ZS4 05433/17 July 1985) US: 82
• She Believes In Love Again/It?s Just A Matter Of Time (Caribou ZS4 05624/2 October 1985)
• Rock?n?Roll To The Rescue/Good Vibrations (Live In London) (Capitol 5595/9 June 1986) US: 68
• California Dreamin?/Lady Liberty (Capitol 5630/1 September 1986) US: 57
• Happy Endings (with Little Richard)/California Girls (Critique 99392/November 1987) -
• Kokomo/Tutti Frutti (Little Richard) (Elektra 69385/18 July 1988) US: 1; UK: 25
• Still Cruisin?/Kokomo (Capitol 44445/7 August 1989) US: 93
• Somewhere Near Japan/Kokomo (Capitol 44475/January 1990)
• Problem Child/Tutti Frutti (Little Richard) (RCA 2646/July 1990)
• Crocodile Rock (1991)
• Hot Fun In The Summertime/Summer Of Love (Brother 5247/July 1992)
• Under The Boardwalk (1994 - Promo Only)
• Summer Of Love/I'm Always Here (other artist) (1995)
• Little Deuce Coupe (with James House) (1996) US Country Chart: 69
• I Can Hear Music (with Kathy Troccoli) (River North 3011/August 1996) US Country Chart: 73
• Long Tall Texan (with Doug Supernaw) (1996-Promo only) US Country Chart: 69
• Fun, Fun, Fun (with Status Quo) (1997)

EPs

• FOUR BY THE BEACH BOYS (Capitol R 5267/21 September 1964) US: 44
• A: Little Honda; Wendy
• B: Don?t Back Down; Hushabye