Watch Paul Simon’s gentle acoustic cover of The Beach Boys’ “Surfer Girl” from a star-studded 2001 Brian Wilson tribute ...

The resulting "California Girls" was released as a single on July 12, 1965, backed with "Let Him Run Wild," and it went to No ...

At his peak, Brian Wilson — who died this week at age 82 — went through periods the way a painter does. First, he made his family-and-friends act The Beach Boys a band for all seasons (but one ...

“Surfer Girl” (Surfer Girl, 1963) The lead single and title track from the Beach Boys’ July 1963 album — their third studio LP released that year — is a swooning summer love slow dance ...

Everyone knows these lyrics to the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ Safari,” which put Rincon Point on the popular culture map. Alas, the ...

The Beach Boys debuted on the Hot 100 dated Feb. 17, 1962, at No. 93, with “Surfin.” That October, their second entry, “Surfin’ Safari,” reached No. 14, marking their first of 35 top 40 ...

Brian Wilson, the influential pop musician who co-founded the the Beach Boys and wrote such hit songs as 'Good Vibrations,' ...

Pretty surfer girls with “bushy blonde hairdos.” Tanned handsome boys kissing “Hawaiian dolls” on beach blankets. California culture of youth, beauty, privilege, sexual ease.

The Beach Boys enthralled a sold-out audience at The AMP in Ballantyne, ... From classics like "Be True to Your School" to "Little Surfer Girl" to "Kokomo," the band played them all.