Sixty-three years ago this week, a song about a place that never existed put surf music at the top of the charts for the first time. On the Billboard Hot 100 dated July 20, 1963, Jan & Dean's "Surf ...

The iconic track became one of the band's defining songs and continues to resonate with listeners six decades after its debut ...

In 1974, Chicago bassist Peter Cetera wrote a smooth ballad that was missing just one key element: the perfect backing vocals. The addition of one of the most legendary bands of the 1960s created a ...

On July 18, 1966, the Beach Boys released 'Wouldn't It Be Nice,' with 'God Only Knows,' the B-side Paul McCartney called the ...

The 1960s gave us surf rock, and this optimistic song of fun in the sun from the summer of 1963 was that genre's first U.S.

If you think that the entire catalogue of The Beach Boys is one filled with joy, sunshine and bright colours, you’ve probably only been exposed to the more popular side of their work. While enigmatic ...

When the Beach Boys made their Hollywood Bowl debut on Oct. 27, 1962, it was the biggest venue the band had played in a year of gigs that included a run of shows at the Pandora’s Box nightclub in West ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Pet Sounds, but there was no talk of surviving Beach Boys Mike Love and Al Jardine coming together for a tour to celebrate. There’s simply way too much bad ...

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