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- “Guess I’m Dumb” by Glen Campbell
- “Surf City” by Jan and Dean
- “He’s A Doll” by The Honeys
- “Good Time” by American Spring
Written by Brian Wilson and Russ Titelman Glen Campbell famously took over for Wilson in The Beach Boys while the frontman was momentarily relieved of his duties. Making album after album, and squeezing in a seemingly impossible amount of tours in between, caused Wilson to suffer a nervous breakdown in the mid-’60s. Campbell stepped up to the plate...
Written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berry. The first No. 1 hit credited to a Beach Boy wasn’t recorded by the band. Instead, it was the duo of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence that got to launch surf rock on a national scale with “Surf City”—penned by Wilson and Berry. Wilson wrote the first draft of what would become “Surf City” under the working title “Go...
Written by Brian Wilson Following his success with Jan and Dean, Wilson began to act as a sort of impresario of surf rock. On top of continuing his work with the duo, he also oversaw his own girl group, The Honeys. The Honeys originally performed under the moniker the Rovell Sisters. Formed in Los Angeles in the late ’50s, the group was comprised o...
Written by Brian Wilson and Al Jardine In the early ’70s, Marilyn Wilson and Diane Rovell broke off from The Honeys to form American Spring. As with the Honeys, Brian Wilson played an integral part in the writing and producing of American Spring’s music. “Good Time,” which featured on the group’s album Spring, was originally intended to appear on t...
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Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys.Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century.
Mar 2, 2011 · We did two versions of “Help Me Rhonda.” We did one with the ukulele and we did one with guitars. We chose to use the guitar version. I heard myself singing lead on it originally and then I turned it over to Al. I produced The Beach Boys so I decided who would sing lead. I just had a sixth sense about who should sing what songs.
Apr 2, 2014 · Brian Wilson formed the Beach Boys in 1961 and had a long string of hit singles and albums, helping to establish the “California sound” along the way. By the mid-60s, however, Wilson looked to ...
Jun 20, 2022 · God only knows what I’d be without you. If you should ever leave me. Though life would still go on believe me. The world could show nothing to me. So what good would living do me. God only knows ...
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