Analog Adventures: So Tough!/Pet Sounds
THE BEACH BOYS CARL & THE PASSIONS – SO TOUGH!/ PET SOUNDS (1972) In 1972 The Beach Boys reinvented themselves for their album Carl & the Passions – So Tough! The album title is actually...
Tagged: The Beach Boys
DEF: The Beach Boys “Kokomo”
The Beach Boys hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times between 1964 and 1966. The group would wait another 22 years before topping the chart again. Exactly 30 years ago, that fourth...
DEF: The Beach Boys “California Dreamin'”
In 1986, the Beach Boys released a greatest hits album called Made in the U.S.A. that also contained two new recordings that were released as singles and charted on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date...
DEF: The Beach Boys “Getcha Back”
In 1985, the Beach Boys released a self-titled album that was their first release in five years and the first since bandmember Dennis Wilson drowned. The album produced one Top 40 hit, and on...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations”
The Beach Boys hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times, with three of those hits coming in the 1960s. Exactly 50 years ago, the band’s third number one single, “Good Vibrations,” climbed...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Beach Boys “Barbara Ann”
Exactly 50 years ago, California-based band The Beach Boys hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart for the tenth time in their career as “Barbara Ann” rose from number 15 to a peak...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Beach Boys “Help Me Rhonda”
The Beach Boys have reached number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times in their career, ranging from “I Get Around” in 1964 through “Kokomo” in 1988. Exactly 50 years ago, the California-based band scored...
