The Beach Boys :: Art

The bound BoysThe strand Boys formed in 1961. The band members are Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson who are all(prenominal) brothers, Al Jardine and Mike Love. alone but Al Jardine lived in Los Angelas. They were premier(prenominal) called the Pendletones which was a shirt brand , but a record approximate executive named them the Beach Boys. One of their first big hits was Surfin that was credited for starting time the surfing craze. 1962 they released the phonograph album Surfin Safari with the straining Surfin Safari hitting the U.S realize 40. 1963 Surfin U.S.A reached 3 on the charts. Surfer Girl ended the the albums surfer cycle. two the album and single made U.S top 10. Their next two albums, littler Deuce Coupe, and Shut D stimulate, went high on the U.S album charts. mid(prenominal) 1964 the song I Get Around off of the album All Summer Long became their first U.S No.1 and their first UK top 10 hit. The course of study closed with album Beach Boys Concert which be came their first Us chart topping LP. Brian underwent the first of several nervous breakdowns and withdrew from regular touring for twelve years. He was first replaced by Glenn Campell and then later permanently replaced by Bruce Johnson. A re-recording of Help Me Rhonda became the groups second No.1 hit. California Girls almost became a No.1 but never did. Free from touring Brian began to take more time composing and recording a attitude found in the album Beach Boys Party. 1966 Pet Sounds was one of the finest recorded by the Beach Boys. Off that album the songs Sloop John B, God Only Knows, Wouldnt it be minute, and Caroline, No all reached U.S top 40. Then they released their most famous song Good Vibrations costing them $50,000. Mid 1967 an abandoned album Smile was produced place was still bootlegged. Then produced Smiley Smile which was an album which was almost identical as Smile. Off of Smiley Smile the song Heroes & Villains made top 20 Their Popularity was declining wi th the albums Wild Honey, Friends and 20/20 selling fewer and fewer copies and concert crowds thinned. 1968s Do it again was their last U.S Top 20 single for eight more years. 1970 their contract with Capitol Records expired and they then were offered their own record label Brother Records through Warner-Reprise. They produced their first album with the parvenue management called Sunflower it was a critical success but a commercial disaster.