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-The '''Beach Boys''' are one of the most influential [[rock]]/[[pop]] music
-groups in recorded music history. Formed in their hometown
-of [[Hawthorn]], [[California]] in the early 1960’s the original members
-were Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, their cousin
-Mike Love and a friend Al Jardine.
-Wearing white plants and candy-stripped shirts on stage,
-their early hits focused on the youthful California lifestyle with
-harmonizing that made them world wide pop music stars throughout
-an era when most [[American]] artist gave way to what was
-known as the [[British invasion]].
-In 1964 Glen Campbell replaced Brian Wilson when he withdrew
-from touring to give his full attention to songwriting and record
-producing. When Glen moved on to devote more attention
-to his own career, he was replaced by Bruce Johnston.
-Tragedy struck the Beach boys claiming the lives of two
-of its original members. In 1983 Dennis Wilson died as a result
-of an accidental drowning and Carl Wilson died of [[lung cancer]] in 1998.
-In 2006 the surviving Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love,
-Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston gathered to mark the 40th anniversary
-of the album “Pet Sounds” and the double-platinum certification
-of their greatest hits album, “Sounds of Summer:
-The Very Best of the Beach Boys.”
-With more than 50 trips to the [[Hit Parade]] the Beach Boys
-will be remembered for dozens of their hits including, “Surfin’ U.S.A.,”
-“Surfer Girl,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “I Get Around,” “Dance, Dance, Dance,”
-“Help Me Rhonda,” “California Girls,” “Barbara Ann,” “Sloop John B,”
-“Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows,” “Good Vibrations,”
-“Rock and Roll Music” and “Kokomo.”
-The Beach Boys were inducted into the [[US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]
-in 1988, the [[British Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2006 and the
-[[Hit Parade Hall of Fame]] in 2007.
-[[Category:Rock Bands]]

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