The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio

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Hal Leonard Corporation, 2004 - Music - 399 pages
Beginning their career as a popular surf band, The Beach Boys had emerged by 1966 as America's preeminent pop group, the only act able to challenge the success of The Beatles with both mainstream listeners and the critical community. This book reconstructs their evolution to one of the best-produced groups of the '60s, and also profiles Brian Wilson, one of the most gifted songwriters, producers, and arrangers in popular music. The book's easy-to-browse, day-by-day format details their entire concert history, all known recording sessions, their broadcast history, and all records issued in the U.S. and the U.K.
 

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1961
9
1962
19
1963
31
1964
45
1965
71
1966
97
1967
161
1968
201
1969
229
1970
251
1971
277
1972
293
1975
335
1976
347
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KEITH BADMAN is the author of several pop culture books, including The Beach Boys, Beatles Off the Record and Good Times and Bad Times: The Definitive Diary of the Rolling Stones 1960–1969.

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