Haden has also released a cappella versions of Journey's " Don't Stop Believin '", The Beach Boys ' " God Only Knows " and Michael Jackson's " Thriller ".

In 1966, several rock releases were arguably concept albums in the sense that they presented a set of thematically-linked songs-and they also instigated other rock artists to consider using the album format in a similar fashion: The Beach Boys ' Pet Sounds was a musical portrayal of Brian Wilson's state of mind at the time ( and a major inspiration to Paul McCartney ).

The Eagles gave nods to disco with " One of These Nights " ( 1975 ) and " Disco Strangler " ( 1979 ), Paul McCartney & Wings did " Goodnight Tonight " ( 1979 ), Queen did " Another One Bites the Dust " ( 1980 ), The Rolling Stones did " Miss You " ( 1978 ), Chicago did " Street Player " ( 1979 ), The Beach Boys did " Here Comes the Night " ( 1979 ), The Kinks did "( Wish I Could Fly Like ) Superman " ( 1979 ), and the J. Geils Band did " Come Back " ( 1980 ).

Tracks include the 1970s Joe Cocker hit " You Are So Beautiful ", the Beach Boys ' " Disney Girls " and jazz standards such as " My Buddy ", which Day originally sang in her 1951 film I'll See You in My Dreams.

Terry Melcher first made a brief attempt to become a surf music singing star, then became a staff producer for Columbia Records in the 1960s, and was famous for producing some latter-day recordings by The Beach Boys and The Byrds.

It included a number of cover songs, among them the 1966 Beach Boys hit " God Only Knows ".

* " The Elements: Fire ", a 1966 song by The Beach Boys

Melcher ( who had worked with The Byrds and The Beach Boys and had rejected producing an unknown singer / songwriter by the name of Charles Manson ) was a member of the successful duo Bruce & Terry, also known as The Rip Chords.

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They were pioneers of the vocal " surf music " craze that was popularized by The Beach Boys.

Playing local venues, they met and performed with the Beach Boys, and discovered the appeal of the latter's " surf sound ".

The film also featured such acts as The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Gerry & the Pacemakers, James Brown, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Lesley Gore, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, and The Beach Boys ( whose sequence was later cut from the film, due to contract issues ).

that Dick Clark recently purchased the rights to the TAMI film and re-inserted the Beach Boys ' numbers-This TAMI resurrection was used as a PBS fundraiser and the DVD is available from the PBS website.

Besides his studio work, Torrence became a graphic artist starting his own company, Kittyhawk Graphics, and designing and creating album covers and logos for other musicians and recording artists, including Harry Nilsson, Steve Martin, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dennis Wilson, Bruce Johnston, The Beach Boys, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Linda Ronstadt, Canned Heat, The Ventures and many others.

This was followed by a handful of East Coast shows as guests of their longtime friends The Beach Boys.

The biopic starred Richard Hatch as Jan Berry and Bruce Davison as Dean Torrence, with cameo appearances by Dick Clark, Wolfman Jack, Mike Love of the Beach Boys, and Bruce Johnston ( who at that time was temporarily out of the Beach Boys ), as well as Berry himself ( near the end of the movie, he can be seen sitting in the audience, watching " himself " ( Richard Hatch ) perform onstage ).

Johnston and Berry had known each other since high school, and had played music together in Berry's garage in Bel Air — long before Jan & Dean or the Beach Boys were formed.

Following the release of the film, the duo made steps toward an official comeback that year, including touring with the Beach Boys.

Interestingly, in 1979, Jan also performed over 100 concerts of Jan and Dean songs with another front man from Hawaii, Randy Ruff, so Torrence toured briefly as " Mike & Dean ," with Mike Love of the Beach Boys.

Also present were many family members, friends, and musicians associated with Jan and Dean and the Beach Boys including the original 1970s version of Papa Doo Run Run.

In 1974, Track Records / MCA released a Moon solo single that covered The Beach Boys songs " Don't Worry, Baby " and " Teenage Idol ".

Vit Wagner, writing for The Toronto Star in 2001 on the re-mastered edition of " Forever Changes ," said, "( It ) might not rank with the Beach Boys ' ' Pet Sounds ' and the Beatles ' ' Revolver ' and ' Sgt.

While Simon was in England that summer of 1965, radio stations around Cocoa Beach and Gainesville, Florida, began to receive requests for a song from the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A. M. called " The Sound of Silence ".

The album was a quick breakthrough and because of this Twain performed selected international venues and television shows including two CMA Fan Fair performances with Nashville guitarists Randy Thomas ( co-writer of the song " Butterfly Kisses "), Dan Schafer, Chris Rodriguez, Russ Taff, Hugh McDonald bass player of Bon Jovi, Dave Malachowski and Stanley T., formerly with The Beach Boys.

Christine's inspiration for the song was her tortured relationship with Beach Boys member Dennis Wilson.

Christine sang with Dennis Wilson in his song called " Love Surrounds Me " for The Beach Boys.

* " Sloop John B ", a traditional song about an ill-fated trip, made famous by The Beach Boys

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Wilson's surviving home tapes document his initial efforts singing with various friends and family, including a song that would later be recorded in the studio by The Beach Boys, " Sloop John B ", as well as " Bermuda Shorts " and a hymn titled " Good News ".

Brian Wilson performing the song " I Get Around " with The Beach Boys on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.

In October 1966, the song was released as a single, giving The Beach Boys their third U. S. number-one hit — alongside " I Get Around " and " Help Me, Rhonda "— and it sold over a million copies.

* The 1970 Tim Buckley song " Venice Beach " includes the lyrics " White heat of swaying day / Dark slap of conga cries / ' Come out and breathe as one '/ Salt sea and fiddles drone / Out on the dancing stone / While the Santanas blow / Sing the music boats in the bay.

" Deirdre " is the title of a song from The Beach Boys ' album, Sunflower.

The song was also used in Paramount's Back to the Beach.

From here, to the Beach Boys song " Wouldn't It Be Nice?

Surfing is a popular activity in Encinitas, particularly at Swami's, which is rated in the top 5 surf locations in the world and is mentioned in a verse of The Beach Boys ' song " Surfin ' USA.

The residence can also be seen in the first scene after the opening theme song of Beach Blanket Bingo.

George Frayne ( Commander Cody ) wrote a song about Stinson Beach entitled " Midnight On The Strand.

Composer Edward Manukyan, who lived in Point Pleasant Beach briefly in 2002, wrote the song " Point Pleasant Beach " about the city.

Roth was also having a successful solo career with a hit song and EP ( a remake of The Beach Boys classic " California Girls " (# 3 U. S .) and the old standard " Just a Gigolo " (# 12 U. S .).

The song was originally written and sung by Beach Boy Dennis Wilson and released in 1970.

For example, Leon Russell performed " Young Blood " at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, imitating the group's arrangement of the song with four different solo voices, and Bad Company's version of the song reached # 20 on 22 – 29 May 1976 on the Hot 100 ; Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen recorded The Robins ' " Riot in Cell Block # 9 ," while The Beach Boys recorded a 1971 version with revised lyrics by that group's vocalist Mike Love, titled " Student Demonstration Time.

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