Top 20 Beach Boy Hits
When there’s a children’s song on the radio, most people want to wax their old surfboards and go down to the old “woods” beach and enjoy the sounds of summer. And what is the sound of summer without great beach music? The one group who epitomized the beach sound was the Beach Boys.
The group originally consisted of brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, along with their cousins Mike Love and Al Jardine. Other notables who played with the Beach Boys included Glenn Campbell, when Brian retired in 1964; Bruce Johnston (of Bruce & Terry) permanently replaced Campbell and Darryl Dragon (of Duke & Tennille) served as stage keyboardist.
In high school they are known as Kenny & the Cadets, Carl & The Passions and the Pendletons before 1961. Children’s Literature.
Here is a list of the Beach Boys’ 20 biggest hits, the year they were hits, with some fun facts.
1. surround me – 1964
Their first #1 hit.
2. Help Me, Rhonda – 1965
Johnny Rivers made a cover of this song 10 years later.
3. Kokomo – 1988
This song is on the line of the Tom Cruise movie “Cocktail.”
4. Good Vibrations – 1966
In 1976, Todd Rundgren died and reformed this song.
5. Barbara Ann – 1966
Dean Torrence & Dean made a famous vocal in this one.
6. Surfin’ USA – 1963
This song personified the sound of the beach and the Beach Boys mixed as the #1 group in its genre. Leif Garrett also covered this song in 1976.
7. Sloop John B – 1966
Originally, the song was recorded in the West Indies in 1927.
8. California Girls – 1965
The best of the best beach songs. David Lee Roth’s twenty years later, and it wasn’t too shabby.
9. Rock And Roll Music – 1976
Written and recorded by Chuck Berry in 1957.
10. Fun, Fun, Fun – 1964
Everyone wanted to meet this girl on T-Birds.
11. Be true to your school – 1963
This song is for the march “De Wisconsin” and for cheerleading by The Honeys.
12. Surfer Girl – 1963
One of the few tough songs for the Beach Boys to do well on the charts.
13. Dance, Dance, Dance – 1964
This song of summer light was released in 1964 and had everyone dancing on the beaches.
14. is it not Nicaean – 1966
Another of their controversial songs of the day. With lyrics like “Isn’t it nice to sleep together”. had a more conservative radio stations playing on the B Side “God Only Knows.”
15. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) – 1964
A great song, but not much to joke about on the beach as much as it had kids asking about their jobs after high school.
16. Beach Boys Medley – 1981
This single feature is excerpted from Good Vibrations/Help Me, Rhonda/I’m Going Around/Sufe Down/Surfin’ Safari/Barbara Ann/Surfin’ USA/Fun, Fun, Fun.
17. Delete – 1987
The Fat Boys and the Beach Boys worked together to provide a vocal rendition of this song, first performed as an instrumental by The Surfers in 1963.
18. Do You Have A Dance – 1965
A 1958 hit for Bobby Freeman and, later, a 1973 hit for Bette Midler.
19. Heroes & Villains – 1967
Trying to cash in on the popularity and unique style of “Good Vibrations” doesn’t quite match up here.
20. Surfin’ Safari – 1962
Their first big hit and the one that started it all.
The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. They are still performing today, bringing their unique blend of music to new generations to enjoy.
