The Beach Boys FAQ

Answer: The oldest member of the The Beach Boys is Mike Love was born on March 15th 1941, Brian Wilson was born on June 20th, 1942, Al Jardine was born on September 3rd, 1942, Bruce

Johnston was born on June 24th, 1944, Dennis Wilson was born on December 4th, 1944 and died on December 28th,1983, Carl Wilson born on December 21st, 1946, and died on February

Question: I'm trying to find a tape of a Beach Boys' concert. I think it's from the mid-1980s, perhaps at Christmas, of a Beach Boys concert in Hawaii with guest Jimmy Page playing with them

Answer: The concert your looking for took place at "Jamaica Bay" in New York. The Beach Boys also did a 25 yeas together concert in Hawaii, however he say's that Jimmy Page did not perform on

stage. However, in searching for the internet, I did find out that Jimmy Page did perform with the beach boys on stage on July 4th 1986 in Washington D.C.

Question: I just watched the 1976 Beach Boys concert from Anaheim on one of our local TV stations.It set me thinking, I went to their Australian concert in the early 90's at Narabeen and noticed at the

time the concert was being filmed. Do you know if this concert was ever shown on TV and if so whether copies are still available on VHS or DVD? I would dearly love to get a copy to add to

my collection of Beach Boys memorabilia. My kids have grown up on Beach Boys music, (sometimes to the merriment of their friends because they know all the words to their songs) but

were too young to attend when they were in Australia. My daughter tried desperately to obtain tickets to Brian's recent Smile concert at the Opera House here in Sydney, but was unsuccessful.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer: A lot of the Beach Boys concerts were video taped, however only a few of the have been released. Video clips of these concerts have appeared on various Beach Boys Documentaries, and a

few of then have been released on DVD. They just released The Beach Boys 1980 Live in Knebworth England on DVD.

Question: Did Murray Wilson sell the Beach Boys catalog?

Answer: Murray Wilson did sell the Beach Boys song catalog. Murray Wilson had sold his son's company Sea Of Tunes to another publisher in 1969. During this previous court case Wilson testified

that he was mentally ill and a casualty of drug abuse at the time. Wilson won the case and received substantial back royalties.

Question: I enjoy the song Spirit of America from the album that is self titled. Was that song released previously by the Beach Boys or was it for the two record set?

Answer: This song appeared originally appeared on the Little Deuce Coupe Album. It was also releases on the Spirit of America Album.

Question: I am interested in a particular song, I think is was called Gregorian Chant. Can you help me with the name of the Album

Answer: I Get Around on May 23rd, 1964

Question: I am looking for a beach boys song called "Only with you", I am not sure if it was a solo or group.. I cant find it anywhere.. I need it for my wedding !!! if you have any information I would

appreciate it

Answer: The song "Only with You" was on the Beach Boys Holland Album

Question: Did the beach boys ever do a song titled Farmer's Daughter? I have a friend who is looking for a copy but I cannot find if it was ever made.

Answer: The song "Farmer's Daughter" was on the Beach Boys Surfin' USA Album

Question: I have a cassette of the beach boys titled "Still Crusin' After All These Years" and have played it until it wont play any more. Is it available on CD?

Answer: The CD of Still Crusin' is available on CD, however it is hard to find. It was not released as part of the reissues. However you can find that CD on eBay, and used CD stores.

Question: I am looking for the Beach Boys Album that has the song way down in Kokomo on it? What year was it and what is the name of the album?

Answer: The song Kokomo can be found on the following CD’s/Albums: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Box Set, Still Crusin, The greatest hits Volume 1 (1999), Sounds of summer the Very Best of the

Beach Boys, The Cocktail Soundtrack. The song Kokomo was released on the summer of 1988, to go along with the movie Cocktail. One interesting thing is that during that same time, Brian

Wilson released his first solo album entitled Brian Wilson.

Question: How did they come up with the song Kokomo?

Answer: Kokomo was written by John Phillips, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher for the Cocktail soundtrack for the 1988 Movie Cocktail. Brian Wilson was not featured on this song.

Answer: Before 2003, it looked like the album would never be released, due to the anxiety and personal stress that making the album in the sixties creates. However, we started seeing hints that Brian

Wilson was up to something, because he performed Heroes and Villains on his Tribute Concert. On top of that he performed Wonderful on the I Just Wasn't made for these times Documentary.

As long with Brian working Van Dyke Parks on the Orange Crate Art CD. Then in the Winter of 2003 he announced he was going to perform Smile live in London in 2004. With help from the

Wonderments, they help Brian piece together the fragmented album. Also helping Brian with the emotional pain associated with Smile. Later on that year Brian released on CD, and even on Vinyl.

The record had strong sales for a couple of weeks before sales started to slow down. In 2005, Brian Wilson won his first Grammy for Best Instrumental for Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire). Because

he finished Smile, there is new Brian Wilson that is no longer tormented the emotional luggage of the past, and he can finally continue to innovate music.

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ideas or legal advice feel free to contact me at: surfingbeatle@hotmail.com I want to be able to proved the best service to all of my visitors.