1. The Beach Boys Music of the 60’s

2. Group History  Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, CA  Original Members Brian Wilson Dennis Wilson Carl Wilson Mike Love Al Jardine

3. Group History  36 United States Top 40 hits (the most by an American rock band)Top 40  56 Hot 100 hits, including four number-one singles.Hot 100  Rolling Stone magazine listed The Beach Boys at number 12 on their 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time," the highest ranking for an American Rock & Roll Rolling Stone  Sold over 100 million albums worldwide since their debut in 1961.  Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

4. Group History  The Pendletones  Discovery Hite & Dorinda Morgan Candix Records  Surfin’ Surfin’

5. Group History  1962 Demo / Manager Surfer Girl Surfin Safari 409  Signed to Capitol Records in July

6. Brian Wilson  Within the band  Drug use  Mental illness

7. Pet Sounds  11 th studio album released May 16 th, 1966  Considered to be one of the greatest rock and roll albums of all time  Failed to reach gold status (1 million sold) in initial release

8. Pet Sounds  Wouldn’t It Be Nice Wouldn’t It Be Nice  Co-written with Tony Asher  Brian Wilson no longer touring  God Only Knows God Only Knows

9. Good Vibrations  US and UK #1 single in 1966  Most expensive American single ever recorded at the time.  Took several months to complete  Recorded in multiple studios  Theremin * Theremin*  The finished productproduct

10. Smile  Written by Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks  Recording began in August 1966 and continued into early 1967  Intended to be a continual suite of songs  Cabinessense Cabinessense Originally intended for Smile Released instead on 20/20 in 1969 Love/Parks argument

11. Smile  Shelved in 1967  Scaled down re-recordings of some songs are released on the album Smiley Smile  Several completed tracks make it on to later albums Our Prayer Surf’s Up

12. Discography  Surfin' Safari (1962)  Surfin' USA (1963)  Surfer Girl (1963)  Little Deuce Coupe (1963)  Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)  All Summer Long (1964)  The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)  Today! (1965)  Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) (1965)  Beach Boys' Party! (1965)  Pet Sounds (1966)  Smiley Smile (1967)  Wild Honey (1967)  Friends (1968)  20/20 (1969)  Sunflower (1970)  Surf’s Up (1971)  So Tough (1972)  Holland (1973)  15 Big Ones (1976)  Love You (1977)  M.I.U. Album (1978)  L.A. (1979)  Keepin’ the Summer Alive (1980)  The Beach Boys (1985)  Still Cruisin (1989)  Summer in Paradise (1992)  Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (1996)  Smile (2011)

13. Later History  Legal Wrangling  The Beach Boy Name  Kokomo (1988) Kokomo