The Beach Boys

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The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys are a very well known American
Rock Band
They are widely known for
-writing songs with close vocal harmony
-writing songs about life in California (surfing
, girls, cars)
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Quick Facts about The Beach Boys

• The Beach Boys have 36 songs that have made the
  Top 40

• They have had four 1 singles

• 2007 marked the 40th anniversary of the
• critically acclaimed album Pet Sounds

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Members of The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson
Carl Wilson
Dennis Wilson
Mike Love
Al Jardine
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The Beach Boys The Beginning
The Beach Boys all started with Brian Wilson. He
became increasingly interested in music, and
began watching his father play the piano and
listening to the radio. Eventually, Brian began
to teach his brothers the vocal harmonies to some
songs they knew. Much time was spent sitting
around a piano and singing.
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The Beach Boys The Beginning
Brian Wilson has always been known to be the
primary creative force behind The Beach Boys,
even when they became more artistic in their
style of music.
Active Performing Years 1961 - Present
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The Wilson Residence
The father of the Wilson boys, Murry Wilson, was
a musician. he was psychologically and
physically abusive to the Wilson boys and was
quick to offer criticism and discontent with the
boys.
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The album Pet Sounds was the peak of The Beach
Boys Creativity. It is a critically acclaimed
album about which is noted That the complicated
harmonies and rhythms are brilliantly crafted
The Beach Boys eventually ceased any production
of new material. This was mostly in part because
of Brian Wilsons desire to produce more
complicated artistic music. Brian wanted to
push the limits that the band could go to, and
the band didnt like this because it was TOO
different from their own style.
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The Beach Boys
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Resources
www.wikipedia.org
www.beachboys.com