The Beach Boys

The group was founded by three brothers, Wilson (Brian - bass, Karl - leader, guitar, Dennis - drums), their cousin Mike Lavom (vocals) and school friend Alan Dzhardinom (rhythm guitar) in 1961 in a small town Gotorn, distant suburb of Los Angeles. A great influence on the team had a rock-n-roll 50-ies. and vocal-harmony groups of the type of The Four Freshmen, whose technology has become fundamental in polyphony sounding ensemble. Before there was called The Beach Boys, the group members were briefly called The Pendletones, but they changed it because of Dennis Wilson, whose stories about the sea and beaches (he was the only member of the group, who had been surfing) addressed the theme of the first songs the group. Guide ensemble has a father Wilson - Murray, jazz musician, through linkages which The Beach Boys soon signed a contract with the studio recordings.

The first album The Beach Boys - Single «Surfin '» - was published in November 1961, however, as released in next year's first album, «Surfin' Safari», were extremely modest success. The situation changed with the output of the single «Surfin 'USA» spring of 1963, which became the most sold in the United States release of the year (the melody was taken from the song Rock-n-rollnogo hit Chuck Berry «Sweet Little Sixteen» 1958). This meant that the popularity of the new group went beyond the range of surfers, and reached the national level. Following the single went for singles all enter the top ten charts - «Surfer Girl» (1963), «Be True To Your School» (1963), «Fun, Fun, Fun» (1964), «I Get Around» (1964, 1 st place). Produced the earliest recordings appeared Murray Wilson, however, will soon control over the sound of the group moved on to Brian Wilson, who has been boldly experimenting with the structure and tools for group compositions. Thanks to him, harmonious melody The Beach Boys, solnechnyemi landscape filled with girls, sports cars and the sea became «visiting card» ensemble and classic American rock music. Despite the fact that the leader of the group was Brian Wilson, a lot of his songs written in collaboration with Mike Lavom, but only in the 1990-ies. Love otsudil from Wilson the right to authorship of a significant number of early songs.

With the advent of The Beatles, proving that you can create albums with a strong self-reliant songs, The Beach Boys began to gradually change the composition of their albums, which were above the normal set of the hit singles, diluted ballads and strangers rock'n'roll. Brian Wilson, deciding to concentrate on work in the studio since 1964 has ceased to act on stage with a group (on tour his deputy guest musicians - Glen Campbell and Bruce Johnston, who soon became a permanent member of the ensemble). Continues to describe the life of a California youth, the hits came out one after the other: «Do You Wanna Dance?», «Help Me, Rhonda», «California Girls», «Barbara Ann». In late 1965 came the album, entitled «The Beach Boys Party!», Recorded in the studio in real time; plate is a mixture of rock'n'roll, and their strange songs (among them three songs of The Beatles), and became as turned out later, the group farewell with the old style.