The Beach Boys

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The Beach Boys are a Pop music group from Hawthorne, California, USA. They originally formed in 1961 and the original members were Brian Wilson, his two brothers Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and close friend Alan Jardine. Bruce Johnston later became a regular member. Many of their songs were about life in southern California, the beach, girls, cars, and surfing (though Dennis Wilson was actually the only member in the group who actually ever surfed). Some of their songs include "Good Vibrations", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Help Me Rhonda", "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows". Brian Wilson soon became influenced by people like Burt Bacharach and Phil Spector and started making music like them. Among critics and fans in most countries, the best-known Beach Boys album was their eleventh, Pet Sounds, which featured this kind of music. In the U.S., however, Pet Sounds was the first album since their debut album to not get a gold certificate in sales, and peaked at number 10, lower than all but two of their previous albums.

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