The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys
Beginning their career as the most popular surf band in the nation, the Beach Boys finally emerged by 1966 as America's preeminent pop group, the only act able to challenge (for a brief time) the overarching success of the Beatles with both mainstream listeners and the critical community.

The Beach Boys Band
Called "America's Band," the Beach Boys wrote the soundtrack for California youth culture in the Sixties, celebrating all things sunny, surfy, beachy, and speedy. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 on the strength of songs like 'California Girls...