The Beach Boys Rock

As Beach Boy member Brian Wilson lights up the Milky Way having died at 82 he has left behind a great legacy, awesome music, and lots to love for future generations. The Beach Boys are known for their West Coast classics and songs about the open road. Listening to their music you truly get good vibrations.

"Surfin’ U.S.A" is a song recorded by the American rock band The Beach Boys. The song is credited to American rock singer Chuck Berry and Beach Boys band member Brian Wilson. This is a rewritten version of Berry's song "Sweet Little Sixteen" set to new lyrics written by Wilson and Mike Love. It was relesed as a single in 1963 and the opening track of the album by the same name. The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box charts. "Surfin' U.S.A." is part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.

"I Get Around" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the opening track from their 1964 album All Summer Long. The song was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It was released as a single in May 1964, with the B-side "Don't Worry Baby". One of America's biggest hits since the British Invasion, the single became The Beach Boys' first chart-topping hit in the U.S. In 2017, "I Get Around" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

"Help Me, Rhonda" is a song that was recorded by the American rock band The Beach Boys. It is featured on their 1965 album The Beach Boys Today. The song was written by band member Brian Wilson with additional lyrics by Mike Love. The song went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became their second number one hit following "I Get Around".

“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the opening track from their 1966 album Pet Sounds, The song was written by Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, and Mike Love. The song is regarded as among the band's finest songs. Wilson produced the record between January and April 1966 with his band and 16 studio musicians who variously played drums, timpani, glockenspiel, trumpet, saxophones, accordions, guitars, pianos, and upright bass. The harp-like instrument heard in the introduction is a 12-string mando-guitar plugged directly into the recording console. The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"Good Vibrations" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was produced and composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love. The song came out as a single in 1966 and charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number one. This became The Beach Boys third number one hit. By late November, it had become The Beach Boys' first million-selling single and topped the UK charts for two weeks. It was certified silver by the BPI and certified gold by the RIAA. In 1976 Capitol records reissued "Good Vibrations" with "Wouldn't It Be Nice" on the B side.

"The Warmth of the Sun" is a song that was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It was recorded by the American rock band The Beach Boys in 1964 and is featured on their album Shut Down Volume 2.

"Forever" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys and is featured on their 1970 album Sunflower. The song was written by Dennis Wilson and Greg Jakobson with Brian Wilson assisting with the arrangement. A newly recorded version featuring lead vocals from actor and Beach Boys sideman John Stamos, appeared on the band's 1992 album Summer in Paradise. Stamos performed the song on at least three episodes of his sitcom "Full House".

"Sloop John B” is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. In 1966 The Beach Boys recorded a folk rock adaptation that was produced and arranged by Brian Wilson and released as the second single from their album Pet Sounds. It becme one of the band's biggest hits. In 2011, the Beach Boys' version of "Sloop John B" was ranked number 276 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

"Darlin'" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1967 album Wild Honey. It was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love.

"Kokomo" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from the 1988 film "Cocktail" and album Still Cruisin. It was written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher. After being released as a single in 1988, the song was included on the soundtrack album for the movie "Cocktail" as well as the 1989 Beach Boys album Still Cruisin'. In 1988, the Beach Boys performed "Kokomo" and other songs on the sixth episode of season two of the American television sitcom "Full House". This occurred due to their relationship with John Stamos who played Uncle Jesse on the show, as well as the success of the song that year (with Stamos appearing in the video).

"'Til I Die" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys and is featured on their 1971 album Surf's Up. It is one of the few songs in which both the words and music were written solely by Brian Wilson. The song charted on the Billboard charts and was the first single by the group in 19 months to chart.