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15 Big Ones
''15 Big Ones'' is the 20th studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released July 5, 1976, by Brother/Reprise. It includes a mix of original songs and renditions of rock 'n' roll and R&B standards. The LP was the band's first album with production credited solely to Brian Wilson since ''Pet Sounds'' (1966). As such, its release was accompanied by a controversial media campaign that declared his comeback as an active member of the Beach Boys' recording and touring group. Following their previous album, ''Holland'' (1973), the band had focused on touring and attracting bigger concert audiences, especially after the unexpected success of their greatest hits compilation '' Endless Summer'' (1974). They attempted to record a new album at Caribou Ranch studio in late 1974, but it was soon abandoned, partly due to Wilson being unable or unwilling to participate. At the end of 1975, his bandmates and manager Stephen Love prevailed upon him to produce the group's next r ...
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Had To Phone Ya
"Had to Phone Ya" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1976 album ''15 Big Ones''. It was written by Brian Wilson, his sister-in-law Diane Rovell, and Mike Love. The song was issued as the B-side to their single "It's O.K. (The Beach Boys song), It's O.K.". An earlier recording by the group American Spring was included as a bonus track on a later reissue of the album ''Spring (American Spring album), Spring'' (1972). Background Brian Wilson and Mike Love wrote the song, with Diane Rovell also contributing. Diane was originally listed as a cowriter, but her name was removed from songwriting credits in subsequent releases. She is still listed as co-writer in the Broadcast Music, Inc. database. Byron Preiss described the song's creation by Brian Wilson while his wife Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, Marilyn was away in Europe. Brian spoke about the song in 1995: Lindsay Planer of Allmusic noted "Although the tune may sound uncomplicated, it is part of a larger ...
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The Beach Boys Love You
''The Beach Boys Love You'' is the 21st studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released April 11, 1977, on Brother/Reprise. Sometimes called the band's "punk" or "synth-pop" album, ''Love You'' is characterized for its pioneering use of synthesizers and its juxtaposition of adolescent-oriented lyrics with the adult band members' gravelly vocals. The album was largely recorded in late 1976 at the band's Brother Studios. Originally planned as ''Brian Loves You'', it is essentially a solo project by Brian Wilson, who wrote almost all of the material and played nearly every instrument on the record, including keyboards, synthesizers, and drums. He later referred to ''Love You'' as his life-defining work, and his most creatively fulfilling since ''Pet Sounds'' (1966). Engineer Earle Mankey described the album as "serious", "autobiographical", and "frighteningly accurate" to Wilson's personality. The subject matter of the 14 songs ranges from the Solar System and rolle ...
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Susie Cincinnati
"Susie Cincinnati" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was recorded during the sessions for their 1970 album ''Sunflower''. It was written by Al Jardine about a female cab driver from Ohio. Background Al Jardine stated in a 2022 interview, "'Susie Cincinnati' is kind of a jab at The Beatles, a ' Drive My Car' kind of thing, I enjoyed that. There wasn't so much a rivalry with The Beatles, more of an appreciation. With Brian it might have been competition but myself, I enjoyed their work a lot." Recording "Susie Cincinnati" was recorded at the Beach Boys' Bel Air studio on December 24, 1969 and January 7, 1970. The automobile sound effects were recorded on February 2, 1970. Release The song was first issued in February 1970 as the B-side of the "Add Some Music to Your Day" single, and then again in December 1974 as the B-side of the " Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" single. In 1976, it was included as a track on the album ''15 Big Ones''. Brian Wilson included ...
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It's OK (The Beach Boys Song)
"It's OK" (spelled "It's O.K." on the record label) is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1976 album ''15 Big Ones''. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, it is an upbeat song about celebrating summer fun. It was issued as a single on August 9, 1976 (with the B-side "Had to Phone Ya") and reached number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The single version is slightly sped-up compared to the album version. Background and recording "It's OK" is an upbeat song about celebrating summer fun that was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Brian commented of the song in a 1995 interview, "That was written inside Brother Studios in Santa Monica. At the end, where Dennis goes (''sings'') "Find a ride", we put two of his voices on there, and it sounded ''fan-tas-tic''! Fuckin' fantastic from Dennis." On another occasion, he praised Love's lyrics, but said that the song "doesn't bring back real pleasant memories." Sessions for the song commenced at Brother Studios i ...
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Rock And Roll Music (song)
"Rock and Roll Music" is a song by American musician and songwriter Chuck Berry, written and recorded by Berry in May 1957. It has been widely covered and is one of Berry's most popular and enduring compositions. "Rock and Roll Music" was met with instant success, reaching the top 10 in the United States. The Beatles' 1964 recording topped singles charts in Europe and in Australia, and the Beach Boys had a U.S. top 10 hit with the song in 1976. Original song The sessions for "Rock and Roll Music" took place in May 1957 in Chicago. The session was produced by Leonard Chess and Phil Chess. Backing Berry were Lafayette Leake (piano), Willie Dixon (bass), and Fred Below (drums). Chess records issued the song as a single in September 1957 on both the 45 and 78 rpm formats. It reached number six on ''Billboard'' magazine's R&B Singles chart and number eight on Hot 100 chart before the year's end. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked Berry's version number 128 on its list ...
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Everyone's In Love With You
"Everyone's in Love with You" is a song written by Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1976 album ''15 Big Ones''. The subject of this song refers to the Maharishi. The song was later re-recorded for Mike Love's 2023 ''Mike Love Not War'' album. The song was also played live by the Mike Love and Bruce Johnston led Beach Boys during their 2004 European tour. Personnel Personnel per 2000 liner notes. The Beach Boys *Al Jardine – backing vocals *Mike Love – lead vocals, backing vocals *Brian Wilson – ARP Solina String Ensemble *Carl Wilson – backing vocals, bass, guitar *Dennis Wilson – drums Additional musicians *Daryl Dragon – vocal arrangements *Ron Altbach – piano, harpsichord *Ed Carter – guitar * Steve Douglas – saxophone * Charles Lloyd – flute *Jay Migliori – saxophone *Toni Tennille – backing vocals *Maureen L. West – harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings runni ...
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RIAA
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States". RIAA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. RIAA was formed in 1952. Its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the stereophonic record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records. RIAA says its current mission includes: #to protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists #to perform research about the music industry #to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations, and policies Between 2001 and 2 ...
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Gold Record
Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal, a group 11 element, and one of the noble metals. It is one of the least reactivity (chemistry), reactive chemical elements, being the second-lowest in the reactivity series. It is solid under standard temperature and pressure, standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental (native state (metallurgy), native state), as gold nugget, nuggets or grains, in rock (geology), rocks, vein (geology), veins, and alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as in electrum), naturally alloyed with other metals like copper and palladium, and mineral inclusions such as within pyrite. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides). Gold is resistant to ...
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It's OK!
It's OK or It's Okay may refer to: * It's OK! (band), American band * "It's OK!" (Atomic Kitten song) * "It's O.K." (The Beach Boys song) * "It's OK" (CeeLo Green song) * "It's OK" (Delirious? song) * "It's Okay" (Des'ree song) * "It's Okay" (One Blood), a song by The Game * "It's OK", a song by Alexander O'Neal from ''Saga of a Married Man'' * "It's OK", a song by Alvin and the Chipmunks * "It's OK", a song by Dead Moon * "It's OK", a song by Imagine Dragons from ''Mercury – Act 1'' * "It's OK", a 2020 song by Nightbirde * "It's O.K.", a song by BeBe & CeCe Winans from the 1991 album ''Different Lifestyles'' * "It's Okayyy", a 2018 song by Swizz Beatz * "It's Okay", a 2025 song by Minnie As a first name, Minnie is a feminine given name. It can be a diminutive (hypocorism) of Minerva, Winifred, Wilhelmina, Willemina, Winona, Margaret, Hermione, Jasmine, Mary, Miriam, Maria, Marie, Naomi, Miranda, Clementine, Dominique, Dom ...
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LP Record
The LP (from long playing or long play) is an Analog recording, analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of  revolutions per minute, rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire US record industry and, apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound in 1957, it remained the standard format for record albums during a period in popular music known as the album era. LP was originally a trademark of Columbia and competed against the smaller 7-inch sized Single (music), "45" or "single" format by RCA Victor, eventually ending up on top. Today in the vinyl revival era, a large majority of records are based on the LP format and hence the LP name continues to be in use ...
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Endless Summer (The Beach Boys Album)
''Endless Summer'' is a compilation album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 24, 1974. A collection of hits from the band's 1962–65 period, ''Endless Summer'' was compiled by their old label, Capitol Records, following the success of the film ''American Graffiti'', in which several songs were featured. It revitalized the band's popularity after years of lukewarm sales, but also inspired nostalgia for the Beach Boys' early surfing and hot rod-themed music, repositioning the group as an oldies act. Four months after its release, the album reached number 1 in the United States and Canada. It was the group's second chart-topping album in the US and returned them to a level of commercial success they had not experienced since the mid-1960s. The compilation spent 155 weeks on the ''Billboard'' albums chart and was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for shipping over three million copies. Capitol released a second themed compilation in 1975 titled '' Spirit of ...
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Holland (album)
''Holland'' is the 19th studio album by American rock music, rock band the Beach Boys, released January 8, 1973 on Brother Records, Brother/Reprise Records, Reprise. It is their first album recorded without Bruce Johnston since 1965, their second with Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar, and their final studio album created under the ''de facto'' leadership of Carl Wilson and manager Jack Rieley. The LP was originally packaged with a bonus EP, ''Mount Vernon and Fairway'', which consisted of a 12-minute fairy tale written and produced by Brian Wilson, Brian and Carl Wilson. Per its title, ''Holland'' was recorded over the summer of 1972 at a barn in Baambrugge, near Amsterdam, where the band members and their entourage had decamped for several months in the pursuit of creative inspiration. Recording the album was an unprecedented and extremely costly venture, as the group had commissioned their engineers to renovate the barn, which had housed an existing studio, using components fr ...
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