According to U Discover Music, the band didn't claim their first number one album until Beach Boys Concert. It was recorded live in August 1964 at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento California.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" reaches a new peak on the Official ...

What a difference an “h” makes. When “Help Me, Ronda” was originally featured on The Beach Boys Today! in early 1965, the band didn’t think too much of the shuffling love song with the repetitive hook ...

After Brian Wilson’s death, Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys returns to Billboard’s charts, debuting on the Top Album Sales and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts. Portrait of members of American Rock ...

It's hard to think of an American rock band more distinct and influential than The Beach Boys. There's no mistaking their catchy songwriting, or their stacked harmonies – the band's signature sound.

When the Beach Boys started back in 1961, they seemed like little more than a novelty surf band that would vanish from memory by the following summer. But 64 years later, against all odds, their saga ...

SHEBOYGAN – Al Jardine, a founding member of The Beach Boys, will perform the iconic songs of The Beach Boys with Brian Wilson’s touring band, The Pet Sounds Band, at the Weill Center this August. The ...

At a time when most of their peers have retired, threatened to call it quits or died, the Beach Boys continue to perform 120 shows per year. Led by original singer Mike Love and longtime ...

The 1985 documentary The Beach Boys: An American Band gives you a sense of the group's mainstream cachet at the time. In the first half of the film, four of the five founding Beach Boys — brothers ...

Not counting an all-too-brief 50th anniversary reunion tour in 2012, Brian Wilson hadn’t been a regular member of The Beach Boys since the late ’90s. Yet, his absence was definitely missed — even more ...