Fortunate enough to see them on their 50-year anniversary tour. Especially since Brian was with them. Fantastic show. A true American band!
Music by Chuck Berry, performed by The Wrecking Crew.
was that Glen Campbell on the right?
Both groups started about the same time and the names of both started with the same three letters.
..the Beach Boys still make me SMiLE...
Route 90--Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow (1954)
It’s Cap’n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters doing an awful lip sync to a Beach Boys classic!
Looking at the video, just who is singing?
Must be a record they are playing and lip sync badly to.
When I did business in Japan, this was my “go-to” song with customers in karaoke bars. There was no language barrier.
That sound is timeless.
democrats like “Serfin USA” better. It’s a communist march.
I like this better;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9N7UhTMA8
“Surfin’ U.S.A.,” by the Beach Boys (1963) vs. “Sweet Little Sixteen,” by Chuck Berry (1958)
The Case: The California boys often incorporated rock & roll pioneer Chuck Berry’s songs into their early concerts. But 1958’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” set Beach Boys’ composer Brian Wilson into overdrive. Inspired by Berry’s rapid-fire references to various American cities, he recast the song as a paean to a fun-in-the-sun sport. Wilson penned a new set of lyrics listing off the hot surfing locales across the Pacific coast. Wilson said he intended the song as a tribute to the rock guitarist, but Berry’s lawyers used another term: plagiarism.
The Verdict: With the threat of lawsuits looming, Beach Boys manager – and Brian Wilson’s father – Murry Wilson agreed to give the publishing rights to Arc Music, Berry’s publisher. However, Berry’s name wouldn’t appear on the songwriting credits until 1966.
Why It Matters: Although the genre was built on a handful of standard three-chord progressions and blues licks, the “Surfin’ U.S.A.” incident was one of the first major plagiarism scuffles in rock history.
Here are all the beaches mentioned in “Surfin’ USA.” All are in California except for Narrabeen (New South Wales, Australia) and Waimea Bay (Haleiwa, Hawaii):
Delmar
Ventura County Line (Carpinteria, Calif.)
Santa Cruz
Trestles (San Clemente, Calif.)
Narrabeen
Manhattan Beach
Doheny (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Haggerty’s (Palos Verdes, Calif.)
Swami’s (Encinitas, Calif.)
Pacific Palasades
San Onofre
Sunset Beach (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Redondo Beach
La Jolla
Waimea Bay