Vocal Surf Rock
Surf, sand, girls, boys, and cars. That’s plenty right there.”Surfer Girl,” written by The Beach Boys’s own Brian Douglas Wilson, went to #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in 1963. The flip-side, “Little Deuce Coupe,” went to #15. “Surfer Girl” was also the title track on their third album titled, you guessed it, Surfer Girl. Brian Wilson was only 19 when he composed the song, and it was his first composition. The story behind the song is that it was inspired by his girlfriend at the time Judy Bowles as well as “When You Wish Upon a Star” as sung by Dion and The Belmonts . Brian Wilson arranged and produced it as well. Wilson said “I put myself to the test in my car one day. I was actually driving to a hot dog stand, and I actually created a melody in my head without being to hear it on a piano.”
Brian produced the recording session as well. On the track, the vocals are by Brian Wilson on lead with Mike Love, Carl Wilson, and Dennis Wilson on background vocals. The instrumentalists are David Marks and Carl (guitar), Brian (bass), and Dennis (drums).
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Top 20..What harmony, thank God for Brian!!! My UCLA Days!!