Brian Wilson — the guy who wrote and produced most of the hits for the Beach Boys — died Wednesday at age 82. The music he gave us over the decades was amazing: “Good Vibrations” and the “Pet Sounds” ...

The hit song “Surfin’ USA” by the Beach Boys spread the names of a handful of beaches around the world. One beach is in Northern California. One in Hawaii. And inexplicably, one is in Australia. The ...

There’s a scene in George Lucas’ 1973 film American Graffiti where the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ Safari” plays through the stereos of every car cruising down the Modesto, California streets in 1962. The ...

Just as I can't travel to Liverpool without thinking of The Beatles, so I can't travel to Los Angeles without thinking of The Beach Boys. Their songs of beaches, baggies, boards and bikinis painted a ...

For more than 50 years, the soundtrack to the summer has come through the melodies, music and words of The Beach Boys. Teens dreamed of the beach while listening to “Surfin’ USA” and “California Girls ...