The Beach Boys sunt o formație americană de rock, fondată în 1961 în California, cunoscută pentru armoniile vocale, inovația muzicală și sunetul unic inspirat din rock and roll-ul anilor '50 și R&B. Ei se numără printre cei mai influenți interpreți ai erei rock.
Compilația Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys a fost lansată în 2003 de casa de discuri Capitol Records ca set de trei discuri ce conține 80 de înregistrări. Este una dintre cele mai cuprinzătoare retrospective ale trupei, incluzând aproape toate hit-urile Top 40 americane din cariera lor. Printre piesele evidențiate se numără California Girls, I Get Around, God Only Knows, Wouldn't It Be Nice și Kokomo. Albumul a avut succes, petrecând 104 săptămâni în clasamente și obținând certificare de aur în SUA.
Melodii
CD1
CALIFORNIA GIRLS (1965)
I GET AROUND (1964)
SURFIN' SAFARI (1962)
SURFIN' U.S.A. (1963)
FUN, FUN, FUN (1964)
SURFER GIRL (1963)
DON'T WORRY BABY (1964)
LITTLE DEUCE COUPE (1963)
SHUT DOWN (1963)
HELP ME, RHONDA (1965)
BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL (Single Version) (1963)
WHEN I GROW UP (TO BE A MAN) (1964)
IN MY ROOM (1963)
GOD ONLY KNOWS (1966)
SLOOP JOHN B (1966)
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE (1966)
GETCHA BACK (1985)
COME GO WITH ME (1978)
ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC (1976)
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (1964)
BARBARA ANN (1965)
DO YOU WANNA DANCE? (1965)
HEROES AND VILLAINS (1967)
GOOD TIMIN' (1979)
KOKOMO (1988)
DO IT AGAIN (1968)
WILD HONEY (1967)
DARLIN' (1967)
I CAN HEAR MUSIC (1969)
GOOD VIBRATIONS (1966)
CD2
ALL SUMMER LONG (1964)
GOOD TO MY BABY (1965)
THIS WHOLE WORLD (1970)
ALL I WANNA DO (1970)
DISNEY GIRLS (1971)
KISS ME BABY (1965)
LET THE WIND BLOW (1967)
FOREVER (1970)
SAIL ON SAILOR (1973)
LONG PROMISED ROAD (1971)
COTTON FIELDS (1970)
POM POM PLAY GIRL (1964)
WIND CHIMES (Smile) (1966/1993)
I WENT TO SLEEP (1968)
FARMER'S DAUGHTER (1963)
LET US GO ON THIS WAY (1977)
YOU NEED A MESS OF HELP TO STAND ALONE (1972)
THE NIGHT WAS SO YOUNG (1977)
MARCELLA (1972)
YOU'RE SO GOOD TO ME (1965)
AREN'T YOU GLAD (1967)
BABY BLUE (1979)
IT'S ABOUT TIME (1970)
ROLL PLYMOUTH ROCK (1966/1993)
SURF'S UP (1971)
CD3
ADD SOME MUSIC TO YOUR DAY (1970)
IT'S OK (1976
GOIN' ON (1980)
SAN MIGUEL (1969)
THE WARMTH OF THE SUN (1964)
EVERYONE'S IN LOVE WITH YOU (1976)
ALL THIS IS THAT (1972)
CALIFORNIA SAGA (1973)
FEEL FLOWS (1971)
WENDY (1964)
GIRL DON'T TELL ME (1965)
LET HIM RUN WILD (1965)
ALL I WANT TO DO (1968)
SUSIE CINCINNATI (1970)
VEGETABLES (1967)
TIME TO GET ALONE (1969)
WHERE I BELONG (1985)
I JUST WASN'T MADE FOR THESE TIMES (1966)
LITTLE BIRD (1968)
TIL I DIE (1971)
(WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO) LIVE AGAIN (1971)
FRIENDS (1968)
DEVOTED TO YOU (1965)
CAN'T WAIT TOO LONG (1968)
CALIFORNIA FEELIN' (1978)
