The Surfaris
The Surfaris ( not to be confused with the band The Original Surfaris ) is an American surf rock band from Glendora, California, created in 1962 by Bob Berryhill ( electric guitar ), Pat Connolly (bass ), Jim Fuller ( guitar ) and Ron Wilson (drums) was founded. With their hit Wipe Out 1963 they reached number two on the Billboard charts in the U.S., number five in Britain and number 45 in Germany. After the end of the Surfaris in 1967 there have been several revivals with different occupations.
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Biography
The history of the Surfaris began in the fall of 1962. Pat Connolly asked his friend Bob Berry Hill and Jim Fuller, whether they were interested in an appearance at a party of Pomona Catholic High School after a football game. In this presentation nor Ron Wilson came in on drums and the teenage band The Surfaris was born. To earn some money for new amplifier, the band with Jim Pash decided to record a single and distribute themselves. In January 1963, the band members met (Jim Pash was not present because he had to help his father at work) in the Pal Recording Studio in Cucamonga, California, to implement the idea of the drummer to Surfer Joe. For the B- side of the single, the song Wipe Out with the participation of the studio owner Paul Buff and Bob Berry Woods was father written on the spot within 15 minutes.
Richard Delvy, drummer for the band The Challengers, offered to the Surfaris to distribute the single via his own record label Princess. After the label Dot Records also released the single, the road went up to number two on the Billboard charts. After some arguments about the publication and presentation rights of single with Dot Records and further trouble with the band The Impacts which laid claim to the song Wipe Out, the Surfaris had to defend their rights to names in a dispute with a band of the same name. The Surfaris won the process, and the other band played from now on under the name The Original Surfaris. On the 1963 soundtrack LP Wipe Out Surfer Joe just the titles and Wipe Out were played by the Surfaris. The remaining tracks were played by the Challengers.
After the second Single Point Panic reached at least 49th place in the charts, the Surfaris began by touring through Japan, Hawaii, Australia and the USA with other artists such as Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys, The Crystals, Bobby Vinton, The Righteous Brothers, Jay and the Americans, The Turtles, Paul Revere & the Raiders and The Ventures to play.
The third album of the Surfaris Hit City ( 1964) and all other albums were recorded with producer Gary Usher under various in claim acquisition studio musician. With the British Invasion of the mid 1960s, the Surfaris changed their style and ended up with the folk-rock single Karen a No. 2 hit in Japan. After Connolly had been replaced by Ken Forssi on bass, the Surfaris completed the recording of the unsuccessful album It Is not Me Babe. After the end of the contract with Usher, the band broke up. Forssi had another hit with the single My Little Red Book and the band Love. Ron Wilson died in May 1989 at a brain aneurysm. The other members of the Surfaris are still active with occasional appearances today.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Compilations
Band members
- Jim Pash - Saxophone
- Bob Berryhill - Electric Guitar
- Pat Connolly - E -Bass
- Ron Wilson - drums