Surfer Girl
Occupation
- Vocals / Saxophone: Mike Love
- Vocals / Bass / Keyboard: Brian Wilson
- Vocal / Guitar: Carl Wilson
- Guitar / Vocals: David Marks
- Drums: Dennis Wilson
Surfer Girl is the title of the third, released on September 16, 1963 album by the Beach Boys. The recordings lasted from June to July 1963.
Genesis
Surfer Girl is the first album, which was produced by Brian Wilson alone, assisted by Chuck Britz, his sound engineer. The Beach Boys were thus one of the first bands who produced their own albums. Wilson established himself as a musical leader of the Beach Boys. In addition to acting as a producer, he wrote and composed almost all the songs alone.
Alan Jardine, who had in 1962 dropped out of the band, Brian Wilson had represented on the tour in 1963. In September 1963, when the album was released, the Beach Boys were five again, as David Lee Marks got out of the band and the way for Alan Jardine made free again. On the cover photo of the LP nevertheless Marks and Jardine is not shown.
From the album a mono and a stereo version released.
Surfer Girl peaked in the U.S. Billboard charts and spent 56 weeks ranked number 7 in the charts. In 1967 the album was released in England and reached that ranking 13
The title
Additional information about the songs
Surfer Girl was released as a single and reached # 7 It was the first song that Brian Wilson wrote and composed. Wilson was inspired from the Disney film Pinocchio when writing " Jiminy Grilles " When You Wish upon a Star. The song was quite often gecovered, among other things, of Pere Ubu and Stan Kenton.
In Catch a Wave played Maureen, sister of Mike Love, the harp. The song was published in 1964 by the duo Jan and Dean under the name Sidewalk Surfin ' as a single. Roger Christian had rewritten the text, and based on skateboards. The song was a top 30 hit.
The Surfer Moon was published in 1962 by " Bob and Sheri ". Bob Norberg, a college friend of Brian Wilson had recorded the song together with his girlfriend. Was produced the song, one of the first, by Brian Wilson. The Beach Boys version includes a string arrangement. Wilson's vocals were doubled at the beginning.
On the title South Bay Surfers ( the South Bay beach was that part where Dennis Wilson surfed ) occurred Dennis Wilson and Alan Jardine as co-authors in appearance.
The Rocking Surfer is an instrumental that was originally called Good Humor Man.
Little Deuce Coupe was released as the B-side of Surfer Girl and reached number 15 on the U.S. charts. Brian Wilson wrote the song along with Roger Christian, a DJ and Automobilfan. The song title was also used as the name of the next album, a collection of songs about cars.
In My Room reached as a B- side of the single Be True to Your School from the follow-up album number 23 on the U.S. charts. Brian Wilson and Gary Usher wrote this song together. There is a version with German text - written by a German affair by Mike Love - on the Beach Boys Rarities (1983 ) and the '' Surfer Girl / Shut Down Volume 2 can be found re-release as an all alone.
Surfers Rule is a response to the feud between surfers and the so-called " Hodads " or " greasers " ( in German comparable to the beatniks ). Brian Wilson, who belonged to none of the groups, trying to compete against the competition band The Four Seasons with this song.
Our Car Club is the first Beach Boys song, in which a studio musician replaced an original member. Hal Blaine, who was more often play with the Beach Boys, replacing Dennis Wilson. Engineer of the song was probably Larry Levine, who is not mentioned by name.
Boogie Woogie is based on a motif of the Russian composer Rimsky -Korsakov. The instrumental piece closes the album.