How The Beach Boys' 'Surfin' USA' Became the Biggest Song of 1963

From its iconic guitar riff to its rise to #1 on the Billboard charts, this Beach Boys' classic became the anthem that defined a generation.

1963 Song That Sparked America’s Surf Rock Craze Remains a Cultural Icon

A song that was released 63 years ago helped reshape rock music and pop culture forever. The Beach Boys’ 1963 classic, ...

Beach Boys ride their "Sounds of Summer" tour wave into the DMV this summer

Washington, D.C. (7News) — The Beach Boys are "surfin' USA" on their America 250 tour and are coming to the DMV this summer ...
Times of San Diego

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary who immortalized Del Mar and La Jolla in ‘Surfin’ U.S.A.,’ dies at 82

Brian Wilson performs as part of Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (File photo by Chris Pizzello?AP) Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader ...
USA Today

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime ...