Wednesday, June 11, 2025

The Beach Boys : Endless Summer






Brian Douglas Wilson

 (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025)

R.I.P.


 Endless Summer

 is a compilation album

 by the 

American Rock band

 The Beach Boys,

 released on

 June 24, 1974. 

A collection of hits 

from the band's 

1962–65 period, 

Endless Summer 

was compiled by

 their old label,

 Capitol Records,

 following the success 

of the film 

American Graffiti

in which several songs 

were featured. 

It revitalized the

 band's popularity 

after years of

 lukewarm sales,

 but also inspired

 nostalgia for

 the Beach Boys' 

early surfing and 

hot rod-themed music, 

repositioning the group 

as an oldies act.

Four months

 after its release, 

the album

 reached number 1

 in the

 United States 

and Canada.

 It was 

the group's

 second

 chart-topping album

 in the US

 and returned them

 to a level of

 commercial success

they had not 

experienced since

 the mid-1960s. 

The compilation spent 

155 weeks 

on the 

Billboard 

albums chart 

and was certified 

3× platinum by

 the RIAA 

for shipping over 

three million copies.

 Capitol released a 

second themed compilation

 in 1975 titled 

Spirit of America

which also sold well.

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