(June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025)
R.I.P.
Endless Summer
is a compilation album
by the
American Rock band
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,
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