Question here. I've always wondered this, especially after I read this on a song database...
In my opinion Chuck Berry should thank Brian Wilson for totally reforming what was a quaint little country song into a Rock Anthem for the ages. Billboard rated it as the second biggest seller of 1963 -- and the Beach Boys' publicist of the time higher than that. It is one more of an estimated 20 million-plus-selling singles by the Beach Boys that has been ignored by Capitol for RIAA Gold Disc auditing and certification.
- Gary, Auckland, New Zealand
Somebody right off the top of their head would say the Beach Boys have to be listed as one of the best selling artists, but when you go the RIAA database, they aren't even in the top twenty selling bands in the US, even though they supposedly were the 2nd best selling group in the US during the 60s.
Does Capitol
still hold a grudge after forty years for the Beach Boys suing them back in the late sixties? I'm not sure any other major artist in rock history has been treated this way by their label, at least withholding sales records.
Somebody care to fill me in?
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