What were the Beach Boys doing the day you were born?

[rogerlancelot]

November 8th, 1972, work continued on The Dark Side Of The Moon album.

EDIT: Sorry, I mixed up my bands somehow.

[Matt Bielewicz]

Coke. LOTS of coke.



...OK, I'm kidding — actually they were towards the end of recording Surf's Up (the album)... but my first statement is probably still true. Especially in Brian and Carl's case, as nothing is listed in terms of sessions or gigs for that day. If I remember rightly, Brian was, er,  'going out a lot in the evening with Danny Hutton' at this time (and we all know what that meant)... and Feel Flows was recorded the next day. Back in the day, I seem to recall Jack Rieley, when he was still alive, reminiscing about all the bug powder dust he and Carl got through while writing the lyrics for that one. So like I say, a joke... that probably has a kernel of truth to it!!

[The Shift]

April 21, 1964, seems to have come during a lull in their activities. From Bellagio:

17 - 'Girls On The Beach' filming
29 - All Summer Long session: We'll Run Away/Don't Back Down/Drive-In/Memphis
       Beach (=Carl's Big Chance)/Let's Live (Before We Die)/Hushabye/Wendy

[Scott]

They released their 1st album, Surfing' Safari.

Scott

[Jonathan Blum]

What were they doing the day I was born?

Drugs, mostly.

Cheers,
Jon Blum
(Seriously -- May '72 European tour with Blondie, Ricky & co)

[Sjöman]

Flying home to L.A. the day after a concert, the last on a tour abroad, to have recording sessions for several songs the next day. The day after that they would play a concert in another state. They were busy in those days!

[AndrewHickey]

Nothing on the particular day I was born -- it was between sessions for LA.

[catlag]

November 21, 1979: [from Bellagio 10452] Recording sessions pour KTSA: Why Didn't I Tell You/I'll Always Love You. Apparently, those songs didn't make it to the album.

I still can't bring myself to buy any BB album from the 80s. Maybe I'll come around some day.

[MarcellaHasDirtyFeet]

June 26, 1984:

Carl was in London working on songs for BB85 in the studio over the previous five days, but the band didn't do anything on the 26th. They appeared on The Tonight Show a couple days later. So I guess I can assume that Carl was flying home when I was born.

[Toursiveu]

December 18, 1976.

Probably arguing about something and getting ready for Christmas...

[lee]

Sunday - August 10, 1980

The Beach Boys were playing a show at the State Fairgrounds in Louisville, KY.

[Emdeeh]

They were all little kids then. Certainly Dennis was up to some mischief in the neighborhood.

[SamMcK]

April 21st, the closest eventful thing BB related to my birth I can find is an obscure Car Compilation being released on the 27th.

[Fire Wind]

Day after the CBS convention at the Grosvenor Hotel, London.  Does anyone know when they left London?  If they stayed in that hotel and left after 8:32am the next morning, then I was born about 30 miles away from the Beach Boys.  Yay.

[bluesno1fann]

Seems that the day I was born Brian Wilson performed at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre

[Ian]

I used to write a weekly this week in bb history for the blueboard about eight years ago and I covered a lot of this stuff. It took a lot of time to compile though

[Radio 7]

December 21, 1962

Singing Happy Birthday to Carl on his 16th birthday.

[Komera]

December 21, 1962

Singing Happy Birthday to Carl on his 16th birthday.

While thinking up songs to put on Surfin´ U.S.A.



You've got a great birthday!  Know who shares mine? ... ... ... Mickey Mouse.

[SurferDownUnder]

23rd of June 1995, playing Knights Castle, Fort Mill, South Carolina (Mike and Bruce)

[SonoraDick]

Some of them were probably attending a birthday party.

Carl was four years old on that day.

[Micha]

December 21, 1962

Singing Happy Birthday to Carl on his 16th birthday.

While thinking up songs to put on Surfin´ U.S.A.



You've got a great birthday!  Know who shares mine? ... ... ... Mickey Mouse.

Me too... which year were you born?

[gxios]

A sunday morning in 1954- they were probably going to church.

[jiggy22]

November 15th:

1963: Performance at Wallich's Music City grand opening, South Bay Center, Los Angeles CA
1967: Wild Honey session: How She Boogalooed It [Wally Heider]
1968: 20/20 session: Mona Kana track [ID Sound]
1972: Performance at Fordham University, New York NY
1973: Performance at Celebrity Theater, Phoenix AZ
1974: Performance at The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
1975: Performance at Northwestern University, Chicago IL
1976: Beach Boys '69 (Live In London) album is re-released by Capitol
1977: session: Winter Symphony/Our Team/How's About A Little Bit of Your Sweet Lovin'
1978: LA (Light Album) session: Angel Come Home cello overdub [Western]; Here Comes The Night vocals [Sounds Good]
1979: KTSA session: Endless Harmony
1980: Performance at Lloyd Noble Center, Norman OK
1984: The Beach Boys session: no title (Getcha Back percussion)
1986: Brian Wilson session: Let's Go To Heaven In My Car
1990: Performance at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas NV
1997: Performance at Joyce Center, South Bend IN (Exact day and year I was born!)
2004: Performance at International Arena, Cardiff, Wales
2006: Performance at Credit Union Center, Saskatoon SK, Canada
2007: Performance at Harbor Theatre, Sydney NSW
2008: Brian Wilson Performance at State Theatre, Minneapolis MN
2014: Performance at Goodwill of Orange County’s 90th Anniversary Gala, Laguna Cliffs Marriott, Dana Point CA
2015: Performance at Sandstone Point Hotel, Bribie QLD

[RangeRoverA1]

December 21, 1962

Singing Happy Birthday to Carl on his 16th birthday.

While thinking up songs to put on Surfin´ U.S.A.



You've got a great birthday!  Know who shares mine? ... ... ... Mickey Mouse.

Me too...

Wow, it's cool! I'd like to share birthday with some Disney cartoon character.