List of songs covered by the Beach Boys
Lists about the Beach Boys |
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The Beach Boys in 1965 |
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Cover versions recorded and released by the Beach Boys, as a band and as solo artists, include:
The Beach Boys
Unreleased
Song | Year | Original artist | Note(s) |
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"How Deep Is the Ocean" | 1966 | standard, written by Irving Berlin | |
"Stella by Starlight" | Victor Young | ||
"On Top of Old Smoky" | 1967 | traditional | |
"You Never Give Me Your Money" | 1970 | The Beatles | |
"Gimme Some Lovin'" | 1972 | The Spencer Davis Group | |
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" | 1974 | standard, written by Julia Ward Howe | |
"Come to the Sunshine" | 1975 | Van Dyke Parks | |
"Mony Mony" | 1976 | Tommy James and The Shondells | |
"Running Bear" | Johnny Preston | ||
"Shake Rattle & Roll" | Big Joe Turner | ||
"Let's Dance" | Chris Montez | ||
"Working in the Coal Mine" | Lee Dorsey | ||
"On Broadway" | 1977 | The Drifters | |
"Deep Purple" | Peter DeRose | ||
"Calendar Girl" | 1978 | Neil Sedaka | |
"Jamaica Farewell" | 1979 | Harry Belafonte | |
"River Deep – Mountain High" | 1980 | Ike & Tina Turner | |
"Be My Baby" | The Ronettes | ||
"I'm a Man" | The Spencer Davis Group | ||
"At the Hop" | 1985 | Danny & The Juniors |
Solo
Mike Love
Song | Year | Album | Original artist | Note(s) |
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"On and On and On" | 1981 | Looking Back With Love | ABBA | [citation needed] |
"Over and Over" | Bobby Day | [citation needed] | ||
"Calendar Girl" | Neil Sedaka | [citation needed] | ||
"Be My Baby" | The Ronettes | [citation needed] | ||
"Teach Me Tonight" | Gene De Paul | [citation needed] | ||
"Da Doo Ron Ron" | 1983 | Rock 'n' Roll City | The Crystals | [citation needed] |
"Lightnin' Strikes" | Lou Christie | [citation needed] | ||
"The Letter" | The Box Tops | [citation needed] | ||
"The Loco-Motion" | Little Eva | [citation needed] | ||
"Sugar Shack" | The Fireballs | [citation needed] | ||
"My Boyfriend's Back" | The Angels | |||
"Jingle Bell Rock" | Scrooge's Rock 'n' Roll Christmas | Bobby Helms | [citation needed] | |
"Hungry Heart" | 2002 | Bruce Springsteen | [citation needed] |
Brian Wilson
Song | Year | Album | Original artist | Note(s) |
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"Goodnight, Irene" | 1988 | Folkways: A Vision Shared | Lead Belly | [citation needed] |
"Sweets for My Sweet" | 1995 | Till the Night Is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus | The Drifters | |
"This Could Be the Night" | For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson | Modern Folk Quartet | ||
"I'm Into Something Good" | 2008 | That Lucky Old Sun | Earl-Jean | [citation needed] |
"Rhapsody in Blue/Intro" | 2010 | Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin | [citation needed] | |
"Summertime" | ||||
"I Loves You, Porgy" | ||||
"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" | ||||
"It Ain't Necessarily So" | ||||
"'S Wonderful" | ||||
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" | ||||
"Love Is Here to Stay" | ||||
"I've Got a Crush on You" | ||||
"I Got Rhythm" | ||||
"Someone to Watch Over Me" | ||||
"Nothing But Love" | ||||
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" | ||||
"California Sun" | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey (Music from the Motion Picture) | The Rivieras | ||
"Listen to Me" | 2011 | Listen to Me: Buddy Holly | Buddy Holly | [citation needed] |
"You've Got a Friend in Me" | In the Key of Disney | Randy Newman | [citation needed] | |
"The Bare Necessities" | Terry Gilkyson | |||
"Wanderlust" | 2014 | The Art of McCartney | Paul McCartney | [citation needed] |
"My Sweet Lord" (Live) | 2016 | George Fest: A Night To Celebrate the Music of George Harrison | George Harrison | [citation needed] |
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ An additional version appears on Beach Boys Concert.[2]
- ^ As "South Bay Surfer (The Old Folks at Home)" with additional lyrics by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Al Jardine.[2]
- ^ As "A Young Man is Gone" with new lyrics by Mike Love.[2]
- ^ An additional version appears on Beach Boys' Party!.[3]
- ^ As "Do You Wanna Dance?".[5]
- ^ As "Then I Kissed Her".[7]
- ^ Based on the version by the Kingston Trio.[11]
- ^ In medley with "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)".[citation needed]
- ^ As "Talk to Me (Medley)".[13]
- ^ As "Her Boyfriend's Back".[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c Lambert 2007, p. 336.
- ^ a b c d e Lambert 2007, p. 337.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Lambert 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f Lambert 2007, p. 343.
- ^ Lambert 2007, p. 370, 386.
- ^ Lambert 2007, p. 199.
- ^ Lambert 2007, p. 377.
- ^ Lambert 2007, pp. 372, 387.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lambert 2007, p. 346.
- ^ a b Lambert 2007, p. 347.
- ^ Lambert 2007, pp. 346, 386.
- ^ a b Lambert 2007, p. 355.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lambert 2007, p. 359.
- ^ Badman 2004, p. 300.
- ^ Badman 2004.
- ^ Badman 2004, p. 389.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Doe, Andrew Grayham. "VAULTS". Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ Lambert 2007, p. 362.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Till the Night is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Doe, Andrew G. "Timeline 1995". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
Bibliography
- Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6.
- Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0.
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