The Beach Boys...
 

I wrote this while working for The Boston Globe December 10, 1973

Thanks for sharing. Brian was a genius. A sad tale

one of the first concerts I ever went to was the beach boys at Mt Cranmore. Maybe 1982

Top 40
 

I was surprised to learn the Beach Boys have the most top-40 hits of any American band...

Is the key there "American" and "band"? Michael Jackson, The Beatles, etc. would all be pulled using those two qualifiers.

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I think the point is that they were extremely popular despite most people dismissing them a flash-in-the-pan pop group of surfer dudes.. (and I also learned they never surfed)

A bit of history that I remember:

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beac...uly-band-1983/

Some songs:
https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/...reatest-songs/

Alan

"Pop" is accurate, but can be misleading. Pet Sounds is one of the greatest albums ever