American Songwriter

The Story Behind “Surfin’ Safari” by The Beach Boys and How Two Crucial Changes Helped Make the Song a Hit

After The Beach Boys tasted success with “Surfin’” on the Candix label, songwriter Brian Wilson’s father Murry set about getting the young group a proper record deal. He took a mortgage on his house ...
Sun Sentinel

BEACH BOYS RESURFACE PET SOUNDS AND SURFIN’ ARE GAINING NEW LIFE AS COMPACT DISC RE-MIXES, WHILE THE BAND STAGNATES.

THE BEACH BOYS: Pet Sounds; Surfin’ Safari & Surfin U.S.A. (Capitol Records). When the Beach Boys were good, they were great. One need only take a brief listen to these vintage albums for ...
The Cheat Sheet

The Beach Boys’ ‘409’ — The Car That Inspired the ‘Surfin’ Safari’ Hit

Rock and roll band The Beach Boys walk along the beach holding a surfboard (Dennis Wilson, David Marks, Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson) | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Originally comprised ...
NPR

Decades Later, Beach Boy Brian Wilson Gets Grade Changed

Wilson turned 'Surfin' Safari' in to his high school music teacher his senior year and failed the class. At age 75, Wilson returned to the school and the current principal changed the grade to an A.