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Also premiering on Friday is the Disney+ original documentary The Beach Boys directed by Frank Marshall & Thom Zimny about the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic sound they created that personified the California dream. Capitol/UMe will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie on May 24. Check back on this page for the full album details and to learn more about the documentary, which traces the band from humble family beginnings and features new interviews with The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, David Marks & others and which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.

Also premiering on Friday is the Disney+ original documentary The Beach Boys directed by Frank Marshall & Thom Zimny about the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic sound they created that personified the California dream. Capitol/UMe will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie on May 24. Check back on this page for the full album details and to learn more about the documentary, which traces the band from humble family beginnings and features new interviews with The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, David Marks & others and which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.

Beginning their career as the most popular surf band in the nation, the Beach Boys finally emerged by 1966 as America's preeminent pop group, the only act able to challenge (for a brief time) the overarching success of the Beatles with both mainstream listeners and the critical community. From their 1961 debut with the regional hit "Surfin'," the three Wilson brothers – Brian, Dennis, and Carl – plus cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine constructed the most intricate, gorgeous harmonies ever heard from a pop band. With Brian's studio proficiency growing by leaps and bounds during the mid-'60s, the Beach Boys also proved one of the best-produced groups of the '60s, exemplified by their 1966 peak with the Pet Sounds LP and the number one single "Good Vibrations." Though Brian's escalating drug use and obsessive desire to trump the Beatles (by recording the perfect LP statement) eventually led to a nervous breakdown after he heard Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the group soldiered on long into the '70s and '80s, with Brian only an inconsistent participant.

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