The Beach Boys Back At The Recording Studio
If you are interested in creating a playlist for the decade, you must put The Beach Boys somewhere in there! Sorry, we don’t make the rules. “California Sound” makes it sound like the West Coast is the place to be. They swept us off our feet when their songs got air time. Pet Sounds was truly a bop!
The Beach Boys Back At The Recording Studio
Are you wondering what you are looking at? It is none other than Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, and the rest of the band recording the album at Western Recorders in Los Angeles back in 1966. Do you think they had any idea how big of a hit it was going to be?
A Large Celebration For A Large Leap
On the 13th of August in 1969, New York City celebrated the Apollo 11 Moon Mission by holding a parade! The lead car was occupied by none other than command module pilot Michael Collins, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin Jr., and Commander Neil A. Armstrong. They smiled and waved at all their fans.
A Large Celebration For A Large Leap
The three of them were known for boarding the first manned lunar landing on the 20th of July in 1969. The parade was the biggest in New York history in those days. We cannot think of a better way to end the segment than a Neil Armstrong quote: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
