The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are a popular rock group, whose fame rose during the 1960s for their many hit singles, which are often associated with summer due to the subject matter of surfing and the beach.
Van Dyke Parks, who composed the score for Follow That Bird, wrote songs for the group.
==Songs covered by The Muppets==
*"Fun, Fun, Fun"
**Muppet Beach Party
*"I Get Around"
**The Muppet Show episode 415: Anne Murray
*"Kokomo"
**Muppet Beach Party, Kokomo music video
*"Little Saint Nick"
**John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together
*"Merry Christmas Baby"
**A Green and Red Christmas
*"Surfin'"
**Muppet Beach Party
*"Surfin' Safari"
**Sesame Place Rock Around the Block Parade
*"Surfin' USA"
**The Muppet Show episode 518: Marty Feldman
*"God Only Knows"
**The Muppets Mayhem, "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
==References==
* The group was mentioned in "Floyd's Record Rap" in the sixteenth issue of Muppet Magazine.
*Tracks on the "Let's Eat" album in The Jim Henson Hour episode "Food" include "Food Vibrations" and "Little Juice Coupe."
* The Sesame Street song, "Let's Go Tubbin' Today," is performed in the style of the Beach Boys. The album, Sesame Road, credits the song to "The Bath Boys."
* Another Sesame song, "Coastline," parodies "Surfin' USA" (an alternate title being "Coastline USA"BMI Work #222856).
* In a Good Morning America sketch, Louis Kazagger interviews three baseballs. He tries to jog their memory of "the boys of summer." The balls, not familiar with the terminology, think he's referring to the Beach Boys and start singing "Surfin' Safari."
* A program mentioned on the Beach Channel in "Elmo's World: The Beach" is "The Beach Toys: Live in Concert."
* The "Great Vibrations" song performed in Episode 4326 of Sesame Street is loosely based on the band's "Good Vibrations."
==Sources==
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Category:Musical References