The Beach Boys are one of the biggest mirages in rock history. From the jangly surfing-and-hot-rod ditties of their nascent ...

Notably, Love said he wrote most of The Beach Boys’ first song. That song clearly paved the way for many other Beach Boys songs about the same topic. Mike Love explained the origin of the hook ...

The Dead Daisies, Mike Love Release Fourth of July Singles The Dead Daisies, Mike Love Release Fourth of July Singles The Dead Daisies have released their live cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We ...

Mike Love is a musician devoted to revolution through sound. Born in O’ahu, Hawaii to a family of musicians, Mike has used ...

In an exclusive: interview with American Songwriter, Mike Love recalled when Paul McCartney played him a Beach Boys-inspired Beatles classic for the first time at a 1968 spiritual retreat in India.

Funk innovator George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons and The Beach Boys’ Mike Love are among ... compose great songs. Without them, there ...

stem from him and his family members singing Doo-Wop and Everly Brothers songs at their Wednesday Night Youth Night. And “We still love doing those harmonies to this day,” he admits. Mike also ...

The class of 2025 also includes The Beach Boys' Mike Love, who joins his bandmate Brian ... industry exists because songwriters compose great songs," Songwriters Hall of Fame chairman Nile Rodgers ...

George Clinton, the Doobie Brothers, Mike Love, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins ... music industry exists because songwriters compose great songs. Without them, there is no recorded music, no concert ...