• "Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys and the opening track from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson...
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  • new title of Surf's Up. Dennis Wilson's songs "4th of July" and "(Wouldn't It Be Nice to) Live Again" were recorded in early 1971 but left off the record...
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  • Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story is the first memoir by American musician Brian Wilson, written with celebrity journalist Todd Gold and published by...
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  • official solo debut, followed by the group's "Sloop John B" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (B-side "God Only Knows"). The album received a lukewarm critical...
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  • issued as the B-side of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" in July 1966 and peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. In other countries, it was the single's A-side...
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  • suddenly realizes that, since Lucy's only sang "Wouldn't It Be Nice" on days when they "met", Marlin's gift may be his way of hinting that Lucy had new learned...
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  • had marked a shift in Wilson's creative process. His 1991 memoir, Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, states, "I had a lot of unfinished ideas, fragments...
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    against Brian due to how he was presented in Brian's 1992 memoir Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. Its publisher HarperCollins settled the suit for $1...
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  • Songs from Here & Back (category Articles with music ratings that need to be turned into prose)
    1989 except "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "Good Vibrations" which are from 1974. "Intro" – 0:27 "Dance, Dance, Dance" – 2:08 "Wouldn't It Be Nice" – 2:42 "Surfer...
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  • Experience. Macmillan. ISBN 0333649370. Wilson, Brian; Gold, Todd (1991). Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06018-313-4. Don't...
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  • home." According to Wilson's (since-discredited) 1991 autobiography Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, the song was inspired by a late night trip to the...
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    POR) Sloop John B (1966, FR, ESP, POR) California Girls (1966, ESP) Wouldn't It Be Nice (1966, FR) God Only Knows (1966, UK) — #3 UK EPs Good Vibrations...
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    the Forest". In October 1991, Wilson published his first memoir, Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. Biographer Peter Ames Carlin noted that the book plagiarized...
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    Beach Boys' 50 Greatest Songs". MOJO. Granata, Charles L. (2003). Wouldn't it Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Chicago...
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    perfect record from start to finish". The Beach Boys – "Wouldn't It Be Nice" "Wouldn't It Be Nice" from Pet Sounds (1966) features an assortment of pianos...
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  • group.) "Make It Big" was recorded for the film Troop Beverly Hills, and the remaining three songs - "I Get Around," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," and "California...
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  • Brian Wilson, who did not attend the sessions. In his 1991 memoir Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, Wilson claims he was unable to contribute to the song...
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    the Beach Boys' August 1971 album Surf's Up – "4th of July" and "(Wouldn't It Be Nice to) Live Again" – were left off the record. At the time, Dennis stated...
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    particularly for "You Still Believe in Me" and "Caroline, No". "Wouldn't It Be Nice" was similarly inspired by Brian's feelings for Diane. According...
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    "Wouldn't It Be Nice Not to Fuss Over Significance or Perfection?". The New York Times. Retrieved January 7, 2020. "Beach Boys – Wouldn't It Be Nice to...
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  • Vocals on "Do It Again" Jose Medeles – Drums (except "Wouldn't It Be Nice") and Percussion Danny Frankel – Drums on "Wouldn't It Be Nice" John Perrin –...
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  • California Dreamin' (category CS1 Italian-language sources (it))
    released it as a single in December 1965. "California Dreamin'" became a well-known example of the "California sound", and the 1960s counterculture era. It was...
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  • (1990), and allegedly ghostwrote portions of Wilson's first memoir Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story (1991). In 1989, the state of California revoked Landy's...
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  • Norman Petty (according to the official record, though Buddy Holly is known to be a principal songwriter too), and recorded and released as a single by Buddy...
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    1966 album Pet Sounds, including the singles "God Only Knows", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", and "Caroline, No". According to Asher, he mainly served as a lyricist...
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  • Man. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02563-3. Granata, Charles L. (2003). Wouldn't it Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Chicago...
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    Curtain (2008) included a cover version of the Beach Boys song "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Slingshot was released in 2012. She appeared in her first feature...
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  • Wilson's 1991 memoir, Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, credits the impetus for the song to his psychologist, Eugene Landy. It states that Landy suggested...
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  • kinship with Manson", and while using Wilson's recent "Little Bird" and "Be Still" as examples, explained that Manson and Wilson shared a similar unprofessional...
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  • Lemon of Pink is the second studio album by American musical duo the Books. It was released on October 7, 2003 by Tomlab. Like much of the duo's work, the...
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