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The Beach Boys’ ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ is used to soundtrack the latest trailer for the new ‘Barbie’ movie starring Margot Robbie.

It was 57 years ago today (April 5th, 1965) that the Beach Boys released "Help Me, Rhonda" as a single. The song was first tracked on January 8th under the title "Help Me, Ronda," but was not considered a strong enough contender for the group's new single, losing out to their cover of Bobby Freeman's 1958 Top Ten hit "Do You Wanna Dance" as their first single of 1965. The original version of "Help Me, Ronda" was released on the group's Today...

28 July 2021 The 1968 shows recorded on Jimi Hendrixs reel-to-reel will be released as part of the Joni Mitchell Archives collection - Listen to The Dawntreader now Joni Mitchell in Toronto in 1968 (Image credit: Doug Griffin/Getty Images ) Joni Mitchell is to release a two-set live performance recorded by Jimi Hendrix at a Coffee House in Ottawa, Canada, in 1968. The recording was captured on March 19, 1968 at Le Hibou Coffee House in Ottawa, Ontario during a two week residency by Mitchell ah...

Irving Azoff Buys Up The Beach Boys The Beach Boys have landed a deal with music mogul Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group, which means the company owns their entire brand, including their master recordings, the rights to their band name and a share of their publishing rights and memorabilia. Fans could see Beach Boys appear in different forms in the future, thanks to technologies such as VR and CGI. The firm’s CEO Olivier Chastan told Rolling Stone: “The Beach Boys, in a sense, are not j...

The Beach Boys sell the rights to their intellectual property Artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Stevie Nicks have previously sold the rights to their catalogues 18th February 2021 The Beach Boys in 1964, (L-R) Al Jardine, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson. CREDIT: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The Beach Boys have sold the rights to their intellectual property, becoming the latest artist to hand over their copyright to another party. In recent months, the likes o...

The band will still own an interest in their assets to participate in the upside Iconic expects to create by actively marketing and promoting the Beach Boys, according to a statement. No further details of the deal have been disclosed.

Rolling Stone Inside the Ambitious Plan to Monetize the Beach Boys’ Legacy Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine on why they’ve sold a controlling interest in their intellectual property to a new company led by Irving Azoff — and how they hope to celebrate their 60th anniversary By   When Carl Wilson died of cancer in 1998, his sons Jonah and Justyn became heirs to their father’s estate. That meant joining with surviving Beach Boys founders Mike Love, Brian Wilson, and Al J...