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<blockquote data-quote="satellitedriver" data-source="post: 860686" data-attributes="member: 1664">Here&#039;s the scoop, More.Chuck did not write any Beach Boy songs, the boys just plagiarized music, as all good musicians do. Surfin&#039; USA is notable for giving The Beach Boys their first widespread success with its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_USA_%28song%29" target="_blank">title track</a>, and for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson" target="_blank">Brian Wilson</a>&#039;s increasing prowess in songwriting, as well as vocal arrangement. The fuller-sounding vocals were achieved using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubletracking" target="_blank">double tracking</a>, creating The Beach Boys&#039; own unique sound. As with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_Safari" target="_blank">Surfin&#039; Safari</a>, some have speculated that it was not Nick Venet, the officially-listed producer, but rather Brian, who produced Surfin&#039; USA. The title track, &quot;Surfin&#039; USA&quot;, credited as composed by Brian Wilson, was a note-for-note cover of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry" target="_blank">Chuck Berry&#039;s</a> &quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Little_Sixteen" target="_blank">Sweet Little Sixteen</a>&quot;. A lawsuit officially granted Berry writing credit and royalties from the record.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_USA#cite_note-0" target="_blank">[1]</a>[/SUP]&nbsp; Additionally, the lyrics seem inspired by the Bobby Rydell 1959 hit&nbsp; &quot;Kissin&#039; Time&quot; (mentions various cities across the USA), which&nbsp; melodically also borrows liberally from Berry&#039;s &quot;Sweet Little Sixteen.&quot;[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_USA#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[2]</a>[/SUP]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="satellitedriver, post: 860686, member: 1664"] [COLOR=#006400][B]Here's the scoop, More. Chuck did not write any Beach Boy songs, the boys just plagiarized music, as all good musicians do. [/B][/COLOR][I]Surfin' USA[/I] is notable for giving The Beach Boys their first widespread success with its [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_USA_%28song%29"]title track[/URL], and for [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson"]Brian Wilson[/URL]'s increasing prowess in songwriting, as well as vocal arrangement. The fuller-sounding vocals were achieved using [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubletracking"]double tracking[/URL], creating The Beach Boys' own unique sound. As with [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_Safari"]Surfin' Safari[/URL][/I], some have speculated that it was not Nick Venet, the officially-listed producer, but rather Brian, who produced [I]Surfin' USA[/I]. The title track, "Surfin' USA", credited as composed by Brian Wilson, was a note-for-note cover of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry"]Chuck Berry's[/URL] "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Little_Sixteen"]Sweet Little Sixteen[/URL]". A lawsuit officially granted Berry writing credit and royalties from the record.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_USA#cite_note-0"][1][/URL][/SUP] Additionally, the lyrics seem inspired by the Bobby Rydell 1959 hit "Kissin' Time" (mentions various cities across the USA), which melodically also borrows liberally from Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen."[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_USA#cite_note-1"][2][/URL][/SUP] [COLOR=#006400][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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